Anthony B. Smith

Anthony B. Smith

@anthonyb1939.bsky.social

Film, religion, politics. The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War (University Press of Kansas).

2,898 Followers 198 Following 24 Posts Joined Nov 2023
4 months ago

So true @chadperman.bsky.social

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4 months ago

This really resonates. For the first time in my courses I am requiring no laptops/phones during class and physical copies of books. No resistance from students. They step up.

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6 months ago

And why would you not want a diet of Fellini? Sounds pretty good to me.

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8 months ago

This is excellent from @r-ida.bsky.social.

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8 months ago
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No Kings, Dayton, Ohio 2025.

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10 months ago

Looks excellent. Congrats to @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social and all the authors involved!

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1 year ago
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Catholic kitsch: Why simple religious art is actually great From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch

A fun conversation with Kerry Weber at America mag — about family pictures, devotional stuff, #eBaymethod, and the new conference tradition of @achahistory.bsky.social vintage Catholic door prizes www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

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UD historian honors, interviews Martin Scorsese at NYC’s Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral Anthony Smith, an associate professor at UD, presented Martin Scorsese with the ACHA’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award.

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A University of Dayton story of my ACHA interview with Martin Scorsese at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.

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1 year ago

Very proud of the ACHA.

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1 year ago
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On January 3rd, 2025, as President of the American Catholic Historical Association, I interviewed Martin Scorsese and bestowed upon him the ACHA Distinguished Service Award, at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, his boyhood parish. A wonderful conversation with the most significant filmmaker of our time.

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1 year ago

ok hi again. If you truly like movies, the existence of a long list of films that are reputed to be excellent with which you're unfamiliar should make you nothing but happy and curious. If it doesn't, maybe you don't like movies. And if you don't like movies, why are you griping about the Oscars? x

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1 year ago
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What better way to wrap up the annual meeting than with Warp Catholicism! Here are photos from last nights final off-site panel. #AHA25 #ACHA2025

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1 year ago

Incredible work by these two fine scholars of Catholic Studies. They help make @achahistory.bsky.social an exciting place for Catholic history. Join the ACHA and get to know them!

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The luncheon is also where ACHA Distinguished Awards were distributed and recognized. Pictured are Distinguished Scholar winner Paula Kane and Distinguished Teacher winner James Fisher. #ACHA2025

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1 year ago
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Photos from the Presidential Luncheon. Speakers included Outgoing president @anthonyb1939.bsky.social, incoming president Mary Dunn, and ACHA executive director Charles Strauss. #ACHA2025

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1 year ago

This would not have happened without the great work of many people at the @achahistory.bsky.social such as yourself Mike, @charleststrauss.bsky.social, @monicalmercado.bsky.social @allison-isidore.bsky.social!

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1 year ago

Great evening interviewing Martin Scorsese tonight at a special @achahistory.bsky.social event, held at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. Listening to him share his reflections on what this place meant to him was remarkable.

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1 year ago

Multitudes indeed! @monicalmercado.bsky.social and the rest of the Program Committee of the @achahistory.bsky.social have done a remarkable job putting together what promises to be an excellent conference in New York!

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1 year ago
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War Podcast Episode · Haymarket Originals: Fragile Juggernaut · S1 E17 · 1h 57m

Our Fragile Juggernaut episode on labor in World War II is here, with the legendary @nelsonlichtenstein.bsky.social. What happens when you get full employment, price controls, mass migration to cities, and the integration of labor into the total war mobilization? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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1 year ago
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“Don’t ask a dying man to lie his soul into hell!” Sam Levene to Ava Gardner in Robert Siodmak’s remarkable The Killers. Great line. Great film, part of the Siodmak retrospective at Film at Lincoln Center.

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Fritz Lang makes himself a drink at the bar of his flat in Berlin, 1932. Photo by Martin Munkacsi.

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1 year ago
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2025 Annual Meeting in New York - American Catholic Historical Association Join us in New York in January 2025 for our 105th Annual Meeting! Call for papers open through March 15, 2024.

It's a quiet Friday night and I'm working on the final program for ACHA 2025 -- give @achahistory.bsky.social a follow, we'll be updating it soon!

In the meantime, peek at all our events over on the AHA website and register here. I'm excited to see folks in New York! achahistory.org/nyc2025/ 🗃️

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1 year ago

Thanks!

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1 year ago

Please add me. I'm not a sociologist but a cultural historian who works on religion, politics, and American popular culture. Thanks.

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1 year ago
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There is plenty of time to register for the 2025 ACHA Annual Meeting! After December 13, late fees will apply. Please note that all presenters must register for both the AHA and ACHA meetings. To register, go to achahistory.org/nyc2025/.

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1 year ago

Likewise! Thanks.

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1 year ago

Please add me to the list. Thanks!

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1 year ago

Great. Thanks!

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1 year ago

Chris, can you add me to the list. Thanks.

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