Nicholas T. Pruitt

It was a whirlwind week finishing out the term, but a highlight was presenting my research to the Brooke Society @caiuscollege.bsky.social. Got to share my work on historiographies of Christian nationalism during the 1950s.

Going to add this to my collection. I enjoy using Herblock’s several works on McCarythism with students.

My end-of-the-term solution…

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England. Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

Material religious history finds today at an antiques store in Ely:

Happy to do any and all gardening needed!

Dwight Khrushchev?

May have found the cover for my next book..."Nothing's Sacred" (1953)

While going through security at Logan for an early morning flight, I turned around to see Nick Offerman behind me.

Or the Baptist “Brother (first name)”

Definitely feel this way when it comes to the discipline of history, but not as much when it comes to politics. I don’t understand those who tell athletes who’ve made a political statement to stick to sports.

Christian Imperial Feminism: White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire. By Gale L. Kenny The history of Protestant missionaries is a robust field. When it comes to missionaries from the United States, however, most historical attention is direc

Pleased to share my review of @galekenny.bsky.social’s latest book. If you study 20c gender, culture, religion, and/or Protestant missions, definitely give it a read. @nyupress.bsky.social

Christian Imperial Feminism: White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire. By Gale L. Kenny The history of Protestant missionaries is a robust field. When it comes to missionaries from the United States, however, most historical attention is direc

Pleased to share my review of @galekenny.bsky.social’s latest book. If you study 20c gender, culture, religion, and/or Protestant missions, definitely give it a read. @nyupress.bsky.social

Congrats, it’s a great press to work with. And eager to read it!

George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award Visit the post for more.

***Graduate students studying migration and/or ethnic history***

Apply to the Pozzetta Dissertation Award! IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations.
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Galveston, TX, is another.

Water from the Rock A multifaceted history of Black resistance during the War of Independence

PUB DATE today folks happy to have written the foreward to Sylvia Frey's classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, one of my favorite books in grad school. @princetonupress.bsky.social did a great job with the new edition. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Senior Teaching Associate [Temporary Cover] at University of Cambridge Searching for an academic job? Explore this Senior Teaching Associate [Temporary Cover] opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

JOB!!!
Four-year full-time job in Modern European History (Social/Economic) at Cambridge. By today's standards, it's pretty good! Split between Trinity Hall College and History Faculty.

It's also widely defined so do apply, deadline July 27.
@camhistory.bsky.social

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Cambridge History Faculty Faculty of History, University of Cambridge The Faculty of History is one of the largest history departments in the world. Over one hundred people pursue teaching and research within the History Facu...

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Finding fluoride also covered in Gerald L.K. Smith’s publication.

Not quite that much light, but I’m still amazed by how much light there is here at 10pm.

Review Books for the JAEH Visit the post for more.

Book Reviewers for the JAEH Needed

If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History, please complete the volunteer reviewer form (iehs.org/review-books...) or send your contact information and areas of expertise to Omar Valerio-Jiménez at jaehreviews@gmail.com.

Damned Whiteness | David F. Evans | University of North Carolina Press The memory of the long civil rights movement often celebrates white men and women who drew on their religious faith to support Black demands for racial justi...

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Damned Whiteness offers an unflinching history of white-led efforts at interracial organizing gone astray.

Hear, hear! Historians have to be somewhat open to interdisciplinary work and collaboration. Our questions become far too limited otherwise.

Appreciated having the opportunity to present on my current project last week with @camhistory.bsky.social grad students. In short, the U.S. hasn’t moved on from the 1950s and it’s not the decade we collectively remember.

Assembling Religion How Henry Ford institutionalized a social gospelHenry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church, reader of New Thought texts, ...

You might not think cars and religion have much in common. "Assembling Religion," out now, explores how Henry Ford institutionalized a social gospel. Read about how he believed his work was prophetic and meant to remake the world, with research directly from Ford’s archive.

I find that reading the angry letters sent to mainline leaders are more interesting 😬

Embarrassed I didn’t make the connection 🤦🏻 Currently on 2:7!

Show us your writing process in a gif:

Total Defense - Andrew Preston, at Heffers Bookshop Join us on the 29th of May as Andrew Preston discusses his new book 'Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security.'

📢AUTHOR EVENT: Join Andrew Preston, Professor of American History @camhistory.bsky.social, as he discusses his new book 'Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security.'

📆29 May 6-7pm
🏢Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge
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