Many thanks to the @curabu.bsky.social for organizing this book talk and conversation in early March! If you’re in Boston, consider joining us: www.bu.edu/cura/2025/12...

Sinan Antoon’s ‘Of Loss and Lavender’ In this conversation over e-mail, Sinan Antoon talks about the novel, the fraught nature of collective memory, the process of self-translation, and the sort of “security checkpoints” a book must pass through in the process of translation.

Absolutely thrilled to be working with Leonard McKinnis on this project, “The Idea of Diaspora in the Study of American Religion”! Many thanks to the @aarweb.bsky.social for their support!

Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven) archives.yale.edu/repositories...

"[A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE's] analysis of early Christian conflicts has furthermore taken shape against the backdrop of ever more polarized U.S. political conversations..." Read an excerpt with author's note from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE by Christine Shepardson: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/e... #SCS2026

NEW MIDDLE EAST BRIEF: DISAPPEARANCE OR RECONFIGURATION? THE FUTURE OF MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS @clukasik.bsky.social argues that focusing on population decline alone obscures how Christian communities are actively reconfiguring their presence and authority. Read Here: brandeis.edu/crown/public...

2025 is coming to a close! Take a look at some of our favorite 2025 YSAR moments. From a graduating cohort that has grown and flourished, to welcoming a new batch of great scholars, this year has been an incredible journey with our YSAR cohorts!

Looking forward to this symposium at معهد الدوحة للدراسات العليا - Doha Institute for Graduate Studies! My paper is entitled, "Entanglement: The Imperial Encounter and Diasporas of Empire.” www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/en/News-and-...

Lucie Ryzova's "Portrait of a #Martyr as a Young Man: Social Lives of #Photographs in Revolutionary #Egypt" is open access and out on FirstView! doi.org/10.1017/S001...

We are pleased to announce that Rajbir Singh Judge's PROPHETIC MAHARAJA is the winner of the 2025 Best First Book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion (AAR). buff.ly/aTJkAo6 @rajbirsinghjudge.bsky.socia @aarweb.bsky.social

What an incredible week of celebration. Book panels at AAA and MESA, thinking “Martyrs and Migrants” and Sarah Bakker Kellogg’s “Sonic Icons” together, and a brief stop at AAR, reuniting with people that make my heart full. Thank you all!

We're concluding another successful AAR-SBL gathering, and it’s been wonderful to connect with all our authors in Boston! With tomorrow as the final day, we're giving away the remaining display books for free! Swing by Booth 813 starting at 8:30! #AAR #SBL #AARSBL2025

Our symposium on the 20th anniversary of the release of Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety is now available online, with thanks to @biqbal.bsky.social for bringing us together. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Many thanks to Fiona McCallum Guiney for this detailed and incredibly thoughtful review in @ersjournal.com of ‘Martyrs and Migrants’ @nyupress.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎉Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics is now available @fordhampress.bsky.social!🎉 fordhampress.com/anthropologi...

20 years after Saddam Hussein’s fall, what can upcoming elections tell us about the future of #Iraq’s democracy? Read our latest Crown Conversation by Killian Clarke, Candace Lukasik, & Kerem Uşşaklı: www.brandeis.edu/crown/public... | @kbclarke.bsky.social @clukasik.bsky.social

#ERSBookReview 📘 "This book offers a fascinating account of the interconnectedness between empire, migration, religion and race". Fiona McCallum Guineon reviews Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social by @clukasik.bsky.social Read the full review: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Tomorrow!

Candace will also be hosting a workshop on the following day, where she'll delve into her research with Coptic and Assyrian groups. Explore how everyday life unveils the unseen mechanisms of empires. Workshop: buff.ly/Kz2qan1 @clukasik.bsky.social

Join Candace Lukasik on Oct. 30 for a discussion on "Martyrs and Migrants." Delve into how Coptic Christian migrants reshape religious identity through the imagination of the US empire, and explore the ethics of researching these topics. Don't miss out!

Last Thursday marked fourteen years since a very painful date: that of the Maspero Massacre in Egypt. Don't miss this new piece by @amyfallas.bsky.social for @timep.bsky.social looking at the politics of memory, the denial of state culpability, and the injustices that remain even today.

A huge congratulations to current YSAR members @clukasik.bsky.social and @riccardiswartz.bsky.social on their book Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics! Learn more about the book and their incredible work: fordhampress.com/anthropologi...

This past weekend we hosted another round of YSAR sessions! Scholars bonded, learned, ate, and explored Indianapolis. Learn more about the program and the current cohorts: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...

I am very much looking forward to my visit to @cmu.edu later this month thanks to @nevineabraham.bsky.social for organizing a rich 2 day visit with a book talk, class visit, and workshop (link in comments). If you are in the area, please join us! @nyupress.bsky.social

Next Wednesday! @nyupress.bsky.social

On Friday, October 10 at 12 PM ET, AAR's Middle Eastern Christianity Program Unit is hosting a webinAAR on "Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology" (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2025) as part of our Fall Fridays Scholarship Series. Register now! aarweb.org/event/theolo...

Friends and colleagues—I hope you can join us for an upcoming @aarweb.bsky.social WebinAAR conversation on "Theology after Gaza: A Global Anthology" this coming Friday October 10 at 12pm ET. Please see the details here: aarweb.org/event/theolo...

miriam ticktin's new book will be out in december press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... against innocence: undoing and remaking the world

Looking forward to my first Fall book talk for Martyrs and Migrants at the Croft Institute @olemiss.bsky.social! @nyupress.bsky.social

The second review of Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social written by Helana Marie Boutros has just been published in @amanthro.bsky.social. I have so much gratitude for this engagement with the book that centers its theological aspects and methodological-conceptual work.

Excited to have a chapter in this volume!

Our edited volume proofs for ‘Anthropologies of Orthodox Christianity: Theology, Politics, Ethics’—Available for pre-order now and out in November! With Foreword from Sonja Thomas and Afterword from Angie Heo fordhampress.com/anthropologi...

Another extensive review in Arabic of “Martyrs and Migrants” @nyupress.bsky.social from Coptic novelist Shady Lewis Botros—very grateful for this in depth engagement with the book! rb.gy/73wmdi

The first review of Martyrs and Migrants (@nyupress.bsky.social) written by Nevine Abraham has just been published with the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES). I am so grateful for this generous and thoughtful engagement!

📚📚📚New Book Review📚📚📚 Nada Moumtaz reviews // “Devotion to the administrative state: Religion and social order in Egypt” // by Mona Oraby @princetonupress.bsky.social 2024 Find it here in AE 52.3 Early View: ⤵️ anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My review of @galekenny.bsky.social’s “Christian Imperial Feminism” (NYU Press) is published and part of the Spring 2025 issue of @amrel.bsky.social. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55127

رحلة تحليلية و في كتابي : —— بقلم الكاتب الصحفي حسام حداد، كل الشكر والتقدير لهذا المجهود المميز! (The first review of Martyrs and Migrants is out—and in Arabic with al-Bawaba!) @nyupress.bsky.social www.islamist-movements.com/71629

My @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast interview on Martyrs and Migrants (@nyupress.bsky.social) is up. Many thanks to Diana Dukhanova for the invitation! newbooksnetwork.com/martyrs-and-...

Over the past two decades, Western politicians, think tanks, and NGOs have re-channeled their efforts into “saving” Middle Eastern Christians facing violence. In a post for the blog, Candace Lukasik explains what these efforts reveal about US empire.

A short, public-facing intro to Martyrs and Migrants just published on @nyupress.bsky.social From the Square blog nyupress.org/blog/2025/06...

For recent our 20th anniversary, we gathered Crown scholars to explore the challenges facing the #MiddleEast. Watch our panel on #Egypt & #NorthAfrica featuring @clukasik.bsky.social, Andrew F. March, @jlsowers.bsky.social, & Ian VanderMeulen, moderated by Eva Bellin: youtu.be/ylJWV_XiPKc

What does motherhood mean when hospitals are bombed and schoolbags become grave markers? Mohammed Abu Muheisen documents the unbearable weight carried by Gaza’s mothers in a war with no end. 🔗 www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

issue 15 of religion & society is out! and with it, our 20-year anniversary forum on talal asad's FORMATIONS OF THE SECULAR www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal... aaron eldridge, brent eng, ashwak hauter, sohaib khan, jean-michel landry, candace lukasik, muneeza rizvi, and myself read its chapters

wrote some notes on @rajbirsinghjudge.bsky.social's wonderful book for the AUFS book event itself.blog/2025/05/31/n...

Thank you @christianitytoday.com‬ for highlighting a wonderful interview with author Candace Lukasik on how Coptic martyrs—and migrants—inform our Christian faith. You can read the article here:

My interview with @christianitytoday.com on Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social “Martyrdom…represents a way of life that entails everyday sacrifice…[and] migration is also a form of sacrifice.” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/05/egyp...

This past weekend we hosted the 2025 Spring YSAR Sessions! Look into what a weekend at YSAR looks like, from the opening reception to closing dinners, and all the learning in between! Apply for the 2025-2027 Cohort: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...

Today is publication day! 🎉 Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire, is now available @nyupress.bsky.social. Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off: nyupress.org/978147983322...

Candace's upcoming book, "Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Politics of US Empire," is out soon from @nyupress.bsky.social. Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off: nyupress.org/978147983322...

Many thanks to @migrationpolicy.bsky.social for informing me that they included Martyrs and Migrants @nyupress.bsky.social in their Migration Information Source newsletter. 5 days until publication day! 🎉migrationpolicy.salsalabs.org/source-march17…