Joseph Stuart
@jstuart.bsky.social
History Professor | Race, Religion, and Masculinity in the Black Freedom Struggle
The CFP for Afro-American Religious History at #AAR2026 is up! Please share and SUBMIT!
papers.aarweb.org/group/15476
papers.aarweb.org/group/15476
Afro-American Religious History Unit | AAR Annual Meeting
papers.aarweb.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The CFP for Afro-American Religious History at #AAR2026 is up! Please share and SUBMIT!
papers.aarweb.org/group/15476
papers.aarweb.org/group/15476
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The instructors for the Black Buddhism workshop below include @xroadproj.bsky.social Community Stories Fellow Rima Vesely-Flad who contributed a project, "Uplifting Black Nichiren Buddhist Voices" to our SPIRIT HOUSE site.
January 21, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The instructors for the Black Buddhism workshop below include @xroadproj.bsky.social Community Stories Fellow Rima Vesely-Flad who contributed a project, "Uplifting Black Nichiren Buddhist Voices" to our SPIRIT HOUSE site.
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Trish Patel pitches me an article approximately yearly, and every time it's completely different and totally fascinating.
This time, she has written in #AHAPerspectives about the history of Indian migration to Africa in the context of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's and her own family histories. 🗃️
This time, she has written in #AHAPerspectives about the history of Indian migration to Africa in the context of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's and her own family histories. 🗃️
“Mixed Masala” – AHA
A historian of the Indian Ocean world contexualizes Zohran Mamdani’s family history and complicated identity.
www.historians.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Trish Patel pitches me an article approximately yearly, and every time it's completely different and totally fascinating.
This time, she has written in #AHAPerspectives about the history of Indian migration to Africa in the context of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's and her own family histories. 🗃️
This time, she has written in #AHAPerspectives about the history of Indian migration to Africa in the context of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's and her own family histories. 🗃️
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Had a great time!
Reunion: a Podcast About Family Histories is a creation of my BYU History faculty colleagues @ccjones.bsky.social & @jstuart.bsky.social. Talk about hitting the ground running! The 1st 2 episodes have featured @kawulf.bsky.social & @agordonreed.bsky.social! WOW!
podcasts.apple.com/ye/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/ye/podcast/r...
January 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Had a great time!
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"News isn't free!" they scream.
Then let me buy individual articles! I want to support you! But I'm not subscribing to the Redding Evening Standard for a month for one article when I live 800 miles away.
Then let me buy individual articles! I want to support you! But I'm not subscribing to the Redding Evening Standard for a month for one article when I live 800 miles away.
“you’ve reached your monthly article limit,” says a news website i haven’t visited in eight months
January 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"News isn't free!" they scream.
Then let me buy individual articles! I want to support you! But I'm not subscribing to the Redding Evening Standard for a month for one article when I live 800 miles away.
Then let me buy individual articles! I want to support you! But I'm not subscribing to the Redding Evening Standard for a month for one article when I live 800 miles away.
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Reunion: a Podcast About Family Histories is a creation of my BYU History faculty colleagues @ccjones.bsky.social & @jstuart.bsky.social. Talk about hitting the ground running! The 1st 2 episodes have featured @kawulf.bsky.social & @agordonreed.bsky.social! WOW!
podcasts.apple.com/ye/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/ye/podcast/r...
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Reunion: a Podcast About Family Histories is a creation of my BYU History faculty colleagues @ccjones.bsky.social & @jstuart.bsky.social. Talk about hitting the ground running! The 1st 2 episodes have featured @kawulf.bsky.social & @agordonreed.bsky.social! WOW!
podcasts.apple.com/ye/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/ye/podcast/r...
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
Fletcher signing Jesus Christ loved you into the camera 👀 #AmericanReligion
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Fletcher signing Jesus Christ loved you into the camera 👀 #AmericanReligion
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Cignetti and Mendoza
January 20, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Cignetti and Mendoza
I just got excited to go to the car wash without kids.
I may be approaching my final form as a dad.
I may be approaching my final form as a dad.
January 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I just got excited to go to the car wash without kids.
I may be approaching my final form as a dad.
I may be approaching my final form as a dad.
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Available now wherever you listen to podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ye/podcast/r...
Reunion 02: Family, Race, and Memoir with Annette Gordon-Reed
Podcast Episode · Reunion: A Podcast About Family Histories · 19/01/2026 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Available now wherever you listen to podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ye/podcast/r...
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Episode 2 of Reunion: A Podcast about Family Histories, is out now! We were delighted and honored to welcome @agordonreed.bsky.social to discuss her groundbreaking research on the Hemings family + more!
@jstuart.bsky.social
@jstuart.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Episode 2 of Reunion: A Podcast about Family Histories, is out now! We were delighted and honored to welcome @agordonreed.bsky.social to discuss her groundbreaking research on the Hemings family + more!
@jstuart.bsky.social
@jstuart.bsky.social
I'm polishing a grant with Tulsa King on in the background. It's probably a net neutral for gaining/losing brain cells.
January 19, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I'm polishing a grant with Tulsa King on in the background. It's probably a net neutral for gaining/losing brain cells.
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Thomas Coleman’s life was marked by tragedy. He arrived in Salt Lake City in 1848, enslaved to John and Nancy Crosby Bankhead, converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Mississippi.
January 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Thomas Coleman’s life was marked by tragedy. He arrived in Salt Lake City in 1848, enslaved to John and Nancy Crosby Bankhead, converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Mississippi.
Pain.
Broncos QB Bo Nix is out for the rest of the season after breaking a bone in his ankle on the second-to-last play of the game against the Bills, Sean Payton announced.
Jarrett Stidham will start against the winner of Texans-Patriots next Sunday.
Jarrett Stidham will start against the winner of Texans-Patriots next Sunday.
January 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Pain.
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“In other words, AI reduces productivity, not increases it.”
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 PM
“In other words, AI reduces productivity, not increases it.”
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The annual BYU Redd Center funding season is here and we have INCREASED the $$$ amounts!
PLEASE share this as broadly as possible.
We accept applications from ANY discipline for projects focused on the intermountain states of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, & WY.
tinyurl.com/2026ReddAwards
PLEASE share this as broadly as possible.
We accept applications from ANY discipline for projects focused on the intermountain states of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, & WY.
tinyurl.com/2026ReddAwards
January 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The annual BYU Redd Center funding season is here and we have INCREASED the $$$ amounts!
PLEASE share this as broadly as possible.
We accept applications from ANY discipline for projects focused on the intermountain states of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, & WY.
tinyurl.com/2026ReddAwards
PLEASE share this as broadly as possible.
We accept applications from ANY discipline for projects focused on the intermountain states of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, & WY.
tinyurl.com/2026ReddAwards
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First podcast up on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! Thanks to Jacob Barrett for expert hosting: newbooksnetwork.com/empire-of-pr... @academic.oup.com
Sonia Hazard, "Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
First podcast up on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! Thanks to Jacob Barrett for expert hosting: newbooksnetwork.com/empire-of-pr... @academic.oup.com
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Gearing up for a new semester? Did you know that @xroadproj.bsky.social's SPIRIT HOUSE gallery of 36 projects on varied aspects of Black religious histories, communities, and cultures has a teaching guide? Check it out here:
SPIRIT HOUSE
SPIRIT HOUSE invests in and celebrates the richness and abundance of Black religions as they manifest through scholarly research, artistic expression, and community building.
www.crossroads-spirithouse.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Gearing up for a new semester? Did you know that @xroadproj.bsky.social's SPIRIT HOUSE gallery of 36 projects on varied aspects of Black religious histories, communities, and cultures has a teaching guide? Check it out here:
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Last night I was privileged to receive the @aschurchhistory.bsky.social’s Philip Schaff Prize, which is given to “the best book in the history of Christianity.”
It’s an award that I still don’t think I deserve, but one for which I am deeply grateful. ASCH is one of my favorite scholarly orgs. /1
It’s an award that I still don’t think I deserve, but one for which I am deeply grateful. ASCH is one of my favorite scholarly orgs. /1
January 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Last night I was privileged to receive the @aschurchhistory.bsky.social’s Philip Schaff Prize, which is given to “the best book in the history of Christianity.”
It’s an award that I still don’t think I deserve, but one for which I am deeply grateful. ASCH is one of my favorite scholarly orgs. /1
It’s an award that I still don’t think I deserve, but one for which I am deeply grateful. ASCH is one of my favorite scholarly orgs. /1
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Three excellent historians discuss the value of understanding the role of genealogy in the past. @jstuart.bsky.social and @ccjones.bsky.social interview @kawulf.bsky.social in this first episode of the Reunion podcast. reunion-a-podcast-about-family-histories.ghost.io/episode-1-ge...
Episode 1: Genealogy and Power with Karin Wulf
In a Virginia courtroom in the mid-seventeenth century, a woman named Mary Aggie stood before a judge not to defend herself with a lawyer, but with lineage. She traced her ancestry back to a free woma...
reunion-a-podcast-about-family-histories.ghost.io
January 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Three excellent historians discuss the value of understanding the role of genealogy in the past. @jstuart.bsky.social and @ccjones.bsky.social interview @kawulf.bsky.social in this first episode of the Reunion podcast. reunion-a-podcast-about-family-histories.ghost.io/episode-1-ge...