Dr. Cara Burnidge
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American Religious Historian. associate professor drinking too much coffee. #Amrel #acrel #twitterstorian #USIH #SHAFR #aarsbl RT ≠ endorsement; views own
Cedar Falls, IA
Joined March 2009
Hello July 1! I've been waiting on you & this life level up. From completed dissertation (2013) to TT job (2014) to first copy of first book (2016) to TENURE & Promotion (2019) #ilooklikeahistorian #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
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How has religion influenced politics and politics shaped religion in the U.S. from the American Revolution through to the present day? ⛪ 🇺🇸 @routledgebooks The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775 explores this ⬇️ https://t.co/e9LwuM3ZPl
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American Religion is delighted to announce that our journal is now open access! All of our past and future issues are now freely accessible through our website and Project Muse!
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Today! Join us at 4:30 p.m. ⬇️
Just one week to go until the 2024 Wellborn Lecture! Join us on Friday, Oct. 25 to hear from @Princeton's Judith Weisenfeld. You can attend in-person or virtually, but registration is required for Zoom. To find event location and more info, visit: https://t.co/iIxS1kOjfs.
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One week warning! If you'd like to have a ballot mailed to you for the 2024 General Election you have ONE WEEK -10/21- at 5PM to get that Request Form in our hands! Stop by & fill out the request or visit our website: https://t.co/649SbBR6x6
#BlackHawkCounty #Absentee
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_Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest_ (@NYUpress) is now an audiobook! Read by yours truly! You can find it on Audible, Apple Books, Amazon, among other places. 🧵
books.apple.com
Religion & Spirituality · 2025
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Well ok #AcRel let’s go.
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Does anyone know if @AARWeb has shared updated JAAR submission/pub data reflecting on changes from the time of @andrearjain's 2020 "Plea"? (When nearly all submissions were from men) https://t.co/Wnim66f2Gb
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Andrea R. Jain Editor, Journal of the American Academy of Religion Since March 11, 2020, the day the World Health Organization announced that the spread of the COVID-19 virus was officially a...
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Stephen didn’t have to go this hard with this photo, but I’m glad he did.
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A museum in Iowa is the 1st in *all of North America* to directly return stolen art back to its country of origin:
iowapublicradio.org
The museum on the University of Iowa campus presented two works of art from its collection to the royal family of Nigeria in a special ceremony held at the Benin Palace, marking the first time a U.S....
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A two-time @FSUReligion alumna is featured in the latest edition of Spectrum Magazine! Click the link below to learn about the exciting things she's been up to... ⤵️
Beat the heat 🌡️ with a refreshing dive into Spectrum Magazine! ⛲ Get an exclusive look at the innovative work done by our incredible faculty, staff and students across STEM and the humanities, all from the comforts of your couch. 🛋️ Start reading here 👉 https://t.co/oVehrOtX4J
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See you in Chicago, friends! We’ve planned a teaching panel with practical suggestions from a variety of teaching contexts & experiences—and generous discussion time.
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One thing that really made me warm to alt-ac (some teaching but not all my eggs in that basket) is also something that wasn't at all true in 2014, which is the *precarity of the colleges themselves.* I know a fair number of people who are teaching at small colleges and
One thing missed in discussions of academic history hiring anger is how quickly the job market turned relative to PhD completion times. I see tenured historians saying, "we warned you" and - no, you didn't. You warned the incoming class of 2017; this is the incoming of 2014. 1/
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It is serious and you're one of my favorite legal analysts but the fact that you would say "no one thought" this makes me want to scream. A lot of us have been warning for years that this, and more, is in the offing here. We've been dismissed as alarmist.
This is serious. Five years ago no one seriously thought Roe v. Wade could be overruled...
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Why are we not throwing more pizza parties for ourselves? @JenReadsRomance the road to end game requires DNF *and* pizza parties
every adult woman I know is reading like they're trying to qualify for a pizza party and every guy I know owes DraftKings $5000
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No one: Me: It’s not just that Belle chose the beast once. It’s that after he transforms back to man, and the sequels are made…he goes back to beast. Like…everyone likes him as beast better. No questions. No exposition. The audience just knows. Understands. Agrees. 👀
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