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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

@riccardiswartz.bsky.social
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assistant prof of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University. first gen. book w/ Fordham University Press. current projects: trad futurisms/digital dissidents.

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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thrilled to bring @bradleyonishi.bsky.social to @northeasternu.bsky.social later this month. Looking forward to a fascinating conversation about the intersection of religion, technology, and politics.
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Candace Lukasik @clukasik.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Available for preorder this Fall @routledgebooks.bsky.social @riccardiswartz.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Orthodox-Chr...
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Happening this Friday and Saturday. Register! Share! #anthropology #conference
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Folks, if you are in Boston/NE/NYC, we have an amazing conference next week with keynotes by Judith Brunton and Angelo Baca, plus two panels about endings and futures. Registration QR code is on the flyer. Please share widely.
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#cfp #anthro Extended deadline: 2.28.2026. Share widely! ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE END OF WORLDS NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MARCH 27-28, 2026 RENAISSANCE PARK 909 Registration Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#cfp #anthro Extended deadline: 2.28.2026. Share widely! ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE END OF WORLDS NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MARCH 27-28, 2026 RENAISSANCE PARK 909 Registration Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I’ll be in virtual conversation with the amazing Hank Owings at the University of Pennsylvania’s Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy on 2/24 @12pm est. Zoom link below. Come hear me talk about the far right online and trad worldbuilding. Share widely! amc.sas.upenn.edu/event/gender...
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Gender, the Internet, and the Radical/Trad Right | The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
#anthropology #cfp. Boston conference. Please share widely! @brownanthro.bsky.social @anthrosciences.bsky.social @anthciis.bsky.social @socmedanthro.bsky.social @aarweb.bsky.social @americananthro.bsky.social @americanethnographers.com @ethnographystudio.bsky.social @oxford-anthro.bsky.social
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
#cfp We are seeking papers for both a pre-conference workshop for New England-based anthropology PhD Students and early career faculty (March 27) and paper proposals for two panels (all ranks) (March 28). Due by 02.23.2026. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
CFP: "Anthropology at the End of Worlds." Boston. March 27-28. With a pre-conference workshop for graduate students and early career scholars. QR code for proposal submission and attendee registration. Share widely!
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Phil Dorroll @phildorroll.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
#WebinAAR | This Friday at 12 PM, the Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit is hosting an AAR webinar on "Religion and Conflict: Case Studies from Ukraine." Register here for free: my.aarweb.org/event-inform... @aarweb.bsky.social @riccardiswartz.bsky.social
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Phil Dorroll @phildorroll.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
@aarweb.bsky.social is hosting a free webinar next month on religion and the war in Ukraine, featuring three of the leading global experts on this topic, and moderated by @riccardiswartz.bsky.social- more info below: aarweb.org/event/religi...
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Religion and Conflict: Case Studies from Ukraine – AAR
An AAR Fall Fridays WebinAAR Hosted by AAR’s Eastern Orthodox Studies Program Unit As part of the Fall Fridays Scholarship WebinAAR Series, this webinar features a panel of globally renowned experts i...
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Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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...
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
As someone who has been researching and writing about this phenomenon since 2017, I’m glad to see the amplification of news coverage on these globalized far-right connections. youtube.com/watch?v=A95E...
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Russian propaganda finds sympathetic ears among U.S. religious right
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
"The connections between Brazil and the U.S. reflect decades of transnational circulation of ideas, theologies, strategies and resources...a story of mutual influence, but also of dependence and asymmetry." religionnews.com/2025/07/15/o...
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'Apocalypse in the Tropics' explores Brazil politics, evangelicalism
(RNS) — Netflix released the documentary ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ which seeks to understand how the far right mobilizes faith for political interest.
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“I, Daniel Richard Martindale, voluntarily and consciously accepting the citizenship of the Russian Federation, swear to observe the Constitution," he said in good Russian.” www.reuters.com/world/us-cit...
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US citizen who helped Russia from inside Ukraine granted Russian passport by Putin
Daniel Martindale, a U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops and was then spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces, has received a Russian passport in Moscow.
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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 15/07/2025
In light of John MacArthur's death, I'm sharing again the piece that Jason Bruner and I wrote about the self-congratulatory documentary that Grace Church released in 2023 that portrayed MacArthur and his followers as persecuted martyrs of Gavin Newsom's Covid regime. therevealer.org/evangelicals...
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“Prove that you matter” has long been part of eugenics language.
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I'm going to forever be annoyed that I spent years trying to warn people that the religious right had a plan to use democracy to destroy democracy and implement theocracy, only to be told that I must have no idea just how fringe my past life was and there was nothing to worry about.
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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I’m quoted in this article about the impact of Medicaid cuts in the near future. I wish my disabled rage came out more www.americanbar.org/groups/diver...
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Thirty-Five Years After the ADA, Disability Advocates Fight for Survival
Thirty-five years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability rights activists returned to Capitol Hill to rally against a tax and spending bill that threatens to strip ...
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PERIL @perilresearch.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Our latest article in The 19th focuses on how algorithms for online social media platforms prioritizes content on the #manosphere, #tradwives and gendered #violence. tinyurl.com/4c6mxakr
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How algorithms, alpha males and tradwives are winning the war for kids’ minds
Toxic masculinity and idealized motherhood content are flooding social media feeds — forcing educators, students and parents to navigate the internet's manosphere.
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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
New publication alert-pleased to share my new article on misogyny and in game chats in online gaming- a review article that is part of a phenomenal special issue on gaming & extremism. Open access, thanks to american university library support for faculty authors www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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Frontiers | Misogyny incubators: how gaming helps channel everyday sexism into violent extremism
We face a pervasive and proliferating climate of online misogyny, along with an ever-expanding digital ecosystem that makes it faster and easier to express a...
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Always and forever!
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Not sure how I missed this article coming out. An interesting look at the relationship between seeker spirituality and Orthobros, featuring comments from me. In French. www.ladn.eu/nouveaux-usa...
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« Orthobros » : pourquoi l'orthodoxie séduit les jeunes hommes américains - L'ADN
De New York à San Francisco, une nouvelle vague de jeunes hommes conservateurs se convertit à l'orthodoxie chrétienne. Enquête sur un phénomène qui pourrait bien traverser l'Atlantique.
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This is what Rob Saler and I call “trad futurism” in our in-progress book. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/09/t...
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‘The Fight for Souls and Minds’: Alex Jones, George Galloway, Errol Musk and More Attend Far-Right Forum of the Future in Moscow - The Moscow Times
Leading Western far-right personalities have descended on Moscow for the “Forum of the Future,” a two-day event aimed at broadcasting Russia’s state ideology and an ultra-conservative, neo-imperialist...
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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🥩 Great to listen to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social presenting our new joint venture on how the far right mobilises against lab-grown meat at the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference in London! 🍗
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This goes to the core of the Republican fears of the Democrats (“foreign”, “violent”) and is an attempt at both distraction and radicalization by embattled Trump 2.0. But excessive state violence against (non-marginalized groups of) own population often leads to massive popular backlash too.
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Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests
California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdown
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Excellent reporting from Lucy Ash. The title says it all. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches
A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Delighted to circulate this call for grant applications in my capacity as the Senior Research Advisor of the National Recording Preservation Foundation, a charter of the 106th US Congress and a partner affiliate of the Library of Congress.
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NRPF Grants: 2025 Call for Proposals
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Share widely. This program is such a gift!
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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 13/05/2025
In my book, Who Is a True Christian?, I argue that the fascination with “ancient faith” and “historic Christianity” had led conservative Christians down a path toward fascist politics. I didn’t expect them to make the connection quite so blatantly. HT to @riccardiswartz.bsky.social
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Lucy Ash did a fantastic job on this radio documentary. Happy to be a part of the project. www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
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BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | Assignment: Russia's Church in Texas
The Americans converting to Orthodox Christianity in Texas...
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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
•Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social (UVA) •Nina Glibetic (Yale University) •Patrick Michelson @plmichel68.bsky.social (Indiana University) •Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social (Northeastern University) •Panteli Kalaitzidis (Volos Academy for Theological Studies) ...and more!
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College of Social Sciences and Humanities @nucssh.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
In the mountains of West Virginia, a community of Russian Orthodox monks and laypeople provides an unusual picture of rural religious life. Religion and Anthropology Prof. @riccardiswartz.bsky.social spent a year documenting this community. Read more at @dailyyonder.bsky.social.
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Q&A: What Can a Russian Orthodox Community Tell Us about Rural America? | The Daily Yonder
Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Coming Fall 2025 from @fordhampress.bsky.social Co-edited with the amazing @clukasik.bsky.social. It’s also lovely to see another one of my photos grace the cover of a FUP book. 🎉
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Candace Lukasik @clukasik.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Coming Fall 2025 @fordhampress.bsky.social, Co-edited with @riccardiswartz.bsky.social 📚
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Join us for #GatheredAsOneBody! This conference on accessibility & inclusion in the Orthodox Church launches the GOA “On Behalf of All” initiative for disability-friendly parishes. Let’s make our churches more welcoming for all! May 1-3, 2025 | Watertown & Weston, MA RSVP: hei@hchc.edu
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
“On Behalf of All” – A new initiative for Orthodox parish accessibility launches at GATHERED AS ONE BODY! May 1-3, 2025 | Watertown & Weston, MA RSVP: hei@hchc.edu #FaithWithoutBarriers #OrthodoxAccessibility #GatheredAsOneBody #heihchc
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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This is from 2021 but whew, it is a timely read.
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
If this official WH tweet shocks you, read this: canopyforum.org/2021/08/10/s...
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
And if you want to learn more about how everyday Americans are turning to both Putin and Russian Orthodoxy, my book elaborates on this extensively: www.fordhampress.com/978082329950...
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Between Heaven and Russia
How is religious conversion transforming American democracy? In one corner of Appalachia, a group of American citizens has embraced the Russian Orthodox Chur...
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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
More in this paper by @profsamperry.bsky.social, @riccardiswartz.bsky.social, @profjoshdavis.bsky.social, and @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social.
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The Religious Right and Russia: Christian Nationalism and Americans’ Views on Russia and Vladimir Putin Before and After the Ukrainian Invasion
Since 2016, Americans’ attitudes toward Russia and Vladimir Putin have shifted, with Republicans becoming far more supportive of both. And though condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ...
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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
“The term ‘doxxing’ has become unmoored from its origins to mean that someone posted something on the internet that I would rather not see" - @wcreeley.bsky.social
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How Elon Musk and the Right Are Trying to Recast Reporting as ‘Doxxing’
Right-wing influencers are criticizing journalists who have published public information about government employees.
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Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📢 Calling all religion scholars! 📢Please consider this my personal invitation to submit a paper or organize a session at the upcoming @sssreligion.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October! Reach out to me or @evanstewart.bsky.social with questions or ideas!
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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Let's not call this a "rotation." Okay? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Pentagon swaps desk for New York Times reporters for New York Post
Other swaps due to new ‘rotation’ include NPR for Breitbart, NBC for One America News and Politico for HuffPost
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit, which I co-chair with the amazing @phildorroll.bsky.social, just released its 2025 @aarweb.bsky.social annual meeting CPF. Share widely.
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Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
In 2021 the Society for Cultural Anthropology asked me to be part of their Hot Spots editors’ forum on American Fascism. This week, we authors are revisiting our essays in a Zoom roundtable to consider the current political ecology in the US. Registration information below.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
This isn’t a “seems like” or “appears to be” event… It was intentional, deliberate, and unequivocal.
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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
"In a concise and brilliant study of three years (1967-1970) in the 1960s, @llassabe.bsky.social traced the emergence of many right-wing tactics and arguments that have proved deeply influential in the years since in shaping both American higher education and the contemporary Republican Party."
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What The New Right Learned In School
Essential reading for anyone interested in higher education or Republican politics, either today or in the past.
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