Reposted by Sarah DeesJustseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We're having a sale until the end of the month-29% off orders over $20 with the code LEARN at Justseeds.org! 0158
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 27/08/2026My piece for @theconversation.com on Dolly Parton's religious significance theconversation.com/for-some-fan...theconversation.comFor some fans, Dolly Parton was more than a musical idol – she was a spiritual iconThe legendary singer took on a saint-like aura for some fans. 1145
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 24/12/2025If you need a bit of Dolly this holiday season, I made a playlist and post about some of my fav Dolly xmas songs. open.substack.com/pub/sarahdee...open.substack.comMay I Present: A Holly Dolly XmasAnd a happy new blog! 010
Reposted by Sarah DeesKaleb E. Goldschmitt @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social · 30/06/2025In addition to many other important programs, IU Bloomington is eliminating its Folklore and Ethnomusicology Department, one of the most storied and successful in the country. 2015181
Reposted by Sarah DeesJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025👀 The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy has just published an article by A3P Sr. Counsel Josh Hammer, Timon Cline, & Yoram Hazony. It calls on SCOTUS to reverse the 1947 Everson case, which held that the Establishment Clause applies to the states & requires a separation of church & state. 1/ 67961488
Reposted by Sarah DeesRebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 30/06/2025So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...ipm.orgIndiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degreesPublic Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education. 18520891296
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 29/06/2025The result of a Google search I just did for “famous Peters.” Maybe AI should rewrite history after all 130
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I've been thinking about public education and education as a public good this week, and it reminded me of the amazing work by @justseeds.bsky.social. So much great education-themed art! (Like this one by Pete Railand.) 2103
Reposted by Sarah DeesEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Just for the record. See? Sovereignty-wise, Tribes outrank states. No supremacy clause for them. 17818
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I received tenure so I might do something wild like add a ridiculous quotation to my email signature "May each step you take bring you closer to the things you seek to find" - George Jones 000
Reposted by Sarah DeesAdam DJ Brett @adjb.co · 16/05/2025Indigenous leaders call on new Pope to return thousands of artifacts | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caIndigenous leaders call on new Pope to return thousands of artifacts | CBC NewsThe Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for the Vatican to return sacred First Nation artifacts that were taken from Indigenous communities during the residential school era. 033
Reposted by Sarah DeesAmerican Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Yesterday, ACLS, @historians.org, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social filed a Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for a preliminary injunction to reverse the cancellation of grants and the firing of NEH staff. Read it in full here: bit.ly/3Sr4oJf 181
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Grading papers in this early age of AI raises so many thoughts/feelings. Concern that so many students appear to be turning to algorithms to produce writing for them. Frustration at trends in higher education (and the world) that have laid the foundation for this largely uncritical turn to AI. 110
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 13/04/2025From @us.theconversation.com: Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence theconversation.com/universities...theconversation.comUniversities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independenceBefore the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state. 010
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 31/03/2025It's publication day for this volume! Please consider requesting it as a library purchase if you're able to do that. I don't have a copy yet, so I haven't been able to read any of the other chapters, but they look great. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...routledge.comThe Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Indigenous ReligionsExciting developments in research among, with and by Indigenous scholars and communities are enriching a wide range of disciplines, methodologies and trans-disciplinary conversations. This growing fie... 051
Reposted by Sarah DeesAmerican Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 31/03/2025ACLS member societies have released statements a responding to recent Executive Orders and federal budget cuts that target academic freedom, higher education, and other issues related to their fields: bit.ly/426DqLbbit.lyACLS Member Societies Respond to Executive Orders Impacting Higher EducationACLS member societies have released statements and advocacy efforts responding to recent Executive Orders and federal budget cuts that target higher education. 042
Reposted by Sarah DeesAmerican Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Today, ACLS issued a joint statement with The Phi Beta Kappa Society on the March 20, 2025, executive order to close the US Department of Education: bit.ly/4hwNfb9 Dismantling of the Department of Education will result in catastrophic implications for students, faculty, communities, and the nation.bit.lyJoint Statement on Executive Order to Dismantle Department of EducationACLS has issued a joint statement with The Phi Beta Kappa Society. 047
Reposted by Sarah DeesThe Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 13/03/2025📢 History should be told as it happened—not erased, distorted, or manipulated. The OAH, together with the @historians.org, condemns recent efforts to censor historical content. Read the statement: 🔗 ow.ly/1cY650VhEw9 03216
Reposted by Sarah DeesBrian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Getting informal reports that as part of the mass layoffs at the Department of Education, the International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) Office has been "abolished." IFLE administers Title VI and Fulbright-Hays grant and fellowship programs. A disaster. www.ed.gov/about/ed-off...ed.govInternational and Foreign Language Education (IFLE)The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office administers Title VI (domestic) and Fulbright-Hays (overseas) grant and fellowship programs. 8202116
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Reflecting on the talk I had w my upper-level class about sources yesterday, I had the thought that AI-produced info = beepboops of primary sources + summaries & syntheses of secondary sources (so, tertiary sources), all masquerading as legit secondary sources (analyses of primary sources). 110
Reposted by Sarah DeesCenter for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social · 27/02/2025The latest issue of Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation is now available through Cambridge University Press. The Journal explores the interplay between religion and other spheres of American culture. Follow along as we share more about these articles! 133
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I would like to respectfully request that Dolly Parton, Beyoncé, and/or Taylor Swift purchase the Washington Post. 030
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Not only do I read in bars, I carry around a small unobtrusive book light so dimly lit bars do not foil my plans to read in them! 050
Reposted by Sarah DeesThe Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 05/02/2025The OAH & @historians.org advocate for the importance of history in American public life and for education that prepares students for informed citizenship and work. We have issued a joint statement on the EO “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling." 🔗 ow.ly/t1fj50UUl1z 02112
Reposted by Sarah Deesjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/02/2025in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations? 467243376365
Reposted by Sarah DeesAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Musk is rumored to spend $40M on Super Bowl ads with his wildly distorted claims attacking USAID. Don’t believe them. The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13wapo.stAnalysis | The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spendingEleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context. 11823741102
Reposted by Sarah DeesDonovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Watching AI corrode my students' ability to formulate their own ideas and take stock of what they actually think about a text or idea in front of them, this is my nightmare. Cruising toward a fully two-tiered workforce, those who can reflect, communicate, and create on top, everyone else below. 24512
Reposted by Sarah DeesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Why are university presses important? A thread 🧵 221199
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Just in case you have some thoughts you'd like to share: Guest.Service@target.com 000
Reposted by Sarah DeesRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too. 714253737457
Reposted by Sarah DeesDaniel Wise @danielswise.bsky.social · 09/01/2025This is horrible. The Theosophical Society has had a massive influence on spirituality throughout the world. Mahatma Gandhi was deeply influenced by it. Modern astrology was shaped by it. So much that now or has been labeled New Age or metaphysical spirituality has been shaped by it. 32315
Reposted by Sarah DeesKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/12/2024Did you see this experiment my colleague Kristina conducted not just at my university but *in my department*? She and the male instructor assumed eachothers’ names for an online course: and the difference in feedback they received was horrifying.slate.comStudent Evaluations Can’t Be Used to Assess Professors. They’re Discriminatory.And that means they’re illegal. 391175411
Reposted by Sarah DeesShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 30/12/2024file under: why shaily gets upset every time social media profs berate colleagues who set boundaries with students or who aren’t endlessly accommodating. yes, we should do our best to meet students where they are. no, this work is not equally distributed. 45913
Reposted by Sarah DeesJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 30/12/2024And we get worse evaluations (including more spurious comments about our looks or “agenda”). This was really brought home to me when I co-taught a graduate class with a male instructor and could see both sets of our evaluations. 🙃 18589154
Reposted by Sarah DeesBenjamin Park @benjaminepark.bsky.social · 16/12/2024The Mormon History Association is gonna be in Vegas in 2026, and I’m thrilled to announce that Demi from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives provided us a great promo. 1354
Reposted by Sarah DeesKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Writing is thinking. It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point. 15667821771
Reposted by Sarah DeesSacred Writes Public Scholarship @sacredwrites.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Sacred Writes is thrilled to announce we will offer FOUR public scholarship trainings for scholars of religion, gender, and sexuality in 2025, funded by the Carpenter Foundation. First up: a PAID January Intensive! Apply by Dec. 16th! More info below! 164
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I just looked up my upcoming AirBnB reservation, saw the address on a map, and immediately thought "HECK YES it's by a CEMETERY" 040
Reposted by Sarah DeesGareth Knapman @garethknapman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Mike Pickering has written a related article on workplace health and safety for trauma and sacred items that shouldn’t be shared. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe supernatural and sensitive Indigenous materials: a workplace health and safety issue?Australian museums that care for Australian Indigenous collections, appropriately attempt to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees for these custodial roles. Rarely, however, do in... 0123
Reposted by Sarah DeesAdam DJ Brett @adjb.co · 09/12/2024**New publication** alert #acrel #amrel Brett, Adam DJ, and Betty Hill (Lyons). 2024. "Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology" Religions 15, no. 12: 1493. doi.org/10.3390/rel1...doi.orgDocumenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion TheologyThe Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colonization of the world and the enslavement of the Ori... 052
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Completely reasonable and not at all delusional goals for the day: *Get through my enormous backlog of emails! *Finish grading all the student work I have so far! *Bake something marvelous! 020
Reposted by Sarah DeesKatharine Gerbner @ktgerbs.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I'm teaching "Theory and Method in Religious Studies" for the first time next semester. For those who have taught a version of this course before, curious to hear: what readings would you recommend? What worked well? #ReligiousStudies #StudyOfReligion #Amrel 225815
Reposted by Sarah DeesJolyon Thomas @jolyonbt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024"Every once in a while, an academic book comes along that crystallizes a broad scholarly conversation in a particularly artful way. Charles McCrary's _Sincerely Held_ is such a book." From my contribution to a review forum, out today with Religious Studies Review: doi.org/10.1111/rsr....doi.orgWhy So Serious?Click on the article title to read more. 185
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 06/12/2024A fun thing about winter is thinking things like “hmm, this is pretty warm for 19” or, “ugh, this feels cold for 38” 150
Reposted by Sarah Deesbethanyhughes.bsky.social @bethanyhughes.bsky.social · 06/12/2024"In her compelling debut, Bethany Hughes investigates the history of “redface” in the US. Thoroughly researched and accessibly written, this volume sheds light on colonial legacies of racial constructions and performativity." msmagazine.com/2024/12/03/b...msmagazine.comDecember 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. MagazineThe best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in December 2024. 011
Reposted by Sarah DeesJoseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I put together the #SBLAAR24 discount codes for American religion: usreligion.substack.com/p/sblaar24-p...usreligion.substack.com#SBLAAR24 Press Discount CodesBooks are good. 85726
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social · 18/11/2024This semester has been unrelenting… so I am very excited to be headed to San Diego soon for #AARSBLR24 #SBLAAR24! (picture from last year’s journey) 060