Available for preorder this Fall @routledgebooks.bsky.social @riccardiswartz.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Orthodox-Chr...
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
@riccardiswartz.bsky.social
assistant prof of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University. first gen. book w/ Fordham University Press. current projects: trad futurisms/digital dissidents.
Happening this Friday and Saturday. Register! Share! #anthropology #conference
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz@riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 6mo agoFolks, 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.
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.
#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...
#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...
Submit!
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz@riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 7mo ago#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
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...
Gender, the Internet, and the Radical/Trad Right | The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy
amc.sas.upenn.edu
#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
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz@riccardiswartz.bsky.social · 7mo ago#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...
#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...
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!
#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
@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...
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...
aarweb.org
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...
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...
Russian propaganda finds sympathetic ears among U.S. religious right
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtube.com
"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...
'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.
religionnews.com
“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...
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.
reuters.com
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...
“Prove that you matter” has long been part of eugenics language.
Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · last yr."You’ve got to stay healthy, as well. Be vital. Do the most you can do to really live up to … your God-given potential to live a full and healthy life. Don’t eat carrot cake.”
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.
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...
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 ...
americanbar.org
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
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.
tinyurl.com
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...
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...
frontiersin.org
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...
« 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.
ladn.eu
This is what Rob Saler and I call “trad futurism” in our in-progress book. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/09/t...
‘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...
themoscowtimes.com
🥩 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! 🍗
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.
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
theguardian.com
Excellent reporting from Lucy Ash. The title says it all. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches
A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.
bbc.com
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.
NRPF Grants: 2025 Call for Proposals
recordingpreservation.org
Share widely. This program is such a gift!
Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture@csraac.bsky.social · last yr.It's the final day to apply fro the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion Cohort. All application materials (including completed letters of recommendation) must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern today to receive full consideration. Apply today at raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you....
