Katharine Gerbner
@ktgerbs.bsky.social
Historian of religion & race, archives, media/tech/comm, politics of education. History Prof & Dir. of Religious Studies @ University of Minnesota. Au: Christian Slavery (2018) and Archival Irruptions (2025). www.katharinegerbner.com
Thanks to everyone who came to the virtual launch of ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS! I’m posting a slide from my presentation for those who are wondering what an “irruption” is – if you don’t know, you are NOT alone!
An “irruption” means “the act of breaking in or breaking through.”
An “irruption” means “the act of breaking in or breaking through.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to the virtual launch of ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS! I’m posting a slide from my presentation for those who are wondering what an “irruption” is – if you don’t know, you are NOT alone!
An “irruption” means “the act of breaking in or breaking through.”
An “irruption” means “the act of breaking in or breaking through.”
Tomorrow, Nov. 12 is the virtual book launch for ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS (Duke University Press, 2025). Please join me at 6pm Central (7pm ET)!
The event is part of the University of Minnesota’s History Book Club and you can register here: cla.umn.edu/history/news...
The event is part of the University of Minnesota’s History Book Club and you can register here: cla.umn.edu/history/news...
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Tomorrow, Nov. 12 is the virtual book launch for ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS (Duke University Press, 2025). Please join me at 6pm Central (7pm ET)!
The event is part of the University of Minnesota’s History Book Club and you can register here: cla.umn.edu/history/news...
The event is part of the University of Minnesota’s History Book Club and you can register here: cla.umn.edu/history/news...
Santa Barbara friends! Please join me for a book talk on ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS tomorrow at 1pm at UC Santa Barbara, HSSB 1174. The event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!
October 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Santa Barbara friends! Please join me for a book talk on ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS tomorrow at 1pm at UC Santa Barbara, HSSB 1174. The event is free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!
Nothing quite like opening an unexpected package and finding your own book inside!
The official pub date isn't until mid-Oct, but Archival Irruptions @dukepress.bsky.social is now real and in 3D!
The official pub date isn't until mid-Oct, but Archival Irruptions @dukepress.bsky.social is now real and in 3D!
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Nothing quite like opening an unexpected package and finding your own book inside!
The official pub date isn't until mid-Oct, but Archival Irruptions @dukepress.bsky.social is now real and in 3D!
The official pub date isn't until mid-Oct, but Archival Irruptions @dukepress.bsky.social is now real and in 3D!
Come be my colleague at the University of Minnesota -- we are hiring! @umn-rels.bsky.social
The Religious Studies program at UMN is searching for a new TT position in Buddhist Studies. Please circulate widely!
The Religious Studies program at UMN is searching for a new TT position in Buddhist Studies. Please circulate widely!
August 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Come be my colleague at the University of Minnesota -- we are hiring! @umn-rels.bsky.social
The Religious Studies program at UMN is searching for a new TT position in Buddhist Studies. Please circulate widely!
The Religious Studies program at UMN is searching for a new TT position in Buddhist Studies. Please circulate widely!
I'm excited to share that my new book ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica is coming out with
@dukepress.bsky.social in October!
@dukepress.bsky.social in October!
August 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm excited to share that my new book ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica is coming out with
@dukepress.bsky.social in October!
@dukepress.bsky.social in October!