#Historians

Jeff Wasserstrom

jwassers

So many events from 2015 to 2018 now seem disturbing harbingers of things to come: the opening of a rail station w/ security controlled by the mainland, Beijing blocking Joshua

Daniel N. Gullotta

DanielGullotta

I know a lot of people are going to be hating on The Patriot tonight (for good and bad reasons) during #HATM and that's fine. But I am going to

Stephen Moore

smooreBofB1940

1. As September ends, the 80th commemoration of the Battle of Britain continues. Whilst the Battle officially ran from 10 July to 31 October, due the dates chosen by Dowding

Marshall Cohen

MarshallCohen

DEEP DIVE: Experts from across the political spectrum are terrified of a disputed November election. With Trump's norm-breaking behavior, plus the unprecedented challenges of pandemic-era voting, the circumstances are ripe

Chisomo Kalinga, PhD

MissChisomo

Alright here’s my thread on racism in U.K. academia... David Starkey edition. Last year, @AfricaJacs approached me to take part in this fabulous collection about “ethics in collaboration”. Almost every

Shakir

shakirqad

1) Any serious study of history would expose the problem here. The fallacy here is that the "anonymous" author of Baharistan-i-Shahi itself takes from doubt-worthy works of his Brahmanic predecessors

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

This thread is more personal than most of the things I share here, but I’m at my limit with Jason Hickel.I want to explain why I dislike him so much

alan lester

aljhlester

1/5 Apologists for the British Empire rely on the distance between Britain itself and the sites of Britons' most rapacious exploitation of people of colour overseas. This is what enables

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Hmm. Can any long-arc extended universe type stuff be traced to the 1920s? Especially in genre fiction? Considering a hypothesis that it was a slump decade for EUs. There’s a

Josh Huder

joshHuder

So I was doing a little research and got side tracked, as one does, by Speakers portraits and their different personal touches.For example, here's Fredrick Muhlenberg of the First Congress,

St John's College Undergraduate Admissions Office

SJC_Admissions

Spoilers for anyone attending my webinar tonight but I love talking about how current events can be used as inspiration for super-curricular activity to explore your subject, and today is

Thomas Zimmer

tzimmer_history

I reviewed @ezraklein‘s “Why We’re Polarized” for @hsozkult. A few thoughts, from a historical perspective, on an important book that still left me unconvinced that "polarization" is the right lens

Sarah May

Sarah_May1

Between @DavidOlusoga fantastic 'Forgotten Slave Owners' based on the UCL research on compensation records, & @ColonialCountr1 working hard with @nationaltrust to present the slavery that built so many 'heritage sites'

Lili Saintcrow

lilithsaintcrow

This is their endgame. This, if unchallenged, legitimizes voter suppression "during this emergency" and keeps Republican boots firmly upon the necks.No, I don't think anyone *created* the 'Rona. But I

Southeast Asian Historians

SEA_historian

Good morning, it's Jarrah (@infiniteteeth). Today I'd like to talk in more detail about practices of writing in Java and nearby societies, with a particular emphasis on its material aspects

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚

whispertine_

A thread of either allegedly or openly LGBT Polish authors: Sorry for making this thread disappear so suddenly! I made sure to include new people and correct some mistakes that