#Historian

Nicholas Guyatt

NicholasGuyatt

Wow, this story about Cambridge moving lectures online for next year really blew up, didn’t it? A thread on what it means and what it doesn’t.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52732814 Disclaimer 1: I teach

Giacomo Bologna

GBolognaCL

A few months ago, I read a terrific book by @gangrey called "A Shot in the Moonlight." Ben pored over old court records, letters, and newspaper accounts to piece together

Jazz

JazzElves

Dionysus never actually existed, but could be interacted with as though he did, because the "negative space" left by Zagreus' death echoed in the presence of the other Olympians as

Harvey Golden Threads

HGsThreads

THREAD (Reupload)An In-depth Introduction to Quelle ChrisHistory, discography, etc.@quellechris is one of the best, and most creative rappers, writers, producers, animators - ARTISTS in the game, and has been for

déèqa 🐻

dqdelite

“Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator, creator of great power, and destroyer of tens of millions of lives …” Watch the latest episode with historian Stephen Kotkin, as he examines the political

Sana Saeed

SanaSaeed

if you're stuck in "Islam was spread by the sword" I'm not even gonna hesitate to mute or block you because I did not study Islamic history to get into

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

This is just a small diversion, inspired by Borges’ story, “The Covered Mirrors”https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/avatars/ Islam tells us that on the unappealable day of judgement, all who have perpetrated images of liv

Jim Malewitz

Jmalewitz

During the 1918 flu pandemic, Wisconsin was the only state to take uniform, statewide shutdown measures, which historians credit with limiting deaths. But some cities reopened early — with deadly

François Matarasso

arestlessart

1. There is lot of good writing about #Covid19 and its effects, as people imagine what could or should change. Art and culture are key to how the pandemic is

Ash Milton

miltonwrites

Thought I would do a thread on this. So here we go: China, Carroll Quigley, and the civilization of capital.https://twitter.com/StephenPiment/status/1264284185138614273 The great American historian Carroll Quigley wrote a book called

Frail & Pale

17electoralvote

missed his birthday, but Oct 21st is George McGovern Day. He would've been 98. Happy Birthday, king George McGovern helped found and served as the first director of Food

sai priya

priya_27_

It is highly offensive and insensitive of the muslims in India to highjack the #BlackLivesMatter movement to trend #muslimlivesmatter. Muslims enjoy rights above and beyond the majority in India,

Polla Garmiany ☀️

PollaGarmiany

Ismail Abulfeda, known as Abulfeda, was a Kurdish 13th/14th-century chronicler, geographer, commander, and Emir of Hama. He wrote "The Concise History of Humanity" which was translated early on into Latin,

Milan, Antifa Witch💫🌙

LuminaryMilan_

i am at work and since i like doing everything but my actual job here is a thread i created specifically to stir the pot with Christians. take what i

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

Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

drmusanordin

A brief history of EPIDEMICSDr Musa Mohd NordinChairman, FIMA Advisory Council6 April 2020 218 Hijrah / 818 ADEpidemic in EgyptEvery household was infectedMany of their governors and leaders died 228 Hijrah /