#Historians

Matthew J. Peterson

docMJP

People approach the American founding with outrageous arrogance based on shallow ideologies and their reading of a few secondary sources—but the preachers & politicians of the 18th and early 19th

Lindsay Chervinsky

lmchervinsky

In my conversation with @HC_Richardson @HarvardBooks on Wednesday, a viewer asked how we can spread historical literacy. We rattled off a list of ideas, so I thought it would be

Louis Allday

Louis_Allday

"Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there?"David Starkey, one of the most widely known popular 'historians' in the

Nathan Oseroff-Spicer

nathanoseroff

I decided to dig a bit deeper and see if any far-right conspiracy theorists had picked up on the Unification Church, philosophers of science and the International Conference of the

Safi Saheb

nawab_safiullah

Thread: Historical names of Indus Basin/Indus Valleyi) Meluhha or Melukhkha whose meaning is "high abode" or "high country" is supposedly the first documented name of Indus Valley. (Location of foreign

Adam Chapman

DrAdamChapman

Small - mostly rural - bus companies are one of the things that have made me think hardest about #LocalHistory, being a historian and how we describe histories of place.

eddie

ariananavarrooo

trump saying he's done more for black america than any other president brought real physical pain to my body 1. Ulysses S. Grant- secured the creation of the Department of

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Hi from @_SimonLeese. This week I’ll be tweeting about Arabic literature and multilingualism in 18th/19th century North India. I’m interested in how Arabic writers imagine their place in a larger

President Kamala’s Hand (STILL)

DearDean22

We hear a lot abt the 94 crime bill w/critics from all quarters due to the outcomes that placed far too many Black women/men in jail. Hillary was blamed, Biden

Arsalan Khan

akkhan81

Another defense of racist statues. An honest question: if people can't tear down racist statues because they perpetuate dangerous historical myths, what right does anyone have to demand changes in

Kevin T. Mason, PhD

KevinMasonCity

Daily pedagogy, 67: Whitney Stewart (@whitney_nell), "History Is Full of Stuff: Incorporating Objects into the Classroom." Teaching United States History, October 12, 2016: http://www.teachingushistory.co/2016/10/history-is-full-o

Rachel Shelden

rachelshelden

Re: #CourtPacking: many have become so inured to the idea that #SCOTUS has been and should be apolitical that we miss the forest for the trees. While we debate whether

SSSA

EU_SSSA

For today's #Archive30 on #Misconceptions, a thread written by our Archivist, Kirsty Stewart. #Misconception 1/6 Archivists = librarians. We're a separate profession dealing with records documenting people, institutions, events whether

ᴮᴱOdette Roulette⁷ 💗💛💙 🐳 (on a partial hiatus)

odetteroulette

There's been this super awful discussion about poverty and education going on here. Let me give you all something to think about. If you gate-keep the humanities from ppl with

Erik Wim During

ErikwimDuring

Some recent reading makes for an interesting collection of complementing work. A lot of the mechanisms of societies evolving found in , can also be found in the work of

Andrew Janes

cartivist

#Archive30 day 21. A thread about some classic #misconceptions about archives (aka an excuse to wallow in a few of my personal hobby horses): 1/n Misconception 1: Archives are dusty.