#Historians

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

Notable that whilst Robert Jenrick wangs on about history and revisionists for a whole nonsensical column, he never once mentions historians. This is my main critique of “historians of the

Patrick Iber

PatrickIber

It's not just a matter of identifying flawed or incorrect arguments, the 1776 Report has a fundamentally different understanding of the purpose of studying history than do virtually all working

David M. Perry

Lollardfish

On objectivity and subjectivity and the past and future of journalismhttps://twitter.com/tomrosenstiel/status/1275773989873475589 I feel like I’ve dealt with these issues thoroughly as both an undergraduate history major and graduate stud

Peter A. Shulman 📚

pashulman

It's depressing but the reason D'Souza baits historians with obvious lies and misrepresentations is he wants us to amplify his distorted propaganda message equating Democrats with racism. Every time we

Liesbeth Corens

onslies

Twitter, Belgian historians are having a convo about publishing history for a wider public (+role/absence of academic historians in that) which seems based on the assumptions that 1) only narrative

David Tough

david_tough

A non-historian friend once quipped that historians make fairly reasonable claims, and then provide 37 examples of supporting evidence. I laughed at the time, but thinking about it over the

Dr. Megan Kate Nelson is the co-host now

megankatenelson

I’ve been thinking a lot about politics and history since a debate on here yesterday about Allen Guelzo’s forthcoming Lee bio. Some folks argued that historians can set aside their

Sunny McSunnyface

sunnyright

Let's be honest: The 1619 Project was a propaganda effort that backfired. A bunch of faux-intellectual media hacks thought they'd push their usual bullshit but with a historic twist. Unfortunately,

Finchelstein

FinchelsteinF

I really respect your work but I do not think this a fair take on fascism or fascist historiography...I mean most historians of fascism do not work with this ideal

Dr. Liz Polcha

EPolcha

I have a lot of new followers who are historians because of my work on @insurrect_histo. Hello historians! I truly love learning from & working w y'all. I’d like to

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

Folks, if your history- predicts the future rather than interpreting the past- prefers mining data to analyzing sources- dismisses historiography in favour of mathematization- is uninterested in "the particular"it's not

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

History often reveals the specificity and contingency of social, cultural, intellectual or political arrangements that appear natural or universal. At the same time, historical contextualization and comparison often undermine categorical

Dr Amussen: end patriarchy & white supremacy

susandamussen

I was going to reply to this thread, but realized I would be hijacking someone It seems to me that if you are ‘plugging in” history you are already assuming

Brodie Waddell

Brodie_Waddell

The UK *requires* potential citizens to memorise false and misleading myths about its history: "slavery was illegal within Britain itself" and there was "an orderly transition from empire to Commonwealth".It's

Uday S Kulkarni

MulaMutha

Lot of stuff out there about history, historians, their biases and politics. To have pure history, it is best to go to original sources. All books are secondary and they

Michael Bench-Capon

MikeBenchCapon

In the grim darkness of the far future, historians of philosophy will be really into analytic philosophy, and because they're into it, they'll think it's important. And this will make

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