#Historians

Michael Livingston

medievalguy

On 16 June, 75 years ago, the gestapo dragged twenty-six members of the French Resistance into a darkened field between villages. As they were organized into small groups for the

Marxist Rangers

MarxistRangers2

10 part thread. "Let them eat cake” is the most famous quote attributed to Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. As the story goes, it was the queen’s response

Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik

CRostvik

After WWII, this bus toured rural Norway selling disposable SABA-pads. It was a pretty brilliant guerrilla-marketing tactic for the time. The SABA factory was founded after the war, and was

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

Erik B. Alexander

ebalexan

As attention turns to whether President Trump will concede the election, many are invoking another contested election and its resolution: the supposed "Compromise of 1877" and the election of 1876.

Jeremy Littau

JeremyLittau

Media literacy angle: network news starts at .... you guessed it.and it’s an audience cable news typically doesn’t reach. (They should not put him on the air unfiltered; this is

Charles Grant

CER_Grant

.@CER_EU will be analysing the #Brexit deal in due course, when there is a text to study. In the meantime here are 10 reflections on the Brexit process - a

Kalinga Arya

KalingaArya

Long Thread:Debunking the myth of Rajputs saving Hinduism(from islamic iconoclasts) in Odisha.In last few days there are some people who are trying to selectively quote few things and create an

पुनरुत्थान Resurgence ॐ

punarUtthana108

Ramayana 1.9 million years old or 8000 years !!As per vedic calculations it happened 1.9 million years agoGomphotheres (Four tusked elephant) belived to be existed 16 to 1.2 million yearsAnd

Chinonyerem Odimba

Chino100percent

I went to bed last night in tears. I saw the post about the @DailyMailUK FB comments were PEOPLE were being gleeful and expressing joy at the death of a

NEFERTITI

firstladyship

1. Upon Abacha’s death, he became the de facto Military President of Nigeria from June 1998 to May 1999.Many of you don’t see Abdulsalami Abubakar as the BIGGEST & the

Shirley Tillotson

stillots1

I've reviewed the most recent work on Sir John A. Macdonald's political thought, thinking that perhaps there I would find his views on "freedom of expression and the press" (FOE&TP)

Greg Jenner

greg_jenner

These audio interviews were conducted by the BBC in the 60s and 70s. The images are from the Imperial War Museum film archive.The focus is narrow, a very British story;

agamshastra

truejainology

Some 1300 years ago in Karnataka there lived a genius who wrote "Gaṇitasārasan̄graha" (which is earliest text devoted entirely to mathematics) The man who's work later borrowed by Arabs &

Andrew Needham

A_NeedhamNYU

Two things about this Paul Krugman column today and its historical argument.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/republicans-democracy.html?smid=tw-share 1. I don't understand Krugman's reading of Hofstadter. Krugman suggests

cathode rae 💖💜💙 BLM

partytimeHXLNT

If you wonder why I devote so much energy toward preserving girls' gaming history, it's because I feel something must be done against the tide of pop-historians on YouTube telling

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