#Legacies

Tom Clarke

Tom_Clarke

There are 2 huge non-Covid news events at the moment. Slavery & Food. The outpouring of angst and protest over structural racism #BLM, and the prospect of striking trade free

The Superior Exalted Speed

Exalted_Speed

It's time for the MAN of the hour, okay joke out of the way but time to talk about the history and legacy of one of DC's more UNDERRATED heroes

Old Weird Scotland

WeirdScotland

Many Scots, while owning Scotland's role in slavery, still take the stance that "normal" or "working class" Scots got no advantages from the fortunes made with enslaved labour, or any

Matt Hodler

MHodler

I co-authored two papers I'm proud of during this 1st TT calendar year and, at the risk of being self-promotional & self-important, I wanted to re-up them here AND share

Patrick Corrigan

PatrickCorrigan

Who benefitted from slavery in Ireland? When it was abolished in British colonies in 1833, the equivalent of £millions of pounds was paid out in compensation to almost 100 slave

Mⲁꞃcⲁꞅ Mⲁc ⲁn Ꞇuⲁıꞃneıꞃ

Marcas_Mac

A difficult few days for #Gaelic speakers on social media. Glad to see some of the #IsMiseGaidhlig posts make a return, detailing the positivity around Gaelic and the richness of

Brogan Holcombe

Brogan_Holcombe

This week’s #SundayScientistShoutout is Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941)!He was a very accomplished biologist who accomplished a lot! Gear up for a long thread (23!!) today!(1/n)#DiversityinSTEM Just grew up in South

PalmerstownTidyTowns

PalmerstownTT

1/22) Fáilte go #TighGiúire, known as #PalmerstoWn since 12th century. Founded by “Aelred” the Palmer. A returned pilgrim from the Holy Lands. Pilgrims were associated with the leper hospital of

UTKARSH K. SHAHI 🇮🇳

ukshahi

Joint & coordinated naval deployments of the Quad in the Indian Ocean Region and entire Indo Pacific may soon become a reality.@kenmoriyasu & @WajSKhan discuss how there is a palpable

Erik B. Alexander

ebalexan

As the national conversation about historical memory and memorialization continues to evolve, I have been thinking about some different types of memorialization that are less discussed. A thread. #twitterstorians /1

Dónal Hassett

donalhassett1

We’ve seen some heated debate this week but today let’s celebrate all the excellent work that has been and is being done on questions of Ireland, empire and race. Please

Ellie Kendall

ofendlessbooks

MEGA THREAD. A recent tweet mentioned British imperialism and how it historically wreaked suffering abroad, but not at home. I think we need to talk about the somewhat forgotten #history

RiShawn Biddle

dropoutnation

But kids can't get COVID! @KenyaBradshaw @ConorPWilliams @ericlerum @karinchenoweth @jacobwaters @selmekki @DataDrivenMD @DanGordonDC https://twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/status/1354405564932001803 "But seriously, kids can't get COVID

Alix Martin

alixgmartin

Starting my #SHA2021 day with #FOR5, "Dismantling Disaster Capitalism: What Does the New Green Deal Look Like for Archaeology?" Holly Norton starting with an explanation of Disaster Capitalism and its

#nucommunitynotcops

copsoutofNU

We’ll be live tweeting @FMO_NU’s State of the Black Union ft. Angela Davis starting in 15 minutes!!! Follow this thread so we definitely got a little overeager it’s actually starting

Ben Railton

AmericanStudier

What a week to be an AmericanStudier (or an American). But so many folks rose to that challenge & produced great public scholarly writing. To wit, another #ScholarSunday thread on

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