#Historian

Sean W. Anthony

shahanSean

How to define a drink called nabīdh has come up multiple times on my feed recently. Nabīdh was an intoxicating beverage distinguished from khamr, grape wine, which the Qurʾan prohibits

We're Borked.

OvrcmplctdHstry

Sometimes, being a historian can make your jaw drop.Charles Thomson was the Secretary of Congress from 1774-1789, from the first meeting of the Continental Congress until the new Constitution replaced

Aesthetic Distance

aesthdistance1

Filipinos, esp Fil-Ams, should be very aware of the miseducation of the Philippines that has affected our upbringing and even the way we bring up the next generation ourselves. /1

Dr. Indu Viswanathan

indumathi37

This is incredibly damning evidence. An Indian citizen files an RTI (Right to Information) Application, which is protecting by law. The applicant is seeking source information about claims made in

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christo71213435

1/7 bueno, iñaki @multicellgenome, here we go: I've always wondered how biologists could come up with the tree metaphor because already 18th/19th century naturalists/botanists knew that trees are alive from

madeen 🇦🇫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

madeenxh

What some well known figures have said about the prophet Muhammad ﷺ [Thread] Lamartine the famous historian asks: If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and outstanding results are criteria

Tim Mak

timkmak

THREAD - History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes: a thread about the **Anti-Mask League** of 1919.I'm not kidding I went HAM researching thisSo, starting in Sept 2018 San Francisco

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

One thing I like to focus on in teaching about World War One is just how little the public understood the danger. Here is the NY Times front page on

Zikhona Valela

valavoosh

Seeing images of Biko's lifeless body on the TL so let me just do a cleanse. I'll start with this image supplied by historian and librarian Mwelela Cele from his

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In 1903, Russian antisemites published a pamphlet called the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, purporting to reveal a secret Jewish cabal that secretly controlled the world's governments, using its

Sergey Radchenko

DrRadchenko

On the question of Russia sanctions - and putting on my historian's hat - the following two considerations come to mind. 1) In the short term, sanctions can and do

Ryan Rumsey

ryanrumsey

Since I'm in the mood of just sharing WIP stuff that I haven't written about yet. Here's how I figure out the questions I want to ask a potential employer

Dr. Liz Bourke (🏳️‍🌈 all year)

hawkwing_lb

Sometimes I think about the Lord of the Rings, and how many people see it as a triumph of good over evil. When I can't read it - books or

Nick Sacco

NickSacco55

Throughout the past couple years there has been a gradual decline in blogging among historians & correlated growth in Twitter threads, or what some call “microblogging.” Let me argue in

GullahMuseumSC

GullahSc

Africans enslaved in the British colony of South Carolina weren’t allowed to own or use drums because of its ability to “speak” in an unknown language and its potential to

Christine Artemisia Kelley

ballardiangorse

Dragging Elaine Pagels with other early Christianity nerds is fun. It's a bonding ritual. Where two or three are gathered in learning early Christian history, Elaine Pagels spite will be

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