#Historian

Alex Colston

re_colston

Let me just ventriloquize a good-faith critic: psychoanalysis cannot demonstrate its claims historically. It has no special means to produce a history of the world, yet it rejects conventional historiography.I

Motherfoclóir: Lois

Motherfocloir

I'm reading immigrant histories at the moment. This is next. “Comrade Sak” which explores “how Shapurji Saklatvala negotiated the roles of Indian anti-imperialist, Indian British MP and communist”. It touches

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

It is tempting to think Trump erupted out of nowhere, like a volcano everybody thought was a mountain. But of course he grew out of who we are, who we

Michiel Tack

MTackCVS

1) New blog post in which Evelien and I analyze Canadian historian Edward Shorter’s view on ME/CFS.“If ME/CFS is an attempt to avoid stigma, it could be considered one of

Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam

Morning! I’ve had my Weetabix and instead of a single QOTD from #EmpireLand, today I will post a few, all taken from a chapter I spent months on, and which

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trueblonde27

Gems from the Ezra Klein Show convo w historian @anneapplebaum Very often the best way to fight this culture war or populism is not even to deal with it. In

Muhammad Safiullah

nawab_safiullah

In 1615, historian Richard M. Eaton quoted, "one observer estimated the Mughal's annual revenue at 120 million silver coins, compared to 45 million for the Ottoman Empire and just 15

Michael J. Simpson

HiddenHistoryRI

THREAD: Can someone please come get Pat Conley? This OpEd in @projo further proves that he should no longer be setting the narrative for History here in Rhode Island. He

The King of Kings Podcast

Persiacast

Was being a ruler the most dangerous job in antiquity?I compiled a list of King of Kings from Sassanid Persia, and examined the cause of death for each of them.The

Sacha Coward

sacha_coward

You didn't ask, but here are some of my thoughts on why bisexual historical figures get described as gay, thus erasing their bisexual identity. I write this as a gay

Philippa Hetherington

philippahether

Informal Twitter straw poll - if you're a historian who trains PhD students (esp. in the UK) do you accept students without language training *before* starting? I'm strict on it,

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Today is the 19th anniversary of 9/11 and once more we get to watch liberals and conservatives come together and praise George W Bush as if he did not lay

Hetty Halpin Wilde

Henriettaspoon

The women of Ireland, unlike our sister in the U.K. do have a gender based right, that was probably intended as a sex based right, that has hung around in

Richard V Day No Deal Never Voted For

Richcompno

According to The British Army records, Percy Toplis (of whom historians are fascinated as official records of Etaples Mutiny were destroyed) state that he returned before his regiment reached India,

Thomas Michael Shelby OBE DCM MM MP

marlonmusique

This recent hair debacle made me recall something I had read about the Tignon Laws so I went looking again... The Tignon Laws of 1786 were laws that banned black

Stephen T Casper

TheNeuroTimes

More broadly, the historical profession as a whole, and humanities generally, have relegated disease & disease history to a bad story about the way the past used to be. So

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