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As a pre-modern specialist, I think it's important to add that "population" has never been a neutral or indeed even a purely quantitative concept. (Not that quantification entails neutrality or

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

I wonder how useful the label “first generation academic” is without considerable qualification.*Technically* it could apply to me. And I have had some share of impostor syndrome and general discomfort,

There is nothing more unenlightened — more wilfully ignorant — than attacking people for encouraging curiosity about the assumptions behind accepted truths. That James’s targets are most often Black is

If history makes you feel bad, that's fine. We expect children to grow and, in time, to do without fairytales. Adults should be able to manage it, too. There is

Historical research asks questions of sources.Asking a question means focusing on some sources and not others.Interpreting sources means using one method and not others.These are choices every historian makes differently.That

This is the kind of response that simply *sharing* unfamiliar histories often generates from both owners and followers of "IDW" and associated accounts.They are not concerned with defending "history" or

A lot of colleges and universities with breadth requirements for undergraduates have "Science for non-scientists" courses.This morning I found myself wondering why there are no "History for non-historians" courses. This

I have two main thoughts on “not judging the past by the stands of the present”.https://twitter.com/anandwrites/status/1275448581214728193 First: statues and monuments are not “the past”. They are not “history”. They are

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