#Historians

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

Statues are back in the news; I suppose I ought say something about statues, because I'm a historian and people keep saying that statues are about 'remembering history.'Folks, statues are

Doctor Historianess

historianess

I'm really glad to see conversations about race, Christianity, and white supremacy in the mainstream media. But! 1/https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/883115867/white-supremacist-ideas-have-historical-roots-in-u-s-christianity?utm_term=nprne

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syriahay

In the biography of mashtots, written by a student of mashtots named Koryun, he states a man named Daniel came into possession of a pre-mashtots armenian alphabet which was used

Wolfgang Hutter

WolfgangHutter2

Historiography/suggested readings for the history of the American empire. This is not a full accounting of the history of U.S. foreign policy, but instead is a number of suggested readings

Michael Lambert

GrandCamouflage

Attending #changinghealthcare webinar. Apparently 6 audience members surveyed think the NHS learns from every past success.6.More than 0. Chair @RichardTaunt reveals lessons learned from the week.Slide:'We're not good at learning

Cultural Recall

CulturalRecall

Tonight on #RemembranceThreads I’ll take you for a quick spin about National level stuff in the UK. Warning: this contains some theory and some opinion. Stand back. The National level,

ASTENE

ASTENE1997

#BOTD Frederic Leighton (1830-1896). As well as a painter and sculptor, President @royalacademy and doyen of Victorian London, Leighton was a prolific traveller - most notably visiting large parts of

SHOT

SocHistTech

The October 2020 "Special Issue: Manufacturing Modernity: Innovations in Early Modern Europe" of 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 & 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 is now available online! Check out the thread below for a

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

Finished drafting my oped, coming soonThesis: If u r 14 days after dose 2 vaccine & asymptomatic, you can (and should!) relax some restrictions. That's why we get vaccines and

JOSHUA

JournoJoshua

MLK was this flat symbol when I was younger, but when I actually started to read his essays and books, he became one of my heroes. I'm struck at the

Andrew Lochhead

AndrewLochhead

These two tweets have got me thinking about history today or rather how most people like to think about history or the past.https://twitter.com/CareyTourism/status/1350783214143631360 Here's the second one, so we are

Matt Hefler

matthefler

New Header photo: Beware!Winston Churchill remarks on #counterintelligence threats on a report in his personal intelligence dossier - courtesy of GC&CS/@GCHQ'This is pretty well-informed stuff, and possibly reaches the enemy

Coffeefueled

EponymousBreeze

Look closely at this brick created ~ 300-250 BC & you can see Greek writing. It was found at Ai-Khanoum, on the Northern border of Afghanistan. Ai-Khanoum was a primary

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

Erotic pottery made by the Moche, the society that dominated Peru’s northern coast for 800 years until about A.D. 800. The invading Spanish were deeply shocked at the Moche’s sexual

mikeelias.com 💡📈

harmonylion1

WARTIME EPISTEMOLOGY1/xInformation sources have 3 levels:LEVEL 1 — Institutional. Certifies incredibly obvious things once they become incredibly obvious. Before things are incredibly obvious, institutions are often wrong or downright mis

Matthew Bowdish MD ⚕️

MatthewBowdish

Thread on the death of George Washington and why what happened should be remembered. 1/ On Thursday, December 12, 1799, Washington had been out inspecting his lands when he was

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