#historian

On this rainy dreary day, want to cuddle up with a good book? How about with a podcast about a good book? I had fun talking with
#AuthorsAlcove about Major Deegan's less-than-spectacular military career, Kosciuszko's anti-slavery advocacy, Pulaski's gender identity and so much more! #history #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #historian #historylover #infrastructure #urban #histodon @histodons https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VID2DfvJtcFR6ClgZ72mC?si=rpUfCS-MROOAlXZr2UpWQQ

A profile of Arthur Adock. Another, perhaps forgotten 'giant' of Northampton's past. #Journalist, #Historian, #Liberal and #Nonconformist #Northampton https://edintone.com/arthur-adcock/

I was motivated to post this item on the #Avignon #papacy after I commented earlier on “A Distant Mirror” an excellent #book on the 14th century by noted #historian Barbara Tuchman. The so-called Babylonian Captivity featured prominently in that book. #history #histodons

tell me you're a historian without telling me you're a #historian

my phone camera roll:

Can anyone make out this #GhostSign on Holywood Road, #Belfast? Possibly:

Arch...
&...
Drapery
C...
...

5?

I haven't managed to identify a drapery from this end of the street. #historian #histodons #Ireland #NorthernIreland

Alguna red del fediverso dedicada a los historiadores?

Any fediverso net for historians?

#historian #historians #histodon #history

@astrodicticum
#music #historian
"Come With Me to the Planetarium" (1927)

A #historian wrote somewhere to know a society don't look at what they said about themselves - look at their rules and laws.

Knowing that enough people have sex in #RoboTaxis for "passengers can't have sex in here" signs to go up makes me very happy.

Score one for #Humanity and hopefully #SexWorkers

Getting asked several times lately what I do. So here goes, professionally I am a website developer (see https://devzen.co.uk ) and previously a FE/HE Teacher/Lecturer in Electronic #Engineering & Computer Science. Spare time I am a #Thatcham #historian w & also have an interest in #genealogy, #electronics, #aiart & #FirstAid (voluntary instructor). More at https://nickbits.co.uk

@rooneymcnibnug Thank you for making the distinction between Pilgrims and Puritans! Good #Historian! I only know about Matthew Slade and there are some resources on his wikipedia page that you probably already know about.

Archaeo.social is a server for archaeologists, ancient historians and anyone interested in scholarly communication about the human past:

:Fediverse: https://archaeo.social

For more info see their About page at https://archaeo.social/about or contact their admin @joeroe

#FeaturedServer #Archaeology #Archaeologists #Archaeologist #AncientHistory #History #Historian #Historians #Academic #Academics #Scholarly #Scholars #Mastodon #Fediverse

Sources: oxforddnb.com, encyclopedia.com, womensprinthistoryproject.com  

#qotd Do you have a favourite writer from centuries gone by?

#somerset #wells #abolition #prisonReform #historian #womenInHistory #womenWriters #writer #georgian #westCamel​

Sources: oxforddnb.com, encyclopedia.com, womensprinthistoryproject.com

#qotd Do you have a favourite writer from centuries gone by?

#somerset #wells #abolition #prisonReform #historian #womenInHistory #womenWriters #writer #georgian #westCamel

L’académicienne #HélèneCarrèredEncausse est morte. L’#historienne spécialiste de la #Russie #tsariste et #soviétique, secrétaire perpétuelle de l’#Académiefrançaise, était âgée de 94 ans. Academician Hélène Carrère d`Encausse has died. The #historian specializing in #Tsarist and #Soviet #Russia, perpetual secretary of the #Académieiefrançaise, was 94. #histodon #CarreredEncausse #France #HeleneCarrerredEncausse https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/08/05/l-academicienne-helene-carrere-d-encausse-est-morte_6184583_3382.html

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #Fraudulent #Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism

#Historian help please - anyone got an example of a diplomatic gaffe that started a war? Any time in #history #DiplomaticGaffe

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/06/13/amanpour-snyder-trump-indictment.cnn

#Historian #TimSnyder #RuleOfLaw

Rudy #Giuliani says he falsely accused 2 election workers of mishandling ballots : NPR

"Among his false accusations, Giuliani had claimed Moss handed her mother a thumb drive 'like they were vials of heroin or cocaine.' In reality, Moss said in her testimony to Congress that her mother had just handed her a ginger mint."

Shaking my #historian head at this notion of sources and evidence

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190173929/rudy-giuliani-georgia-election-workers

Time for a fresh #introduction. I’m an #academic #historian (have PhD in historic Scottish reading habits #bookHistory), genealogist, former computer scientist and #accordion player. Live with progressive #neuro disease. Keen player and author of #InteractiveFiction games. Also before I got too ill I enjoyed playing #CallOfCthulhu #RPG. Keen reader (that PhD was really appropriate!) and #fountainPen user. Originally from #Hawick in #ScottishBorders now live in #Dundee, #Scotland. #books #reading

Intriguing #podcast I just listened to:

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

#Poetry as religion.

#theGrayAreaWithSeanIlling

https://podcastaddict.com/the-gray-area-with-sean-illing/episode/155049040

Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area

Guest: Jennifer Michael Hecht (@Freudeinstein), #poet, #historian; author

References:

The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives by Jennifer Michael Hecht (FSG; 2023)

#history #wisdom #podcasts #art #artist #writing #WritingCommunity

Good discussion between Prof.#Vinay #Lal (#historian @ #UCLA) and an unnamed German reporter asking to fact check #racism #allegations against MK (#Mahatma) #Gandhi and other aspects of Gandhi's legacy in modern #India and at other times in post-independence #history.
https://youtu.be/hgtnxdhcaNE

I have to vent about #birdshite. Today is the anniversary of #Apollo11 taking off to put #humans on the #moon

Renowned #historian Michael Beschloff posted wonderful photos from the archive (He won't move to mstdn)

People are replying that he's a liar and IT NEVER HAPPENED

I HATE ALL PEOPLE
I HATE ALL PEOPLE
I HATE ALL PEOPLE

Our species is so fucked
#ItsAllTrumpsFault
#TruthExists #TruthMatters
#DestroyMaga

Susan Chenery: ‘They were slave traders’: how an #Indigenous #historian found peace by unearthing her family’s past: For Bundjalung woman Shauna Bostock, researching her ancestors’ lives unshackled their stories – and also herself

"The history of Aboriginal people in this country is a living wound under a patchwork of scars. The only hope of healing is to be willing to break through the scars to finally clean the wound properly and begin the healing."

Reaching Through Time: Finding My Family’s Stories by Shauna Bostock is out now through Allen & Unwin

#aboriginalaustralian #bookstodon #bookreview
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/09/they-were-slave-traders-how-an-indigenous-historian-found-peace-by-unearthing-her-familys-past

Full on research day today. Currently sitting in one of my favourite burial sites, the Earl's Bu, Orphir, which includes a Viking drinking hall, a rare round church and a wee path down to the beach. More to come.....

#archaeology #archaeologist #historian #deathhistorian #symbolsofmortalityexhibition #viking #church #churcharchitecture #architecture #jerusalem #cemetery #cemeteryphotography #orkney #orkneyisles #visitscotland #research #researcher #researchers #orphir #vikingsaga

But, even as a trained #historian that considers the creation of alternate history a fundamentally separated activity from writing history, I actually do think that alternate history, or allohistory as it's sometimes called, has significant value.

Both for layperson and trained historian alike, it can act as a reminder that the human past was not a set narrative with predetermined outcomes. That history was not fated nor foretold. I genuinely think this is a vital thing to remember at all times

Incredible #Historian to follow.. I always learn when I read her threads:

D. Elisabeth Glassco @Deglassco

Lecturer l Doctoral Candidate/ABD in History and Sociology of American Media Representation of Race, Class, and Public History, Rutgers, New Brunswick. NO JUSTICE NO PEACE >> BLACK LIVES MATTER. I always follow back. Just give me a bit of time.

#histodon #historodons #History #Histodons #journodons

Could a #historian give me some info or point me to a good resource to answer these 19th century logistics questions please? Any help greatly appreciated!

I need to know how someone of comfortable wealth would have travelled from London to Japan in summer 1858. By steamship I presume, but often did the ships depart, which ports would they have left from and arrived in, was it a direct journey or where would they stop over/change ships, how long would the journey take, was it a pleasant experience, special visa/entry arrangements.

Adjacent to those logistics, would it have been likely/plausible for a casual traveller to visit then, given Japan had only just opened to trade, and would the locals have been friendly or resentful?

#writing #research #history #Japan @histodons

Nominations for the 2024 Dan David Prize are open until Oct 11, 2023 ⏳

Nominees can be historians, archaeologists, art historians, digital humanists & human paleontologists...any discipline which focuses on studying the past.

https://dandavidprize.org/nominate/

#histodons #historian #history

Candice Lee Sylliboy, Daniel Paul's niece, says he died early Tuesday morning, describing him as an intelligent, loving and wise man whose family and nation will miss dearly. https://globalnews.ca/news/9798776/obit-mikmaw-elder-daniel-paul-historian/?utm_source=%40rasta&utm_medium=Mastodon
#RIP #DanielPaul #MiKmaq #Historian
#Native

Daniel Paul, historian who wrote painful story of Mi’kmaq people, dies at 84

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/clarke-john-henrik-1915-1998/
Paying Tribute to John Henrik Clarke
#historian #educator
#Juneteenth2023

Just got back from hiking Hadrian’s Wall and what a great experience! Amazing weather and we booked a day with a local #historian to show us around some of the #Roman forts. #history #england #briton

Also, the beach at #Tynemouth is not to be missed!

RIP Wade #Goodwyn, the #NPR #reporter from #Texas with that wonderful voice and knack for storytelling. And all these years I had no idea he was son of #historian Lawrence Goodwyn!
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1167837454/wade-goodwyn-npr-correspondent-dies

#histodons

#Historian to become #UK’s first permanently endowed #professor in #LGBTQ+ #History.

The #JonathanCooper #Chair of the #history of #sexualities will lead and expand the #teaching and #study of #LGBTQ+ #history at the #UniversityofOxford.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/lgbtq-historian-university-of-oxford-lgbtq-rights-b2351640.html

THE FACEMAKER is out today in paperback! 🇬🇧

It tells the poignant true story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of WWI's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery.

I'd be grateful for your support: https://amzn.to/442MiS5

#books #histodon #histodons #history #WW1 #WarHistory #plasticsurgery #war #author #writing #twitterstorians #historian #medhist #histmed

Good morning #histodons and #medievodons how are all my #historian and #medievalist friends?

Fascinating read for you today.

The 500-year-old shipwreck of a medieval European king's personal "floating castle" has been found to contain a "thrilling" haul of exceptionally well-preserved plant materials—including exotic spices originating from the far-flung corners of the world.

@histodons
@medieval

https://www.newsweek.com/shipwreck-500-year-old-floating-castle-gribshunden-found-thrilling-haul-1780019

"The TSHA members told the @TexasObserver that after the vote, they witnessed Bryan target a #Latinx #historian, yelling, 'You've got something to say to me?' Bryan had mistaken him for another TSHA member …

"Bryan told the Observer that … 'I don't know anybody who's been more concerned about Hispanics or the Hispanic community than I have. I have a hotel in Marathon, #Texas with 75 Hispanic employees, and I can assure you that I treat them all with the utmost respect.'" https://www.texasobserver.org/those-who-dont-know-the-past/

John Wayne takes a break during the filming of ‘The Undefeated’. (1969). Wayne’s biographer Michael Munn chronicled Wayne’s drinking habits. According to Sam O’Steen’s memoir, Cut to the Chase, studio directors knew to shoot Wayne’s scenes before noon, because by afternoon he “was a mean drunk.”

#history #histodons #histodon #historian #pic #picture #pictures #pics #photo #60s #photography #Photomonday #photograph #foto #fotografie #fotograf #Movies #movie #film #films #cinema #cinemastodon #Moviestill #western

The oldest-surviving anatomical theatre in the world, built in 1594 and located in Padua. At the center stands a table on which the dissections of human or animal bodies took place. You can still visit it today. Photo: Daily Art Magazine.

#HistMed #Histodons #Histodon #Introductions #Twitterstorians #TwitterMigration #HistSci #Anatomy #Doctor #MedStudent #Medicine #DYI #Tourism #DarkTourism #Historian #History

@Loukas @BlackAzizAnansi Based on the exhaustive and definitive #research of world-renowned #historian #PhilomenaCunk, this #anthem by the #Belgian #techno giants #Technotronic is the historically accurate answer:

https://youtu.be/zIsc6zirBSw

@Npars01

No, #bothsidesism, is the way to normalize #fascist, and maybe even ideas of #totalitarianism 4 mainstream thinking.
In 1949-1966, the great #GermanAmerican #historian #HannahArendt wrote in her book, The Origins of Totalitarianism:

“In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the #masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true.”

#histodon
@tzimmer_history

Historians.social is a server for historians and anyone interested in history:

:Fediverse: https://historians.social

If you have questions, ask their admin at @lizcovart

Discover more themed servers at https://fedi.garden/fediverse-servers-sorted-by-topic

#FeaturedServer #History #Historian #Historians #Academic #Humanities #Mastodon #Fediverse

Was honored to work with the late, great Gwendolyn Midlo Hall on this piece honoring the 150 freedom fighters who died on this day - exactly 150 years ago - in the bloody, racist #ColfaxMassacre.

#colfax #massacre #reconstruction #violence #history #historian #writer #writersofinstagram #jacobin @Jacobin @haymarketbooks

https://jacobin.com/2023/04/colfax-massacre-1873-racist-attack-black-democratic-rigths-us-history-reconstruction

If you are a #historian who is going to be in or around #Boston at any time in 23-24, consider applying to present your WIP at one of the 7! seminar series @ Mass Historical Society. Formal comment by senior scholar and great discussion! April 10 is extended deadline. #histodons
https://www.masshist.org/research/seminars

Exciting, working on connecting two parts of the same family who have long been out of touch for a few generations, due to a local amateur #historian and fellow #hamradio buff. (he ran into one part of the family, and I ran into the other...) Common ancestor from the late 1800's. Hope they connect!

I am absurdly proud of @dunia for writing the foreword to this forthcoming book from #ska #historian Heather Augustyn : Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond

There's no feeling quite like seeing your name on the front cover of a book for the first time. 🥹

The book is released on #InternationalWomensDay (March 8). Score a free copy here:

https://www.music-news.com/competition/5441/Win-Rude-Girls-Women-in-2-Tone-and-One-Step-Beyond-Books

Looks like another #TwitterMigration so it's time for another #introduction.
Mama to a TinyTyrant, married to a retired #teacher. Own a #smallbusiness that sells custom-made medical garments. Small-town Southern #Ontario life. Big #nerd energy 4 #Halloween. #BlueJays fan.
Other interests include: #medieval #history #boardgames #antiques #books #photography #movies
If you're a #historian, I want to follow you, if you're a keeper of interesting facts, I want to follow you. *waves*

#InHonorOf #BlackHistoryMonth 💚 💚 💚
#YouTube #Audio #Interview w/ #Historian #MadelineScott
https://youtu.be/vZR_KoMWwS4

Important new initiative by @AHAHistorians

Long Overdue aims to publish obituaries for historians of color whose passing the AHA did not mark.

obituaries are yet another site where people of color, white women, and other marginalized people were unwelcome in the AHA membership and the discipline.

criteria:

Must have been a person of#color
Must have been a working #historian
Must have died after 1895
Did not receive an AHR or Perspectives obituary

https://www.historians.org/long-overdue?_zs=BIbma&_zl=ldOQ3

#BIPOC #racism

Good evening good folx of the #Fediverse :fediverse: In tonight's #ConnectionList #FollowFriday #Introduction post, where I use my high follower count to connect us more richly, I'd like you to meet:

@CriticalAI is an #InterDisciplinary initiative at #Rutgers which is taking a critical perspective to all things #AI. I've been to several of their seminars featuring folks like @emilymbender and @vukosi and they're fantastic!

https://sites.rutgers.edu/critical-ai/

@sglassmeyer is Sarah and they're a #law #librarian and into #LawTech #A2J, and #InformationScience 👋

Dr @irisvirus is Iris and they do #crystallography #DataProcessing at #LawrenceBerkeley #researcher #academic. They're new here, let's give them a warm welcome 👋

@shenki is Joel and he's into #OpenSource, #EmbeddedSystems like #Arduino and is also a #runner #running 👋 (big ups for the regex-in-less tip btw!)

@nitashatiku is the #tech #culture reporter at the @washingtonpost - warm welcome to #Mastodon, Nitasha! 👋

@cobalt is a #Disability advocate, #CareGiver, and is into #technology, #science, #photography and #geology. Based in #Phoenix #Arizona 👋

@passamezzo is a #musician, #historian and #mother. Into #EarlyMusic, #EarlyModern #Tudor #Folklore 👋

That's all for tonight, don't forget to post your own connection lists so we can connect the Fediverse! ❤️

#OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay

wælmist [ ᚹᚫᛚᛗᛁᛋᛏ]: A mist that covers the bodies of the slain.

wæl: the slain, the dead, a number of slain, generally of death in battle.

The wælmist rises off the slain in a way that leaves the mortal heart arching with loss and fear -- the wælbrecða (or heart of sorrow for the slain).

They say, that after the battle between #Arwald (the last #pagan king in Britain) and #Cædwalla, Cædwalla's troops move their camp into the woodland of the #IsleOfWight at the sight of the wælmist lest the #Death (Hel) mistook them or one of her own.

#AngloSaxon #Jutish #histodons #History #Historian #Folklore #Paganism

@histodons
@folklore
@languagelovers
@oldenglish
@anglosaxon

Everyone's heard the hits. But how about a deep cut of #DavidCrosby? This circulated on cassette and then CD for many yrs. #classicrock #counterculture

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZNiF6IHsJ4U

LIVE outtake of "The Wall Song" with Jerry and Phil Lesh recorded at Wally Heider's SF studio. These were the PERRO sessions.

This is BETTER than the studio version. Like a vintage bottle of wine, esoteric book, or rare concert only you and a few others know about, it's a thrill. Can you see why I became a #Historian?

🏳️‍🌈 #QUEER HISTORY:

⏲️ Use of the word "queer" has evolved over time.

"It is notable that almost all of the words that #LGBTIQA+ people use to describe ourselves today have been reclaimed from homophobic or transphobic origins."

A cultural #historian explains 👇

#history #AcademicMastodon #academia #LGBT #lgbtqia #queerhistory #research #sexuality #gender #equity #equality #inclusion

🔗 :
https://theconversation.com/reviled-reclaimed-and-respected-the-history-of-the-word-queer-197533

I have been meaning to write an introduction for a while now, but life has kept me too busy. Here goes ...

I grew up as an artist in a family of artists, with my favorite form being fiber arts. As a young adult, I became a writer, then a historian through my work at a museum. I am now a legal technologist. Each of my interests informs the others, as it should for us complex human beings.

To be continued ...

#artist #FiberArts #historian #LegalTech #introduction

Corrected repost: Rachel Maddow is one of those "must" listens and you can get her new podcast free and ethically at this link. Her Jan 10th comments include reflections on the horrorshow flooding in California, the shootings on New Mexico Democratic politician buildings and the failed loser coup attempt in #Brazil
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb2RjYXN0ZmVlZHMubmJjbmV3cy5jb20vcmFjaGVsbWFkZG93/episode/MTg4YmYzY2MtMmFkMy00OGJkLTk5MGUtM2UwY2JlNjRhZjI3?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiQu83eosD8AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

Best part - #historian Timothy Snyder gues appearance at 20:00 mark. Discusses the Brazilian coup copycats.
#rachelmaddow #DemocraticParty #NewMexico #Bannon #California #podcast #postcasts

I picked up several #FoundPhotographs in an antique shop in Jim Thorpe, PA, several years back with the idea of making up stories to go with them. Which thing I certainly could do. But as an amateur #historian, as a #FamilyHistory researcher, I can't help but wonder at the real stories in these pictures.

Wonder if any #FashionHistory buffs could help date this by styles?

#FoundPhotos

PSA: #Historian Donna Murch is now on Mastodon as @donnamurch

She is the author of

Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives

and

Living for the City Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland

She is also the New Brunswick Chapter President of Rutgers AAUP AFT

#histodons #blackmastodon @histodons @blackmastodon

Morning Gang, how are we? Today I’m being interviewed on a #pagan podcast to talk about #Jutish and #AngloSaxon #NewYear celebrations. So if hearing about the old British / Germanic gods and practices is your bag then this might be right up your street.

I am going to tackle it from a half #historian and half #storyteller perspective. There will be a bit for everyone. Bit of fact, bit of speculation, a bit of storytelling, a bit of #magic and a bit of #OldEnglish

Let’s make this Wōdnesdæg (#Wednesday ) a bit of fun.

#art #histodon #histodons #pagans #yule

@folklore
@histodons
@pagan
@pagans
@Curator
@artbot

Drawing of the lover god and goddess Helið in the early #medieval style, by me.

This blew my mind: In 1614, the #Indigenous #Nahua noble and #historian Chimalpahin Messenger with Shield, documented (in Nahuatl!) the arrival of the Japanese embassy in Mexico on their way to Spain.

Chimalpahin writes out the dates using the Mexica calendar as well, staring with 1-Tochtli (1-Rabbit) and goes into great detail about how the Japanese dressed and acted. Amazing.

If you read Spanish, Miguel León-Portilla translated the diaries. You can find them here, with ample background: https://sci-hub.se/10.2307/40312014

#Japan #Mexico #Native #Aztec

17 December 1943 | A Polish woman, Łucja Charewiczowa (b. 1897, no. 64373), perished in Auschwitz.

She was a historian of Lwów (Lviv) & researcher on the history of women.

During world war 2 she moved to Warsaw. In July 1943, for the resistance activity & participation in underground education, the Germans incarcerated her in Pawiak prison & later deported to Auschwitz, where she died of typhus.

#Auschwitz #woman #history #historian #Lviv #Lwów #Warsaw #Nazis #Germany #ww2 @histodons

Hello, everyone! I am new to Mastodon, am returning after my server’s data wipeout, and would like to do an #introduction.
I am a #historian of global #migration, specializing in the #MiddleEast, #Caucasus, and the #Balkans. My forthcoming book examines the resettlement of up to a million Muslim #refugees from #Russia in the #Ottoman Empire. I am broadly interested in histories of displacement, especially in the #Muslim world, and the making of national and international refugee regimes. #histodon
I am an Assistant Professor of Global Studies at UC Santa Barbara, where I deputy-direct the Center for Middle East Studies.
I am looking forward to gradually making home on this platform and to learning about everyone’s work.

I do not understand the Mastadoon yet, but I'm here, and it seems like folks are doing #introductions? I'm a #historian of modern #southasia working at the intersections of #labourhistory #historyofscience and #islamicstudies .

My book project is study of Muslim artisan communities in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north #India, focused on #artisan assertions of religious traditions for their trades and technologies in the context of colonial capitalism.

I hold a #PhD in history from #IndianaUniversity, am currently a #postdoc at #Princeton Society of Fellows, and from Jan. 2023 will be a Lecturer in South Asian History at #Brunel University in #London.

Please tell me if I'm doing this wrong 🤔

This frieze from Fulton County, Georgia shows "Medicine's battle with Death." Note the rod with two snakes. Many mistake it for the Rod of Asclepius (the traditional symbol of healing). However, this is the Caduceus, symbol of commerce. A common error in the USA.

#histodon #medicine #MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon #HistMed #HistSci #SciArt #mastodon #introduction #Historian #TwitterMigration #FF #FollowBackFriday #FollowFriday

I feel like we need to bring back #Victorian Christmas cards, like this one.

There's a whiff of #StarWars to this one. 😂

#History #Histodons #Weird #WeirdHistory #FollowBack #historian

Hey, Historians!

I'm writing a book about a haunted library, and I have a question on how historians would react if, say, the library of Alexandria was suddenly uncovered. How would you deal with, and more importantly, how would you scale a research project of that nature? How would you protect against people who have an interest in preserving world history as we know it, rather than expanding it with new evidentiary support?

#Histodons #History #Historian

Greetings, #Histodons, friends, & sundry.

Reintroducing myself b/c #newhere

On Twitter for 15 years, joined Mastodon several weeks ago, but just had to move to this #instance where my #historian friends are congregating.

I am a cultural historian of modern Europe (C 18-20) at Hampshire College: #Revolutionary era, #BookHistory, #German #literature, World Wars, #Nazism, #antisemitism, material culture, US #historic #preservation. Also teach summer field courses in #Czech Republic & #Poland

New server, new #introduction

I'm a #historian of US in the World, with a focus on Asian #migration & US empire after WW2. @histodons

My 1st book drew from US, Indian, and Philippine sources to tell a transpacific history of how the US repealed Asian exclusion laws amid postwar movements for Black civil rights & Asian decolonization.

I'm currently writing a book on how the 1965 Immigration Act & the Christian Right converged to transform race and #evangelical politics in the US.

Hi all, am looking for an early modern (broadly defined c.1400-1800) historian or art historian working on music and/or sound and religion in Ireland or continental Europe (and based in the UK or Europe). Would love your suggestions of great scholars working in this area whose research I might not be aware of!

#earlymodern #histodons #historian #historians #twitterstorians #medieval #medievodons

Here goes testing out the rules at my 'instance.' I am a #historian of #sexuality and #pornography. I write books with pictures of #naked people in them. I also study the ways #censorship challenges and resists operative power structures. I am curious whether any of these words triggers a content warning . . .

A fantastically mischievous skull stares out from the hoop of this gold mourning ring. The enamelled skull has a rather large eye sockets and an impressive row of teeth too. Inscribed for C.A. who died 13 Dec 1708 aged 67 (British Museum) #MementoMori #skull #introduction #history #histodons #historian #jewellery #art #18thcentury #WeirdHistory

Okay, an #introduction :
I’m a #historian at a regional state institution in the US South.
I write about #empire and #violence and people moving around from place to place. I’m now writing on African-descended people in Ireland. And African-American supporters of British imperialism.
I write about #music and will toot frequently on this topic.
I also write #fiction. More and more, I’m writing fiction. Off-kilter historical stuff. I may need an #agent soon.
I post a lot of #nonsense. Apologies.

Hello new followers! A quick #introduction

I'm a historian of the long #18thcentury, currently writing a book exploring the #FrenchRevolution through the eyes of three women. My last was about the scandalous c18th #Byron dynasty (a prequel to that dastardly poet)

I'm also a #genealogist, #dog lover & new first-time mum... here I am at Stowe Park yesterday, Very Tired but happy to be OUT

#Introductions #histodons #history #historian #geneadons #parenting #books #womenshistory #familyhistory

Ok, since I need a zirk.us #introduction

I'm Zeb! I'm a former #academic and still sometimes a #historian. My diss was on the anti-apartheid movement in the United States: broadly, I am a #transnational and #diplomatic historian.

I started #freelancing in grad school as a #writer and #curriculum developer and still do it today. I'm grappling with what to call myself: I'm not a journalist exactly. Maybe an essayist?

My day job is as a software #developer: c# and SQL are my languages.

Obligatory #introduction post!

I'm Liz, and I'm an #archivist who also does #recordsmanagement at a small liberal arts college in #Pennsylvania.

I trained as a #historian (#histodon) with specializations in #materialculture and the history of consumption (I ❤️ 18th century store account books). I also have a background in #museums.

I look forward to connecting with #GLAM folks. I'd like to say I'll be posting mainly about #libraries and #archives, but honestly it'll probably be mostly #cats.