#Century

John McNally

johngmcnally

I wrote an essay about what a net-zero target means for Canada. What problems will we have to overcome? What will be the biggest barriers? What ideas have promise? And

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Welcome to day two of my #tweetistorian and #EarlyModernPeriod spree. Since yesterday's thread was about the colonist origins of the word "cannibal," today we'll explore those late 15th and early

Ben Norton

BenjaminNorton

Priyamvada Gopal is part of a class of elite academics in the imperial core who teach the ruling class, and use woke radlib rhetoric to justify current Western imperial aggression.She

T. Greer

Scholars_Stage

I have been thinking about this a lot over the last few days in reference to Slezkine's THE HOUSE OF GOVERNMENT, which may honestly be one of the very best

Jason Hughes

JasonLHughes

So, this is another preparatory thread for my massive War of the Spanish Succession thread. Today I’ll be covering a bit of the background of 18th century warfare and the

The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

OldOpTheatre

[1/8] In need of some positivity? Check out the amazing story of Gillies, McIndoe and The Guinea Pig Club! The devastation of war can prove the driving force for scientific

FRANK CUNHA III 🇺🇸 ARCHITECT

FRANKCUNHAIII

Reconstruction of Lisbon Architecture[after the earthquake of 1755] On a single apocalyptic day in 1755, Lisbon, Portugal, was hit with an earthquake, a tsunami, and destructive fires. https://twitter.com/frankcunhaiii/status/1344624320883

Subhrajyoti

subhra2jyoti

#Thread on ‘nakedness in native clothing’ in certain regions of South India as recorded by European travellers,merchants & Persian ambassador in 1200-1500 CE before advent of Islamic/Christian/Victorian morality in societies

Ross Douthat

DouthatNYT

Let me briefly defend @ezraklein's claims about the centrality of polarization to America's problems against @ezraklein's argument that the "dearth of the democracy" is really America's biggest challenge.https://ww

adri || @ac_zine

adriennczene

Since there's discourse about females viking warriors ever since the AC Valhalla announcement, here are some facts from your friendly local historian. While I haven't studied this exact topic extensively,

Noah Gittell

noahgittell

The Oscar shortlists are out, so allow me to rant about my least favorite category: Best Original Song. There's no other category that has misfired as badly as this one

Brigid Laffan

BrigidLaffan

This is the second time in one week that I have to engage with something written by a British academic on their assessment of Brexit & Ireland. In this case

Michael Press

MichaelDPress

Lots of talk lately about Yavne as a place in the distant Jewish past or as a Jewish idea, but it's worth remembering that Yavne didn't stop existing 1900 years

erica robles-anderson

fstflofscholars

Fewer classes per student. Collaborative teaching. 3-4 week courses. Class sizes of 12. 2 instructors. Run it 4x per semester. Online or hybrid. High touch. Emphasize community aspect of academic

Patrick Siegman

PatrickSiegman

In the 90s, I used to sit at a sidewalk café in my hometown of #PaloAlto, reading The New Urbanism. It laid out a vision for transforming sterile, auto-dependent office

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

Thread: Where did “Make America Great Again” come from? Yes we know Reagan used it. But do you think it came from Trump? It came from the Council of National

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