#Historians

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AhmedWJanjua

Feminism,the belief in social, economic & political equality of the sexes. Although largely originating in the West,feminism is manifested worldwide & is adopted,by the institutions committed to activity on behalf

Quinn Dombrowski

quinnanya

So glad I saw this and actually bothered to calculate what 17:00 London time works out to in California! Live-tweeting to commence shortly! Especially excited about this talk since

BLACK CONSERVATIVE

blackrepublican

A History of The Afro-Arabs -- The HaratinThey are one of the most persecuted ethnic groups in all of human history, a black-Arab caste that emerged from a legacy of

Tulaib

ZaadFather

I need an excuse to procrastinate, so I’m starting a series of threads on the letter ض. You may remember @phdnix ‘s fantastic thread from several months back demonstrating how

Mallory Moore

Chican3ry

More history on threat pictures: Fanny and Stella were arrested for "female impersonation"in Essex, 19th century.https://www.alamy.com/english-female-impersonators-frederick-park-and-ernest-boulton-this-photograph-taken-less-than-

Sampashree Mallick

sampa_tweets

A speculative note on Right Wing journalism.THREAD- Recently @opindia was targetted by the self-proclaimed fact checker Altnews for apparently spreading "fakenews", for publishing article based on statements made by a

Edin Hajdarpašić

_edinh

Outbreaks of disease are typically seen as temporary, but the institutions organized to suppress them can last far longer. The Habsburg “sanitary border” with the Ottoman Empire is one example

Spain's Memory Wars

SpainMemoryWars

On this day in 1937, the Basque market town of Gernika was bombed in the most emblematic episode of the Spanish Civil War, immortalised by Picasso's Guernica. A thread below

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

In the writings of medieval Muslim astrologers, Scorpio takes on contradictory meanings as a sign of prophecy and sorcery. One of the more complex zodiac signs, it offers us interesting

WINएसा

Vinyasa15

Shri Rama hasn't sent Mata Seeta on exile to uphold his Raj dharma but to uphold his pati/pitra dharma{THREAD} (1) As

Laurie Voss

seldo

With unexpected speed -- one has literally nothing to do in quarantine on the weekends, it turns out -- we reach the 11th entry in project #EuropeanBios, Hadrian, Roman emperor

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antoniaking

Hello! My research into The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - a thread!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCqRmx3Dnw So I’m taking over Prof Kate Williams’ Twitter today! I finished my Masters by Research in Jan and

Andrew Wheeler

Wheeler

I want to share some thoughts about how cultural prejudice has led to a dishonest accounting of queer people in history. If that sounds dry we can call this long-ass

Prashant Singh

pacificleo

Just Finished reading "Debt: The First 5000 Year " by David Graeber. It's a fascinating book that deconstructs the concept of Debt and shows how it permeates everything from geopolitics

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KetaMeanGirl

Much delayed thread on the "New World Question:"If PIE/Aryans founded all civilization, what about Mesoamerica? (Maya/Aztec)Although this topic is complex, once explained, Aryan Founder Thesis is only further corroborated.We Wuz

Mandroid

Bigbounce01

A #thread about some dark facts about the middle ages.1. Student Riots Student riots didn't start in the 20th century. It is a violent tradition that has very old roots,