#Historical

Arvind Subramanian

arvindsubraman

1/ The India-vs.-Bangladesh GDP per capita comparison (post @IMFNews WEO) has sparked anxiety & acrimony But wrong numbers being compared NO, on more appropriate metric, India has not been

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

Elizabeth Yeld

lizyeld

Fabulous/also moving BFMS (British False Memory) zoom conference today. Dr Lawrence Patihis and Professor Henry Otgaar spoke of ‘The Revival of the Memory Wars and scientific nature of false and

The Catholic Linguist

Vlinguist

You’ll see it in the headlines from time to time. It’s usually some variant of “which language did #Jesus speak?” or “is ISIS exterminating the language of Jesus?”. Scholars –

pennin, booktwt newbie looking for moots! 🤸🏻‍♀️

penninreads

thread of books from asian authors you should read right now & even when there’s no surge of asian hate crimes dating makes perfect from @pintipdunn thai-american protagonists,

Matt Gabriele

prof_gabriele

when I ran for county board of supervisors in 2011 (i won!) I joked at campaign events that I understood working with Republicans because I was a medievalist. was a

Mpilo

MpiloNdlovu_

You know what deserves unpacking? The dark skinned folks whose response was "We're not a charity case/tokens/woke trophies".I think most of it was just people actively misinterpreting something to create

Alexandra Erin

AlexandraErin

Growing up Christian, I believed the Jewish religion taught basically all the same things I believed about heaven, hell, and a guy named The Devil who wanted to take us

Sean Gallagher

WhatAboutClass

I've said this before, but here's my (long) basic take on the historiographic politics of the American Revolution and the #1619Project. I should note before I start that I am

Cavid ⛧

cavidaga

It is reported that president will address the nation soon. OK it is starting Hadrut, Chayli, Yukhari Guzlak, Gorazilli, Qishlaq, Qarajali, Afandilar, Suleymanli, Sur villages were liberated. We hear happy

Niamh Thornton

enortee

A daily annoyance of the lockdown has been an advert at a nearby bus stop. It uses convict imagery and a clever hologram effect to sell a wine. In normal

Immortal Moss Wizard 🌲🌲🌲

Welshie55644278

Dreaming of a Cishuman coalition to oppose the looming Transhumanist menace.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpW9JcWxKq0&feature=youtu.be Transhumanism truly represents both the final phase in the development of modern Liberalism, and it

aloy ejimakor

AloyEjimakor

Igboland Is Not LandlockedA THREAD by #AloyEjimakorIt’s often said that LIES told many times may - in the course of time - begin to pass for the truth. One of

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/4If near-record iron ore prices reflect stronger-than-ever demand from China, the two most likely explanations are, first, that there has been as of yet no rebalancing of domestic demand towards

🇦🇫Afghanistan Fact Checks🔎

AfgFactChecks

Under the pretaxt of "Afghan Historian" @mariamamini and her gang of Taliban sympathizers want to suppress the voice of Hazara (uzbek and tajik) communities who seek justice for the #MazarMassacre.

Melanie

MelanieDio

In my year in the graduate theology department at Villanova, it was clear the sort of culture I had stepped into. Despite my prior belief, theology at Villanova had a