#Historian

Rush Doshi

RushDoshi

Excited to have our paper "Beijing's Bismarckian Ghosts" generously referenced in @martinwolf_'s column! We argued that the Anglo-German great power economic rivalry a century ago holds eerie parallels to today’s

Rakesh Thiyyan

ByRakeshSimha

William Dalrymple is a habitual liar who suffers from a colonial mindset. He twists the story of a Hindu girl kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam as voluntary acceptance of

gab

homoruchetae

okay guys you asked for it: ultimate petekey proof thread if youre an anti, good for you! please go on your merry way and leave me be. i happen to

Ciaran Martin

ciaranmartinoxf

“The position of the UK Gov’t is that there is no lawful, democratic path to Scottish independence for an unspecified number of decades”.This will change Union from one based on

Disco Darling

darling_disco

It seems like it might be a timely moment to share some links on diversity within the Regency Period - not only to share some knowledge but also to celebrate

R. P. Schwartz

Doc_RPS

I want to disagree significantly with this thread, written by a dear former student. I hope that I can manage to convey disagreement on substance without rancor or personal animus.

Gowhar

Gowhar_

1. Doing a thread on Mother Aisha's age. This is a transcript from @iyad_elbaghdadi's website that I found quite interesting. I'd have linked the page but it no longer exists.Q:

SambhavāmiYugeYuge (check pinned thread)

WindsOfChange72

#MiniThreadAs pointed out by @virapota African Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka points out how missionaries distorted Yoruba deities by calling them "Satan".Truschke insults Shri Ram. Her father in law is

Ali Ansari

aa51_ansari

a) Very grateful to my gracious hosts @holland_tom & @dcsandbrook on @TheRestHistory for the opportunity to talk about the many contributions of Iranian (Persian) civilisation... b) Sadly, despite my best

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😷

OwsWills

On Wales' south coast lies a legend.It was called Côr Tewdws, the grandest centre of Christian study on the planet.At its peak it attracted over 2,000 students—princes, saints and scholars.It

Monica H Green

monicaMedHist

Okay, since @KevinMKruse now seems to have given his imprimatur to this piece in the @washingtonpost today about #nCoV2019 & past plagues, it seems time for a mini-thread about #medhist

🦇Count Jakeula🦇

waveturtlejake

Alright, I’m gonna do it: Babylon Bee interview with convicted felon and fairly open racist Dinesh D’Souza.My prediction is that it’s going to be about how slavery defenders were all

John Bull

garius

Right. So this gives me an opportunity to tell my favourite WW2 tea story. I came across it in a short, limited run book of first-hand accounts of tea in

Historic Royal Palaces

HRP_palaces

It’s time for our first #HRPHandover for #BlackHistoryMonth Today we’re handing over to historian Michael Ohajuru (@michael1952). Read on as Michael explores the presence of Black people at the Tudor

Ritesh

GhosttGray

A (hopefully) short thread on the Azzarello/Chiang era of Wonder Woman.I touch on some of this in my WW history series, so if you've read the Marston entries, you'll likely

Damian Counsell

DamCou

I will confidently take bets with the "Pulling Down A Statue Of A Slave Trader Is Not The Hill To Die On" brigade⁠—who have a powerful point⁠—that, if no one