#Historians

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

While prophets are a major part of Islamic belief, there are lesser known more ambiguous figures like Al Khidr, The Green Man. Believed to be an immortal miracle worker, he

Tides of History

labour_history

As we await the result of the 2020 Labour Leadership contest, read up on some of the historic battlesFrom the shock death of Hugh Gaitskell in 1963 to the rise

Arash Azizi

arash_tehran

I finally listened to the whole 3:11 hours of #Iran's foreign minister @JZarif 's leaked interview (which is from an apparently 7-hour whole), part of the oral history interviews done

Ben Newmark

bennewmark

1. Included? Learning Disability History Podcast Update Full roster! We now have all our readers. Three recordings in already. They are beautiful and I expect all will be. Read on

John Holbo

jholbo1

"The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away. We refuse any false choice between justice and freedom,

ʿAqīl

aqilazme

I’m sorry, but I think you misunderstood Islam and the moral Zeitgeist.Yes, morality can exist even without religion but I’m a firm believer that it will result in a version

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Now watching the @britishlibrary live stream where @DavidOlusoga is in conversation with @omaromalleykhan Black History Month was 'enormously overshadowed' by the Windrush scandal in 2018 and 2019. 2020 feels different.'There

Céline

selangelic

MERCURY ☿ — an informative master thread. What does Mercury represent?Mercury’s other version is the Greek god Hermes; the product of Zeus and the nymph Maia.Hermes is known for

Battle Bison

BattleBison

In honor of the #MarchforInnocence, I would like to present a history of LGBT activism and its connection to pedophilia. Meet Harry Hay. He was the founder of the Mattachine

Matt Simonton

ProfSimonton

Messene, y'all. Should point out that this will be a THREAD. Messene is one of most breathtaking polis sites I've ever had the privilege to visit. Excavations since 1895 have

Jonathan Reinarz

reinarzhistory

Many historians of med will be thinking about projects that your students can do in the coming year without the usual access to archives. In order to perhaps create a

Mayowa...

CoveredInWords

The tolerance of Prophet Muhammed to other religions: to each his own.THREAD!!! Many mistakenly believe that Islam does not tolerate the existence of other religions present in the world. This

vakibs

vakibs

In this thread, I will discuss the proselytization of Christianity in British India, and the evolution of strategy from James R. Ballantyne to Monier Williams and beyond. I will argue

Edin Hajdarpašić

_edinh

In 1933-35, Milman Parry & Albert Lord came to Yugoslavia with 1000s of aluminum disks onto which they recorded oral poetry from waiters, farmers, coffeeshop patrons, village women. Their archive

Ted Jackson

MimosahSka

The UK government, and governing classes, are going to try to evade responsibility for the excess deaths caused by their action and inaction ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here's how.Left-ish

Dr. Michael J. Taylor

DrMichaelJTayl1

A running defense of Classics, defined here broadly as the study of the literature, history and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, c. 1200 BC- AD 700. Much of this is