#Scholarship

Reading about thinkers like Olympe de Gouges makes me wonder whether someone committed to the moral intuitions prevalent today really needs to invoke a mysterious notion of 'moral progress' -
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1. Figure is not recent, figure was pre 2015. Stop spreading lies, as a PhD holder, you should report facts based on research. 2. You do not have much knowledge
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The myth of the mentally ill witch in textbooks of abnormal psychology: a thread on history, ideology, the status of the occult within clinical psychology, and why I am skeptical
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Last week, @hssonline & @SocHistTech announced that this year's joint meeting in New Orleans had been postponed due to #COVID19.Many people, including myself, were saddened by this decision, even though
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So updates. @DrWilliamProct1 has emailed me an apology and I have now responded. I'm putting both up here because I want this information to remain clear and public so it
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I just finished reading Racism: Science & Tools, and thought I'd share a summary of Chapter 12: Why Epidemiologists Must Reckon with Racism. Our field cannot continue to disengage with
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I grew up in the same tiny suburban Jewish community as Krug, and I've been going down a deep spiral all weekend. I've thought a lot about how this community
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I've been thinking about this thread for a while. I got tenure -- and a lot of credit is due to institutional support, prudent policies for work-life, and a supportive
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Two years ago this week we were thrilled to host the conference “Defining Black European History” convened by @kira_thurman, @tlflorvil, and @jeffbsox. You can find the conference report here (https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/de
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What history should you read about the New Deal to inform the present moment?With the caveat that I *will* forget something, so forgive me now: I would skew toward more
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Mary Blair, the artist, the icon, the woman. (a long thread) Arguably, one of the greatest and most recognizable Disney artists. Despite a challenging upbringing in Morgan Hill, CA she
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Shitbag white Brazilian Donata Meirelles resigned from Vogue Brazil last year after her slavery nostalgia 50th bday party. She is doing fine & posting fake solidarity IG posts & works
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Frodo the Chimp, Eastern Roman Emperor Valens, King John of England...what do any of these have in common? Not much on face value, but I was stricken today how similar
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"White liberal academics can earn more in a day lecturing about “white privilege” than the median black household makes in 3 months"Robin Diangelo - fed.$12K a day: How white liberals
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Top 10 Countries Offering Free Education to International Students as of 2020A thread https://www.flashschoolgist.com/top-10-countries-offering-free-education-to-international-students/ Pursuing studies in another country is an experience
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Every year when the Nigerian Law School (NLS) results are released, my heart is heavy because it’s immediately clear that the NLS grading system needs to be examined.#nigerianlawschool #nls #lawschool
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