#Historian

Dannielle (Dossy) Blumenthal PhD

DrDannielle

Here's an interesting midnight thread "A woman who claims Ghislaine Maxwell raped her dozens of times – beginning when she was just 14 years old – says she is willing

Jennifer Binis

JennBinis

There are 1000s of more important things for us to be talking about but Ravitch's outsized role in so many conversations is one of those things I hope makes it

Black Dragon Games

BlackDragonCan

This is an interesting question. I see a lot of people mentioning that since war, slavery, classism, ableism, etc. are part of history, it makes sense to have them in

Mzala Tom

tlsibanda

1. WHAT IS UMTHWAKAZI? A thread....Peter Sivalo Mahlangu was the first author to officially use the term mthwakazi, in his book 'UMthwakazi' published in 1957.The term mthwakazi simply referred to

Eric Gonzaba

EGonzaba

Gay historian here : Probably not worth discussing, but just want to note that in Andrew Sullivan's farewell to New York Magazine, he claims that despite being a conservative,

Jacque Wernimont

profwernimont

We're at more than 10.5 million global confirmed cases of #COVID19 and 2.5 million in the US and growing quickly, so why don't the numbers and behaviors align? A thread

Dr Kathleen Neal

KB_Neal

Serious point, from a historian of letter writing... we are in a time of flux in communication forms and formulae. A short https://twitter.com/ProfessorCrunk/status/1349012729936412676 One key issue is we are all

Amy Shira Teitel

AmyShiraTeitel

Who should run NASA: a scientist or a bureaucrat? I don't have the answer, but I will share a little vignette from history (because I'm an historian) that I think

Dr. Craig Considine

CraigCons

1. The 1st chapter of a new book, "Muslims in America: Examining the Facts," tackles the following question: "Did Muslims explore the Americas before Christopher Columbus 'discovered' the 'New World'"?

Bharadwaj

BharadwajSpeaks

This is THEFT! Indians had Algebra BEFORE Mμslim prophet & religion was even born.Here is Bakhshali Manuscript dating back to 3rd century CE. It is an Algebraic treatise. Have you

Voice of Dogras 𑠦𑠵𑠂𑠩 𑠄𑠵𑠟 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬𑠑𑠺

VoiceofDogras

Facts about Basohli School of Hill Painting1. The story of Pahari art and subsequently schools of paintings begins from the town of Basohli (Kathua district) situated on the right bank

DR. Waitman Wade Beorn (Amputate to heal)

waitmanb

[Thread] I've been inspired by a couple things this week to share a piece of my current book project on the Janowska concentration camp outside of Lviv, Ukraine.In particular, it

Brian Feroldi

BrianFeroldi

1/ YouTube is an AMAZING resource when used properly (Thread)Here are my favorite YouTube channels:Top 5:Mark Rober - @MarkRober Real EngineeringSmarter Every Day - @smartereveryday Stuff Made Here - @stuffmadehere

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

“There just has to be a reckoning. There just has to be. You can't reset unless you truth-tell and demand that people are held accountable for what they have done.

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

If you’ve seen this before it’ll probably be in the context of one of those ‘Fact Check’ pieces.If you haven’t, the bottom line is asymptomatic transmission is a lie. Just

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Arch of TitusStanding at the eastern end of the Roman Forum, the arch was erected ca. AD 81 as a commemoration for the Emperor

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