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Jonathan Parkes Allen

Mar_Musa

a few mostly personal thoughts on the news concerning the Hagia Sophia: my feelings are rather mixed, tbh. Part of me is glad that somebody at least gets to publicly

Lucie Mascord ACR

LuceGraham

THREAD: In 2019 I worked on this Orangutan taxidermy specimen for @GrantMuseum. He has a charming face, but a lot of noticeable cracking and wear, and a warped base. But

sumayya ahmed

likeimnothere

Listening to this now. Very informative. Andras Reidelmeyer is speaking now on library and manuscript destruction in Bosnia (1990s) and continued mss destruction and theft in places like Syria and

Jonathan Taylor 🐮

JonTaylor_BM

conservators are an essential part of museum life. They ensure that objects are preserved in as close to original condition as possible for future generations. You rarely see a conservator

Mona Eltahawy

monaeltahawy

A sculpture that was unveiled this week in honour of the 18th century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft has caused a huge stir. My new essay is about the sculpture, nudity,

🇮🇳Sonal 🇮🇳

ShreshthaDharma

Solar SystemMordern VS Vedic Scriptures.Reference from RigvedBhagwatamHanuman ChalisaSurya Sidhanta - 1500 BCE, later revised in 6th century and modified in 12th century. Modern size of Moon - 2160 miles in

Arya 🇮🇷

AryJaey

[Thread]Did you know that..German writer, philosopher and painter Johann #Goethe studied (and perhaps) converted to Shia Islam? In early January 2020, among Goethe's personal belongings, manuscripts were found that shows

Lucifer

Lucifer_Oldest

Depression is the feeling low all the time or most of the time. It can be persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. This thread will be full of

James McAuley

jameskmcauley

This is Théodore Reinach (1860-1928), one of the main characters in my book, "The House of Fragile Things." At the heart of public life in the Third Republic, he was

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Lady_Blazes

I enjoy looking for patterns and making connections. Right, wrong or indifferent, I sure do learn a lot when I dig.This short thread is a compilation of my findings from

Roopali Srivastava

RoopaliSriv

“Erdogan’s opponents say he has raised the issue of restoring Hagia Sophia as a mosque every time he has faced a political crisis, using it to stir supporters in his

adria r. walker

adriawalkr

This point about Chicago Blues is particularly interesting to me. I think often about the Great Migration & about how much of the literature/studies focus on the people who left

Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss

milleridriss

There are at least 2 reasons why we should be talking about white supremacy re what happened at the Capitol yesterday. The first is the structural racism & bias in

Ramblings of a Sikh

RamblingSingh

Jassa Singh Icchogilia Snippets (A Thread) Continued - How Jassa Singh earnt the epithet "Ramgharia" In 1748 Ahmad Shah Abdali (pictured) invades India for the first time and faces the

Glasgow Women's Library

womenslibrary

GWL is home to one of the most significant LGBTQ+ Historical collections in the UK. With material spanning from the 1920s to the present day, the collection holds some really

Dan Vo

DanNouveau

Revising for my symposium hosting role #QueerHeritageAndCollectionsNetwork supported by @ArtFund w/ @NationalTrust @EnglishHeritage @HistoricEngland @HRP_Palaces Book for @DrBouchard @RSMuseumStudies @RachaeleLennon @EJScott2010 @CuratorMat

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