#historians — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #historians, aggregated by home.social.
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One of the biggest hurdles in researching #history is being objective when it comes to #indigenous practices.
How does one reconcile the #cruelty of collecting kambo (frog toxin used for as a ritual drug) with the #traditional aspect of the practice?
Do I say neutrally: "Indigenous people of X collect Y to help with luck in hunting." and thereby omit the fact that this is a potentially questionable practice?
Or do I write: "Y is collected through inducing a forced stress response in Z, which is, by indigenous standards, necessary for facilitating practice A"
(FYI, I purposely used a tame subject).
Perhaps proper #historians have an answer to this?
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A tidbit for #war / #military #historians, esp. of #WW2 Eastern Front:
Pretty good evidence of some #Soviet Red Army units lacking even rifles in 1941 can be found from Finnish intelligence reports published in Porvali, M. (2021). Kohti itää: Päämajan kaukopartio-osasto Vehniäinen 1941. Atena. -
#CfA for our 2027 Augustin Hirschvogel #Fellowship. We invite #historians, #geographers, #cartographers, #arthistorians and scholars in related fields w/ focus on Eastern or #SoutheastEurope to apply. Research stay of up to 4 weeks.
🗓️ Deadline: September 30, 2026
➡️ https://leibniz-ios.de/en/knowledge-transfer/news/newsdetail/augustin-hirschvogel-fellowship-at-the-ios-2027 -
Work with outstanding researchers in one of Germany’s most beautiful cities:
#CfA for our 2027 Visiting Research Fellow Program for #historians, #economists, #politicalscientists and scholars of cognate disciplines focussing on #EasternEurope or #SoutheasternEurope.
👇 What we offer in the thread
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The Hickleton Skulls.
In the Northwest lychgate of Hickleton church is an inset in the wall with the skulls of three alleged sheep rustlers.
However, the truth is a little less romantic - they were placed there in 1880 by the 2nd Viscount Halifax and are a memento mori. The skulls were given by local medical students.
There's currently a campaign running to inter the skulls and replace them with fake replicas as it is unlikely that the poor victims ever consented to this (in very much the same way as many medical skeletons have now been interred as the person's skeleton was being used without prior consent).
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Premodernist is a historian making excellent in-depth videos on a wide range of historical topics, periods and locations. You can follow at:
(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server is following them yet. If you follow, the videos will start showing up on your server too.)
#FeaturedPeerTube #History #Historians #AncientHistory #MedievalHistory #ModernHistory #PeerTube
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Historians explain why everyone was so darn pale in those Victorian-era portraits
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/victorian-era-pale-portraits-ex1/
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“ #TheAgeofExtremes, the #book that canonized him as a celebrity on a global scale, far beyond the boundaries of #academia. Anyone who read this work at the time was deeply struck by such a tour de force …” #EricHobsbawm #BookSky #historians #books www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ce...
The Century of Eric Hobsbawm -
#Trump's second mandate reportedly tagged as the #Worst #mandate in #US #History , in an annual ranking by a commitee of 50 top #presidential #historians 😅😅😅👏👏👏
Don't judge, that is a different and personal way to enter #History... 😂
The goal was achieved :) -
#Trump's second mandate reportedly tagged as the #Worst #mandate in #US #History , in an annual ranking by a commitee of 50 top #presidential #historians 😅😅😅👏👏👏
Don't judge, that is a different and personal way to enter #History... 😂
The goal was achieved :)
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Archaeoethnologica: Carlo Ginzburg (1939 - 2026)
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/06/carlo-ginzburg-1939-2026.html
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Archaeoethnologica: Carlo Ginzburg (1939 - 2026)
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/06/carlo-ginzburg-1939-2026.html
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Archaeoethnologica: Carlo Ginzburg (1939 - 2026)
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/06/carlo-ginzburg-1939-2026.html
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Archaeoethnologica: Carlo Ginzburg (1939 - 2026)
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/06/carlo-ginzburg-1939-2026.html
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Archaeoethnologica: Carlo Ginzburg (1939 - 2026)
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/06/carlo-ginzburg-1939-2026.html
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Archaeoethnologica: Carlo Ginzburg (1939 - 2026)
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/06/carlo-ginzburg-1939-2026.html
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Archaeoethnologica: Carlo Ginzburg (1939 - 2026)
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/06/carlo-ginzburg-1939-2026.html
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Just two historians who take their sources very seriously.
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[#veille] L’IA pour l’histoire : succès, promesses, écueils | France Culture
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-cours-de-l-histoire/l-ia-pour-l-histoire-succes-promesses-ecueils-8808890 -
No more #cognitive offloading https://time.com/article/2026/04/30/ai-thinking-cognitive-offloading/ I support the #brain and #writing https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/03/09/writing-critical-thinking-and-ai-where-are-we-headed/ #ai #tech #learning #academia #historians #history #journalism #psychology #philosophy #chatbots
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How absolutely BARBAROUS!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2015784/how-absolutely-barbarous
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#Historians research, analyse, and catalogue past follies of humanity. Since the collective behaviour of humans is cyclic, the insight of the historians is a reliable predictor of humanity’s #future.
And when people do not heed the warnings of the historians, past mistakes recur, as can be observed throughout the whole world, at present.
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in my 4 decades of online life, i go where these people go:
#astronomers especially #NASA
#infosec & #hackers
#scientists especially epidemiologists, especially² #COVID19 #researchers
#lawyers
#DIY & #FLOSS
#bike riders
#musicians and #DJs cuz they’re curators by default
#photographers
#gardeners
#LGBTQIA+ esp trans folks
#disability activists
#sexWorkers
#metereology & #climate activists
#historians
#foodiesthese people not only know what's newsworthy. they’re often the news.
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No more #chatbot dependence #mentalhealth #crisis https://observer.co.uk/news/technology/article/ai-psychosis-a-mental-health-crisis-for-the-21st-century?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us Bring back #humanity and #writing my take here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2026/03/09/writing-critical-thinking-and-ai-where-are-we-headed/ #education #publishing #nonfiction #fiction #literature #journalism #historians #ai
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That could block #public #access to more than 700 million White House emails, among countless other records, in Archives possession since the #law went into effect in 1978, Baron said.
…The impact of the #DOJ opinion could be felt quickly by #historians, #scholars & #journalists who regularly access presidential records & make requests for their release.
#Trump #PresidentialRecordsAct #accountability #transparency #corruption #CriminalState #MafiaState #kleptocracy
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Thursday, April 9, 2026
Ukraine strikes key oil transfer hub, oil depot in Russian-occupied Crimea -- New details, leaked audio show Hungary coordinating with Kremlin to stall Ukraine's EU accession -- SBU, FBI uncover Russian router hacking campaign -- Fact-check: How Kremlin disinformation targets Hungary's election ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/thursday-april-9-2026/
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We call it Historical Archives & Records... He calls it EVIDENCE
"Historians sue over Trump's attempt to ignore Presidential Records Act
The world's largest association of historians is suing the Trump administration over a recent effort to justify the president keeping his official records rather than turning them over to the National Archives."
#CrookedDon #DonTheCon #FuckTrump #TrumpIsACriminal #TrumpsCrimes #USpol #History #historians #corruption
