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brian_gettler , 7 months ago

Academic Job!

Assistant Professor, Classics (3-year term)

Come work with us in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga! We're a good bunch who generally don't bite.

Feel free to reach out for more information.

https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississauga-Assistant-Professor-Contractually-Limited-Term-Appointment-Classics-ON/576290017/
@histodons

#AcademicJobs #AcademicChatter #Classics #ClassicalStudies #AncientGreek #Latin #RomanHistory #AncientHistory #AncientHistory #histodons

AHAHistorians , 7 months ago

Abolishing Congress, building a bridge/tunnel to Oakland, banning the term “Frisco”—Joshua Norton had some interesting ideas. #AHAPerspectives editor L. Renato Grigoli shares the fascinating tale of the emperor of the United States. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/december-2023/the-unselfish-ruler-norton-i-emperor-of-the-united-states

AHAHistorians , 7 months ago

The November issue of #AHAPerspectives is now available to read online! From transimperial experience to trouble in Texas, lost refuges, and the city's edge, this issue is full of border stories. @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/november-2023

dailymedievalcats , 7 months ago German

Skeptical.

Ms: BNF, lat. 16169, f. 286r (14th c.). #medievalcat #medieval @medievodons @histodons

exploreyourarchive , 7 months ago

This is fabulous! #EYAHobbies

From LSE Library: "Some hobbies and pastimes including "Hot Cockles", "Hoodman blind" and "Animals imitated", from 1801 rare book "Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or the Sports and Pastimes of the People of England’"

@histodons #archives #GLAM

Pages from Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod with 6 drawings to show the activites 'Hoodman blind' and 'Hot Cockles'. The drawings include people with hoods covering their heads and others bent over in preparation to be spanked.
A page from Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod with 3 drawings to show the game 'Animals imitated'. It includes people with sticks, drums, dogs, bells and a stag.
A page from Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod with 3 drawings to show the activity called 'Mummeries'. There are various people dressed up in outfits like those a jester might wear. Others have animal heads.

emdiplomacy , 7 months ago

Is there a better way to open the #emdiplomacyAdventCalendar than with a panda? (1/24)

#AdventCalendar #histodons @histodons

MemsDead , 7 months ago

On this day in 1625, Edward Ball died. His funeral entry details his wife, father-in-law and daughter. See more 17th-century funeral entries in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/ball1625

Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com

#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #MastoDaoine #Dublin @genealogy @genealogy @histodons

href , 7 months ago German

@histodons #OTD 01.12.1941

Der Jäger-Bericht meldet die Vernichtung der Juden in Litauen:

"In Litauen gibt es keine Juden mehr, ausser den Arbeitsjuden incl. ihrer Familien."
https://phdn.org/archives/www.david-irving.de/jaeger.html

AHAHistorians , 7 months ago

Join us on December 7 at 3 PM ET for “History Behind the Headlines: Approaches to Teaching Israel–Palestine,” to help teachers develop strategies to teach the Palestine–Israel conflict and many of the attendant sensitive historical topics it entails. #AHAOnline @histodons https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/everything-has-a-history/history-behind-the-headlines

juliarosekraut , 7 months ago

"Henry Kissinger: The Declassified Obituary" by National Security Archive @histodons https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/chile-cold-war-henry-kissinger-indonesia-southern-cone-vietnam/2023-11-29/henry?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=ddc144de-5acb-4bf7-ac3d-b3f8245b803c

unna1914 , 7 months ago German

Während des Ersten Weltkriegs kursierten im Deutschen Kaiserreich Gerüchte über Geheimlazarette, in denen besonders entstellte Verwundete versteckt wurden.

👉 https://unna1914.hypotheses.org/1594

Oktober 1917: Eine Gegendarstellung in der lokalen Presse belegt diese #FakeNews auch für #Unna im #Ruhrgebiet. Zeugen die Gerüchte vom schwindenden Vertrauen gegenüber Militärbehörden oder gaben sie vorallem Angehörigen von vermissten Soldaten Hoffnung?

#ErsterWeltkrieg #Westfalen #WW1 @dehypotheses @histodons

kevinkosullivan , 7 months ago

Call for papers for a workshop and special issue of Twentieth Century Communism on 'The Global 1956'.
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AHAHistorians , 7 months ago

Historians know that sometimes you must examine thousands of similar documents to understand one’s significance. @mappermundi.bsky.social shares such an experience in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory @histodons https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/november-2023/incomplete-paperwork

DigitalHistory , 7 months ago German

📢 Vortragshinweis:

Die Kompetenzwerkstatt #DigitalHumanities der HU Berlin lädt im Rahmen ihrer Vortragsreihe "Werkzeug" am 06.12.2023, 2-4pm, ein zum Vortrag:

"Einheit in der Vielheit: Edition, Forschungsdaten und computergestützte Analysen zu Alexander von Humboldts Kosmos-Vorträgen"
@dta_cthomas (BBAW Berlin)

Ort: Auditorium des Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrums der UB; eine Online-Teilnahme ist ebenfalls möglich!

ℹ️Infos & Abstract: https://dhd-blog.org/?p=20319
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#DigitalHistory @histodons

avielroshwald , 7 months ago

We need to look out for the Slope Mob, which threatens to lead societies down the slippery slope toward fascism. #histodons @histodons #SlopeMob