When somebody is BS-ing you with "NATO-Expansion is at fault for Russia's war of aggression"... go and read:

Ukraine: the history behind Russia’s claim that Nato promised not to expand to the east
https://theconversation.com/ukraine-the-history-behind-russias-claim-that-nato-promised-not-to-expand-to-the-east-177085

#Ukraine #Russia #NATO #Geopolitics #BlameGame #PutinPropaganda + Some US #Historians #BS

Imagine a discovery so profound that it compels #historians to rethink the very origins of written #communication. In 1993, such a revelation emerged from the Neolithic settlement near Dispilio, Greece, where Professor George Hourmouziadis unearthed a wooden tablet inscribed with enigmatic symbols. Radiocarbon dating places the Dispilio Tablet around 5260 BC, predating the Sumerian writing system, long considered the earliest form of written expression.

A metal detectorist spent 6 years searching the same farm and was eventually rewarded with a rare £5,000 coin from emperor Aulus Vitellius, who ruled the #Roman Empire for just 8 months in 69 AD.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64378729/roman-coin-vitellius/

#numismatics #coins #CoinCollecting #AncientCoins #historians #histodons @numismatics @histodons

I could use a very accessible single volume history of the Interstate Highway System. Any recommendations? #transportation #transportationhistory #historians

#JobAlert
#Bern University has advertised a open rank professorship in #earlyModern #history. This position might be of interest for scholars of #emdiplomacy, but also all other #historians. Therefore, #histodons , don't miss this opportunity!

https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/23f400da-8252-4ad6-86b6-89232ece3fe9

#academicJob #academicChatter
@earlymodern @histodons @historikerinnen @womenknowhistory

Indo-European Phylogenetic And Linguistic Trees Concur
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https://www.razibkhan.com/p/we-are-what-we-speak-indo-european <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14317 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #language #IndoEuropean #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #linguists #historians #archaeologists #phylogenetic #tree #HumanGenomeProject #genetics #cultures #migration #paleogenomics #genotypes #prehistory #ancient #ancienthumans #DNA #prehistoric #populations #genetictree

been on mastodon since 2018. I noticed all the #OpenSourceSoftware sites I was checking out had mastodon icons.

here's an #introduction for all new arrivals from #TikTok, #Instagram, or #Facebook

I am a #writer of #FlashFiction #horror and #haiku #poetry I am an #artist and sometimes I make #music

I'm looking to follow #journalists #historians #scientists #artists #writers and #musicians and people who post about #bikes #PublicTransit and #LitMags

j'apprends le #français

disappointing and cowardly. the council of the Americal Historical Association vetoed their own members' condemnation of the scholasticide in Gaza, calling it outside the scope of the association's purpose.
https://www.historians.org/news/business-meeting-resolution-update/

You can now use this link to get free access to my new article on the history and genealogies of #digitalhistory: https://tinyurl.com/mvwuv78e

Feel to share, the link will work until 1 March #digitalhumanities #dhist #histodons #historians

This sounds like a a great new publication: Sjökvist, Peter. 2024. Looted Libraries, Looted Books: The Swedish Case. Brill. https://brill.com/display/title/71358.

Of interest for #earlymodern​ists, #neolatin​ists, #book and #library #historians etc.

In 1814 Paraguay forbade European-only marriages as part of their post-colonial reckoning. My keyword searches are failing to find out if other Central or #SouthAmerican countries enacted similar laws and how #historians discuss the impetus & outcome of these laws. In other words: What other countries forced interracial marriages and did this successfully lead to racial equality?

Can #histodons help a girl out?
#BlackMastodon #LatinXStudies #Hispanic

Follow and uplift progressive thinkers on American issues. This list is from some friends. Who else should be included?

HISTORIANS/THINKERS:
@GottaLaff
Hasan Piker
Heather Cox Richardson (follow her Substack)
Ibram X Kendi
Rebecca Solnit
@rbreich
@RickiTarr
Roxane Gay
Timothy Snyder
Tressie McMillan Cottom

#historians #thinkers #USpol

Edit: Adding suggestions from comments, removed podcasts

Another great example is this astonishing 1922 advert for the very offensively named "Mousse d'Islam" (!), an Algerian champagne. The advert depicts a presumably European woman in a turban. Available via Gallica (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5797596z/f30.item) #DrinkingStudies #ColonialAdverts #AlcoholInIslam #ColonialMaghreb #FrenchColonialism #Orientalism #History #Historians #NorthAfrica #Maghreb #Algeria #MuslimWomen #alcohol #champagne #colonialism

Librarians, Archivists:

Yesterday I wrote a short statement of my opposition to trumpian fascism and hid it in an archives where it cant be found but will someday be stumbled upon.

Consider creating a secret archive of statements from colleagues and students, such that if we should disappear or be murdered, our testaments will appeal directly to future historians. Also consider some secrecy around this project, or having it backed up in some secure location.