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WA town puts its Sikh history on the map with a laneway party
By Chloe Henville
Coastal fishing hamlet Dongara has honoured its multicultural heritage, unveiling "Sikh Lane", the first "Sikh" place name in the state.
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
"The largest professional society for the teaching and study of #AmericanHistory has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning #Israel's "#scholasticide" (the intentional destruction of schools and staff) in #Gaza.
The... Organization of American #Historians, which publishes the Journal of American #History, passed the resolution on... 8 April at an OAH business meeting in Chicago.
A decisive majority of 104 members voted for the motion - with only 25 opposing it." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/organisation-american-historians-votes-condemn-israeli-scholasticide-gaza
I could use a very accessible single volume history of the Interstate Highway System. Any recommendations? #transportation #transportationhistory #historians
The #WhiteHouse Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
As the #Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of #history , #archivists and #historians said.
#takedown #Musk
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/technology/trump-history-websites.html
It's wonderful that any of us are here. Those nazi bastards spent so much time, and stole so many lives to try and to get rid of us as well as Roma, LGBTQ ppl, leftists, the disabled, etc.
And they were going for people of African descent next after we ALL of the Jews were eliminated. (#Historians, help me out, if that's correct or not)
I'm a card-carrying, dye in the wool atheist but when I see Likud idiots and Ben MotorMouth Shapiro and other zionazi ghouls wearing a kippah I feel like drop kicking these bastards. They are making a mockery out of what being Jewish means.
Justice and caring are the real meaning of Jewishness (as it is with other cultures).
#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
#Writers &/or #Historians
I need your 
s to figure something out.
Given a modern US with 1800s style slavery, attitudes towards slaves, & also having free states & slave states‡.
Assume protagonist is running an underground railroad. How the eff do the slaves find out about it?
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‡ anti-bigoted book, slaves also aren't black people.
#UniversityOfToronto hires three prominent Yale #professors worried about Trump
#Fascism scholar #JasonStanley and #historians #TimothySnyder and #MarciShore have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second #Trump administration
by Allison Smith, Mar 26, 2025
"U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection has spurred several high-profile Yale #professors to leave New Haven for jobs at the University of Toronto.
"Bestselling author Timothy Snyder and historian Marci Shore are on leave from Yale and joined UofT earlier this year.
"Snyder and Shore, who are married, will begin teaching courses at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy this fall.
"Shore told TorontoToday they plan to stay at UofT 'for the long-term.'
"Snyder is the New York Times bestselling author of #OnTyranny and The Road to #Unfreedom, and an outspoken critic of the #Trump administration.
"UofT began recruiting her and Snyder two years ago, Shore said, 'and we were seriously considering the offers long before the November 2024 presidential elections.'
"'Both Toronto and the Munk School were and are very attractive places unto themselves, even bracketing the American descent into fascism,' she said in an email.
"'All that said, yes, of course our #AmericanCatastrophe played a role in our final decision.'"
Rea more:
https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/education/university-toronto-hires-three-prominent-yale-professors-worried-about-trump-10433643
#UofT #Authoritarianism #BrainDrain #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol
#CivilRights advocates, #historians & #Black political leaders sharply rebuked #Trump on Friday for his order, entitled “Restoring Truth & Sanity to American History.” They argued that his #ExecutiveOrder targeting the #Smithsonian Institution is his admin’s latest move to downplay how #race, #racism & #BlackAmericans themselves have shaped the nation’s story.
I found an old letter from "John Kern" inside an old book and I'm trying to learn more. It's addressed to his sister (Mary?), mentions a book titled, "Ladies Museum," and requests flower seeds. I'm wondering whether it might be John Kern, III (1781-1842), of Philadelphia. Any historians on here? cc @histodons #philadelphia #pennsylvania #history #historians #antique
A lot of the maze-like #citation trails I've found lately have been #sociolinguists being haphazard with #historical facts, assuming that some secondary source that they've read leads back to primary data at some point. Makes sense given they're not #historians so these facts are sometimes relatively ancillary to the #research topic, but it's strange to not use the most direct sources in your area of focus in an annual review of all articles.
We have an in-depth article by Richard Abels that looks at the idea and debate around 'feudalism'. It is a great read. https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/historiography-feudalism-medieval-historian/ #feudalism #medieval #historians
@msbellows Wow. Like police brutality of that era, there may have been many protests where violence occurred but that never made it into the big national storyline. This is why we have #historians. How did you stumble across this Wikipedia article?
#Historians of American #agriculture, can anyone recommend a good short history on tenant farming? Thanks in advance!
In about an hour, Ill be talking about the business side of running a history website - you can join in at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crhhms-doing-public-history-and-medievalistsnet-peter-konieczny-tickets-1023979178287 #historians
Come and work with us! We have two new positions open at the IFI, both fixed-term for 36 months. These are:
A pre-doctoral position for doctoral candidates focused on 19th to early 20th century Caucasus or Central Asia topics:
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home/jobs?jh=55fo92ztvmyavog9ohpufz1qxf668nn
And a post-doctoral position focused on the history of premodern Iran (15th century or earlier):
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home/jobs?jh=0b4bl3hjsv600sfggaoxw48hyq0vyn1
Applications should be in by March 31st: please do share this post to colleagues, friends, and groups where people might be interested. We look forward to hearing from you!
Any scholars of #LaborHistory or #SocialChange #historians who care to share their perspectives on society-wide #GeneralStrikes that augured significant advances in #labor political power and advanced reforms or #SocialDemocracy ? It seems each case and country/epoch could be quite unique, but perhaps there are shared aspects (for successful actions, as well as for flops). I'm wondering if there will be signs or necessary conditions to watch for here in the USA.
#Blog KW 9: Fehlende Selbstkritik der #Hölderlin-Gesellschaft in #Tübingen? (2/2) Im Gespräch erörtern Dagmar Waizenegger, Leiterin des Fachbereichs Kultur (Tübingen), und Wilhelm Röper, wie die Deutung Hölderlins seit der #Besatzungszeit verändert wurde:
https://www.historischer-augenblick.de/podcast-h%C3%B6lderlingesellschaft/
#history #geschichte #historians #histodons @histodon #Aufarbeitung #NS #Nachkriegszeit
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