Jacqueline deVries

Professor @AugsburgU Historian of religion, gender, science, and medicine in mod Britain and Europe. Public history advocate. Intermittent tweeter.

[Rᴏʙᴇʀᴛ L. Tsᴀɪ @robertltsai]

Great thread on the limits to trying to retaliate against universities by removing their tax exempt status

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In Opinion

“When I left the Republican Party, I thought a shared faith would preserve my denominational home. But I was wrong,” writes David French. “Race and politics trumped truth and grace, and now I’m no longer welcome in the church I loved.”
https://t.co/TWzt5aPcSj

[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

⁦@AugsburgCGEE⁩ short-term study abroad in Paris and Berlin. Twenty-two Auggies studying arts, politics, culture, and photography in the 1920s and 1930s: creativity in crisis. ⁦@AugsburgU⁩ ⁦@aughist⁩

[Brad M Johnson @RWWFilm]

I realize AI is a touchy subject in some areas, but can we all agree that Victorian Seinfeld is the right use of this technology?

[Paul Fairie @paulisci]

A List of Predictions Made in 1924 About 2024

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[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

I've got great colleagues! @aughist https://t.co/ujyVtjdLey

[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

@Catshealdeprsn YinYang

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

91 criminal charges
26 sexual assault allegations
6 bankruptcies
5 draft deferments
4 indictments
2 impeachments
1 convicted company
1 fake university shut down
1 fake charity shut down
$25 million fraud settlement
$5 million sexual abuse verdict
$2 million charity abuse judgment

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

Bless your heart! It’s almost like you had no idea what you were getting in to when you decided to get that PhD!

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

What’s the dog thinking about?

[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

@aidannorrie @lottelydia @PalgraveHistory @Palgrave So much for being a “safe zone ally”!

[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

@kguinta The Banner incident aside, it ultimately offered a case study in how power networks work. These women were friends, wrote the books, and created the graduate syllabi that provided the “canon”. A summary critique would have helped.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In 1969, when Black Americans were prevented from swimming alongside whites, Mr. Rogers decided to invite officer Clemmons to join him and cool his feet in a pool, breaking a well known color barrier.
Breaking Color Barriers.

A THREAD!

[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

In case you’re following the chilling deliberations in the Southern Baptist Convention to expel women from leadership:

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

So, some thoughts.
"Can a woman teach or hold an office at a church" is a question that looks much smaller than it is. There is no way to answer that question with "no" that doesn't have massive, destructive implications for women.
You can't say "women cannot be pastors" without

[Chris Steller @chris_steller]

Not as random as you think ...

[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

@thehistoriann In 2021-22, we hired a specialist in pre-modern Middle East who is charming students and luring in new majors. Students are in fact interested. And I'm at a smaller, science and professional-studies oriented school.

[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

This is amazing.

[LSE Library @LSELibrary]

Good news! We've almost finished digitising the ‘Autograph Letter Collection’ — a hugely rich collection of over 5,000 letters dating from 1851 to 1975. Find out more...🧵

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

A smile for everyone on Twitter.. 😊

[Jacqueline deVries @JacquideVries]

@ClareGS87 @C19QMUL Tempted to extend my stay in the UK to hear this!

[Ripon College Cuddesdon @RiponCuddesdon]

Today we welcome visitors to our celebration of the 125th anniversary of Ripon Hall with a day conference on Progressive Women and English Theology in the Early Twentieth Century. #RiponHall125