*The Medieval Globe*, founded in 2014, explores media of communication, connectivity, and exchange among medieval regions, communities, and individuals.
Congratulations to all involved in this stunning achievement! A synthesis we've been needing in #histsci/#histmed for decades. Routledge Handbook on the Sciences in Islamicate Societies Practices from the 2nd/8th to the 13th/19th Centuries: https://t.co/WUjdjyPSm0
I never go to church on Mothering Sunday these days. The last time I went (nearly a decade ago), at the end of the service, the priest invited the children to hand out posies to all the mums there. I was the only woman who didn’t get one. #MothersDay
This weekend, @nytimes launched its new newsletter, "The Next Pandemic." The 1st issue featured "How to Prepare for ‘Disease X’" by Tom Inglesby, Director of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University. Some thoughts, as medical historian, on what I didn't see.
very odd to read a feature length essay about irregular political violence in the united states and not see any attempt to consider the years of roughly 1868 to 1898, when the political order of an entire region was shaped by irregular political violence https://t.co/cCJGprzVL5
After 3 years as DGS in my department, I can testify that not even training will help some of my colleagues. European research universities group: doctoral supervisors should be trained https://t.co/7NVr9G0jtJ
Don’t care if it *is* propaganda—the Flemish deserve the chance to make a case for their history, which has been assiduously denied to them since the invention of Belgium and then the failure of their argument for self-determination at Versailles in 1919. https://t.co/eg9507XxJR
Don’t care if it *is* propaganda—the Flemish deserve the chance to make a case for their history, which has been assiduously denied to them since the invention of Belgium and then the failure of their argument for self-determination at Versailles in 1919. https://t.co/eg9507XxJR
@MedievalGlobe Absolutely! A communal exchange of stories all bound by common experience within a domestic setting. Not only a great analog for medieval theatre, but a theatre born in the raw realities of experiences people cannot quantify merely in words.
Thousands march on to hedge fund manager's estate to fight for the right... https://t.co/iiNAgZrHbx via @YouTube ONLY CAVEAT: the enclosure of public land in England is more of a modern problem than a “medieval” one!