Michael Benson

Historian of Germany and Mexico, anthropology, feminism, and collecting in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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@ATRightMovies The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

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@Pinko69420 Also, we’re not wolves.

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David Higgins speaks about transatlantic nature writing in the keynote and the influence of people like Keats on Rachel Carson and Silent Spring. #TSA2024 @TransAtStudies

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Finally, Martin Griffin speaks about Emerson’s grappling with the seductiveness of English ideals in his book English Traits.

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Amy Cools, speaks about parallels between James McCune Smith’s travel journals and the poetry of Lord Byron. Both reflect a sense of exile but also pilgrimage within the space of shipboard life. #TSA2024

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First up is Claire Elliot who discusses the naming difficulties when studying Phillis Wheatley Peters and also the challenge of placing her correctly within literary history. #TSA2024

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Day two of #TSA2024 first panel -Romantic Crosscurrents: Place, Space, and Voice in Transatlantic Text

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Michnik calls out a need for renewal of education in the west to combat new threats #tsa2024

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Wojciech Michnik reviews the concerns NATO faces. There is a conflict of vision between NATO member states. Even though NATO is focused on Ukraine, should not ignore Mediterranean and Chinese potential threats. #TSA2024

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Patricia Daehnhardt continues the discussion - NATO survives because of its adaptability. The anniversary is a sobering moment and the #NATO75 agenda must address burden sharing and Ukraine war. #TSA2024

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Plenary roundtable #Nato75 to kick off #tsa2024
Andrew Cottey from U. Cork begins with an overview of NATO’s history - NATO is a community of values as much as a military alliance
Faces challenges with major war in Ukraine, euro skeptical US pres.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

Can we...just accept that we suck at this?

I want to tell you a story that has made me kinda hopeless about Twitter's ability to affect positive things happening, and it starts with this tweet from Hillary Clinton.

https://t.co/CCWzdwPSUu

[Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks]

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry began on October 16, 1859.

[Rich Condon @RichardPCondon]

When Pennsylvania Rep. Thomas Cooper proposed allocating state funds to erect a monument to Robert E. Lee on Gettysburg battlefield in 1903, resounding opposition was heard from US veterans across the commonwealth. 🧵

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[@drhonor.bsky.social @drhonor]

Well, this took off! A lot of folks have questions about the data. I do to! But I also know that History desperately need a win right now, so let's take it. The data doesn't say what these alums do, but a safe conclusion here is that History majors are broadly employable.

[The Age of Napoleon @AgeofNapoleon]

After seeing the actor François-Joseph Talma play Julius Caesar on the stage, Napoleon corrected him: "Emperors aren't like that. You use your arms too much: men in power are more restrained in their movements; they know that a gesture is an order, a look is death."

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@whedonesque Strong runner up for me: “she’s a hero. Not like us.”

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@whedonesque “I’d like to test that theory.”

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@rebeccamakkai Townes van Zandt

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

ALIEN was released 44 years ago today. One of the definitive science fiction/horror movies, its influence is still seen to this day. The behind-the-scenes story of how the film was made is a fascinating one...

A THREAD

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