Cee (she/her)

Proper history - it's a long "o." Social historian, interpreter, museum director, cross stitcher, general nerd. Anxious and queer. #Deathpositive

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

Hi! I'm Cee, a museum professional & living historian in the American South. My degree is in "European History;" my overarching interests are social history & funerary/death history. Favorite eras: medieval Britain, the American Colonial period, the Napoleonic Wars, & WWI.

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

i got called a "history practitioner" today, which is a weird way to say i run a history museum lol

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

i'm mostly over on bluesky now - if y'all are interested in finding me, dm me and i'll share my username :)

[People's Collection Wales @pplscollection]

The Llanddona Witches 🧙‍♀️

There are many tales of the Llanddona Witches, including the famous Bella Fawr and Siani Bwt. Legend states that Siani Bwt, who stood less than four feet tall and had two thumbs on her right hand, was among the shipwrecked witches who landed on Llanddona Beach in the 17th century. The locals were reportedly wary of the newcomers.

For more interesting tales from Anglesey, visit @ArchifauMon gallery on our website 👇
https://t.co/FYRjYenngI

[Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria]

#OTD 1400 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

On this day, 623 years ago, Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales by his followers at his court in Glyndyfrdwy.

#Wales #History

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

i got the scholarship babey!!!!!

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

the @SEMC2 is in louisville this year. i'm from louisville. how do i get my museum board to pay for my trip lmao but seriously

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

i'm applying for the travel scholarship but my director said, quote, "Even if you don’t get the scholarship, I think this would be good for the museum to pay to send you to the conference"

[Dr Dan O'Brien @drdan_o]

50 wonders for @britishlibrary 50th: 9 - De Lisle Psalter - The cadaverous forms of the three dead who meet the three living. Two are still dressed in their shrouds and worms can be seen making an appearance. 14th cent. (@BLMedieval Arundel MS 83) #weare50 #mementomori

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

me: the exhibits start to the right [motions to the right]
visitors: ok
visitors: [immediately walk to the left]

[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

Some people still think Napoleon shot the nose off the Sphinx with a cannon.

Napoleon was born in 1769.
This picture was made in 1737.
I'm bad at maths but...

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

@waitmanb so many people (including someone previously on our collections team) think that every museum artifact/item has to be on display at all times. impossible!

[ Dr. Waitman W. Beorn (waitmanwbeorn.com on 🟦) @waitmanb]

If you are going to tell me that dressing up like a Nazi teaches us about history, be prepared to answer a LOT of questions about how exactly that takes place.

Fair warning.

[ Dr. Waitman W. Beorn (waitmanwbeorn.com on 🟦) @waitmanb]

We need to ask ourselves WHAT are we hoping to teach through living history. And as an historian, I ABSOLUTELY recognize that these public historians (living history) can reach way more (and younger) people and that's great.

LH people are on the same team.

[Kitty Pridden @18thCent_Kitty]

#FridayNightFrills 18th Century men's waistcoat, embroidered with designs shifting from the rococo to the Neo-classical, c.1790's via @cooperhewitt

[Medievalists.net @Medievalists]

Five Things to Love About A Knight’s Tale, by @5minmedievalist https://t.co/ANSPwdc88u #medievalmovies

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

just finished a conversation with a museum visitor about how "kids of [my] generation" don't appreciate history and want to erase it? my guy, you're talking to a grown-ass adult with a history degree

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

@RichardPCondon "immoral activist" lmao

[Dr Dan O'Brien @drdan_o]

The striking case of this watch is a rock crystal skull with a large grin. Movement inscribed for Jacques Joly. c.1650 (@MuseeLouvre) #mementomori #skull #WyrdWednesday

[WikiVictorian @wikivictorian]

Visiting dress, 1888–89. The MET.

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

JCO also said that people didn't used to be depressed and it's a modern "notion" lol

[Cee (she/her) @properhistory]

[stares in baffled female historian]

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

are there instances of women becoming obsessed with historic events? definitely a male preoccupation with certain phases of history (Civil War, Nazis, Hitler) & reenactments of battles. women may obsess over reading, music & dance, kitties, doggies, clothes, gardening, men.