At the Gates, "Gardens of Grief" album cover artwork.

Hey (medieval) archaeologists, can you identify the ruins on this album cover? Reminds me of one of many Cistercian abbey ruins I've seen in Britain.

Really loving the Medievalism and Metal Studies book Throwing Down the Gauntlet.

Personally struggling coming to terms with the various AI policies that I've seen in my courses over the past year. I'm relieved to see some, sad to see others. All I know is that I won't be touching any of it.

"19th-century Dutch letterpress print of various treats. The text at the top entices a peckish viewer: “Of many pastries and delicacies / This print is provided, whatever your choice. / So dear youth consider it always for your amusement, / And choose from it everything that is to your taste”." - from the Public Domain Image Archive

France and Mexico fought a war over pastries.

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19th-century Dutch letterpress print of various treats. - from the Public Domain Image Archive

#history #frenchhistory #mexicanhistory

✨1945/November 24, 2024 - Looking south towards Bloor St W, from Bartlett Ave in the Bloorcourt Village neighbourhood of #Toronto.

👉More history at TorontoJourney416.com

Archive Photo Credit: Toronto Public Library Pictures-R-4504

#streetphotography #torontohistory

As we bear witness to the seismic changes in federal governance and public technology, this project could not be more timely. See 🧵 below. Two founding members of the US Digital Service (rebranded DOGE) have amassed an extensive oral history archive and timeline of the agency’s origins under Obama.

What’s Happening to Reading? For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.

Will reading become obsolete? How A.I. could transform our relationship to the written word.

From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: Ever Wonder How Far the FBI and Police Went to Stop Student Protesters in the 1960s South? I Wrote the Book on It. I’m Dr. Gregg Michel— Ask Me Anything! Explore this post and more from the AskHistorians community

Today's #AMA with Dr. Gregg Michel is still going #Skystorians! Exploring the #history of the US Government spying on students, and giving you a chance to ask any question you might have on the subject. Don't miss out, head over to AskHistorians for more!

JULIAN AUGUSTUS Platonism, Myth, and the Refounding of Rome JEREMY SWIST

COVER REVEAL DAY

Many thanks to @oxfordacademic.bsky.social ‘s production team for working with me on the design, & especially to @drchristinah.bsky.social for her skillful guidance in improving it substantially.

Hey! Are you a current MA or recent grad in History, #PublicHistory, or other fields linked to immigration, looking for a paid summer internship in #OralHistory?

Work with our research team at the Canadian Museum of Immigration! (Remote work is ok too!)

pier21jobs.applytojobs.ca/research/38306

Who gets to write America's history? Activists prepare to battle Trump administration. Historians and activists say its important to protect sites like the Harriet Tubman visitor center, which tell stories of many pasts.

Who gets to write America's history? Activists prepare to battle Trump administration.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... #ushistory #publichistory #museums

Spokane's Dead of 1909 Exploring Spokane’s Dead Instructions This is an exercise in leveraging digital sources. Using death records from the WA State Archives, Digital Archives we will explore Spokane death certificates in...

Did a good exercise in class today. Students explored death certificates from early-20th century Spokane, then went to online newspapers for the larger stories. It had a real impact and demonstrated how digital resources leverages another. #PublicHistory

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Historians Uncover New Evidence That Jesus Made Annoying Smacking Sound After Every Sip Of Wine JERUSALEM—Shedding new light on the religious leader’s personal life, historians announced the discovery of new evidence Friday that suggests Jesus Christ made an annoying smacking sound after every sip of wine. “We’ve recovered a portion of a previously unexamined ancient text that details Jesus of Nazareth blessing some wine, taking a ceremonial swig from the goblet, and then making a loud tongue-clicking sound with His mouth,” biblical scholar Fatima Harisi said of the contents of a tattered Aramaic scroll, which was likely used as a source text for the New Testament and which describes all 12 apostles cringing and rolling their eyes at one another when Christ engaged in the behavior. “While there is some speculation as to whether the Son of God had chronic dry mouth or whether this was just how He involuntarily expressed a feeling of refreshment, the text clearly implies that it happened all the time, mentioning that His followers often became distracted during Jesus’ lectures once they noticed the aggravating tick. Rarely have we seen a personality trait of Jesus Himself rendered in such meticulous detail, with one passage including a hand-marked tally of how many times He did it over the course of a single dinner. The text also states that Jesus followed the lip-smacking with an emphatic moan that was ‘as unsettling as it was irritating,’ but still ‘slightly less infuriating’ than when He gargled it.” Harisi went on to read several additional passages that detail complaints about Jesus ‘shaking the whole goddamn table’ by constantly jiggling His leg.

Historians Uncover New Evidence That Jesus Made Annoying Smacking Sound After Every Sip Of Wine
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Stockton Stories - A Community Digital Repository Implementation #archives #genealogy YouTube video by Michelle Watson

Last year we launched the Stockton Historical Society Inc Digital Archives. We did an online event to showcase the new site. We didn’t record due to privacy, so I’ve re-recorded the presentation. So if you’re interested in setting up an online archive for a small #GLAM institution, give it a watch!

Currently working on a Medium.com article about Sabaton that is based on a potential Master's thesis idea (If I end up going through with a Masters!). It will be posted here when I'm finished it. :)

Writing about Queen's: an Historian Ponders the Emergence of a Multiversity | Dr. Duncan McDowall YouTube video by History Talks: Queen's University

With fewer Departmental events happening through Summer term, we will be sharing some past presentations that are available on our YouTube Channel!

For today: Dr. Duncan McDowall discusses Writing about Queen's (originally presented Nov. 17, 2016)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-u8...

During #NCPH2025 attendees wrote #advocacy letters to their Rep.'s urging them to protect #PublicHistory programs and funding in their home states. If you're interested in supporting this work, we will send pre-stamped postcards to those who donate $10 or more at community.ncph.org/donations/do...!

Brilliant, incisive critique by an actual Severan historian, and how the actual history would have made a better movie than the tropified disaster we were given.

#PublicHistory is going to the Museum! Carleton students & faculty please join us April 10th starting at 5pm at the Canadian War Museum for a special Public History tour and event.

More information: carleton.ca/ccph/2025/ni...

How do you transform lies into truth?

By erasing the VERY REAL past.

You can become a member of the National African American History and Culture Museum.

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Front cover of the zine showing a hand reaching up out of some water and the words "plan the cemeteries"

Two pages of the zine, one is an eye surrounded by colourful lights, the second is a septic tones image of old books with the words "the construction of history uncovered our understanding Here we were praying for boundaries to the future People reflect their own lifetimes What anxieties come from challenge"

A double page spread featuring an old jar, and an illustration of a Roman town, the text reads "raw dykes" "evidence of dykes protected and visible at the time of Caesar found near place of worship"

The back page of the zine comprising of a collage - a fragment of a map an abstract strip of blue and an eye, the text reads "several burial sites have been discovered, some of the skeletons suggest, people with African ancestry" "look inside"

Other little zines I've made include this one about how we construct history, made out of a Cathedral events advertising leaflet, a map of Roman Leicester, and the front page of the Church Times

Academic's quest to commemorate 1826 mill massacre The Chatterton mill massacre saw workers killed after they rose up in a protest over conditions.

Great work from @david-scott71.bsky.social and the team in collectively remembering a once forgotten workers' uprising and massacre. Public history at its best. Good news this has now got funding and will be taught in schools too www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting thread on public history, Reddit, and gaming…Didn’t think I’d be putting together those three in a sentence today

Given that we just we already went through a big controversy about the public history of the Enola Gay a couple decades ago, the whole “first as tragedy, then as farce” thing has never seemed more on the nose.

“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases Some affected discs aren’t manufactured anymore and can’t be replaced.

@goingmedieval.bsky.social for your loss of sources/"were medieval people stupid?" archives: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Definitely!! My other account @springmcmlxxiv.bsky.social is on that list, but I ended up using it for non-academic purposes; this one is definitely preferred!!

Inside the $621 Million Legal Battle for the 'Soul of the Internet' Major record labels have sued the Internet Archive for $621 million over thousands of old recordings, raising the question: Who owns the past?

Really great article that I posted on my old Twitter account.
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