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historian of witchcrafts, folklore, France 18-20th c ass. ed. French History ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic also #CreativeHistories not *literally* a birb
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someday i wanna write a book in french just to have the honor of having it translated into english by arthur goldhammer

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

omgomgomg french history woodstock lineup just dropped frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/blog/wp-cont... 🗃️

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

i think that it would be fair if nietzsche specialists agreed that no one else has to spell niwtzsche right, and they could take this as the reasonable price of continuing to be, you know, nitszche specialists

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

apricots! in south london!

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

did all early modern europeans “literally believe”. nice new post from Robin which i think fits rather well with a discernible anti-ontological trend in histories of European supernaturalism and religion 🗃️

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

what a beautiful sunny day! (to sit in a dark room and squint at tiny text while experiencing existential anxieties)

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

ok spin offs that are better than the original, obv andor more controversial: better call saul peacemaker darryl dixon frasier

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Our event today with heads of selected UK #History societies is a reminder of the dedication, expertise, civic sense, dynamism and, yes, value of these subject societies. If you'd like to keep in touch with them, we've a Starter Pack bit.ly/4jKumCE which now lists 125 such groups #Skystorians 1/2

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

“sure, ill just work out how to properly reference these archive series when ive finished writing” —— your worst past self

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

“AI could never have produced the Beatles, only The Monkees” 🔥 🔥 🔥

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

imagine being the one who didn’t resign (the story has been updated)

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

i know they are doing their best! everything about this is 👎 👎

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

ok is it just me or do the instructions for how to use the BL temporary system not actually link to the online item request form? this feels like traveling back in time to 2004 to try and order a book

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Cutting lines or even whole departments is the frontal assault on higher ed, but another low key war of attrition is the slow accumulation of grinding, meaningless additional tasks concerning syllabus templates, learning outcomes, institutional pablum, and ever more intricate evaluation hoops.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

I am conditioning myself to feel reliant on a product that doesn't work but maybe it will one day. In the meantime I'll be eroding my creativity and ability to identify accurate information. You are the one that's stupid, by the way

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

i’ll never forget the time as a child when my dad was traveling in europe and couldn’t get his uk mobile to work so missed the call from a neighbor about the shed on fire which is how i lost my prize violin (he was roaming while fiddle burned)

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

ive enjoyed the coverage of pitbull fans going to his concerts as him, with bald caps and sunglasses. should do it for other acts too. eg go to the chappell roan concert as pitbull

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I’m taking over as the menswear guy. Men should rotate through the same four band t-shirts for 35 years. Replace the shirts with identical shirts if the holes in them get big or you get too fat for them

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