Ok Fediverse, one thing I absolutely love about the Birdsite is watching historians and other academics share their work in public to improve our understanding. I think I'm just gonna start cross posting some things I find interesting as I come across them. Maybe we can make a new hashtag? For now I'm gonna just reuse one from Birdsite that Dr. Karin Wulf created.
“Many people today believe that you can’t understand the American Revolution without understanding anything about Haiti. You can’t understand the American Revolution without understanding anything about what was going on in the Spanish world.”
From an interview with Professor Julius S Scott III about the interconnected nature of the Atlantic trade, and it's impact on Black culture. http://www.publicbooks.org/julius-s-scott-iii-1955-2021-the-common-wind/
Very heartening to see the mass of #academics coming here from in the great #twittermigration. FWIW there are a few academics based instances here in the Fediverse, I'll try to link to them. The one I can think of off the top of my head is https://hci.social/about
@mcneely Here are a couple more:
@fediscience.org is for verified academic/published scientists from all fields. (It even allows longer ‘toots’ because sometimes science need it!)
@mathstodon.xyz is for math nerds of any persuasion.