Michael Benson @JSbach7000

Historian of Germany and Mexico, anthropology, feminism, and collecting in the 19th and 20th centuries. Iowa City, IA Joined February 2009

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Michael Benson @JSbach7000

a year ago

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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a year ago

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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Michael Benson @JSbach7000

a year ago

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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a year ago

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

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a year ago

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

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a year ago

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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Michael Benson @JSbach7000

a year ago

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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Michael Benson @JSbach7000

a year ago

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.

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Hank Green @hankgreen

a year ago

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.

Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks

2 years ago

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

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Rich Condon @RichardPCondon

2 years ago

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. 🧵 1/8

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@drhonor.bsky.social @drhonor

2 years ago

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.

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The Age of Napoleon @AgeofNapoleon

2 years ago

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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All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies

2 years ago

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 1/38