"Cheese and the Worms" and "Night Battles" were two of the books that did the most to help me appreciate history as a rich and dense (and yes, weird!) subject; and also historiography.
One of my fav texts I’ll have students read next semester: Christian medicinal recipes & a noncanonical Jesus dialogue
Anise K. Strong
Fantastic thread. I had no idea this was a thing. Delighted that my home state Arizona makes it on the board. Even better, that led to me finding on google maps an Arizona Fried Chicken in Indonesia with this logo
Leah
Sad to learn of passing of eminent historian Carlo Ginzburg; his "The Cheese and the Worms" is one of the books that had the most impact on me as a grad student, as the writing is lively & builds insight from small, carefully observed details of the historical record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Che...
Leah
Dr. Chance Bonar
Massachusett word of the day:
koowomonish ken
*/kə-wamãːn-əʃ kiːn/
2-love-INV 2SG
"I love you"
the INV "theme marker" morpheme tells us that the person hierarchy (i.e. 2 > 1 > 3 > 3') is inverted, with a 1 subject acting on a 2 object.
Leah
Migration map of the historical camelid family and the current distribution of Dromedaries (red) and Bactrian camels (green).
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-camel-...
Michael Lobel
the caterer calling out her goodbye from the door after setting up for the gay orgy:
263 years ago, on the 2nd of June 1763, Chippewa warriors played a game of baaga'adowe (a forerunner of modern lacrosse) outside Fort Michilimackinac in present-day Michigan. As the British garrison watched, the Chippewa chased the ball into the fort and captured it. #otd #history 🗃️
One of my fav texts I’ll have students read next semester: Christian medicinal recipes & a noncanonical Jesus dialogue
The Cheese and the Worms is triumphant as a pioneering book in microhistory and narrative history, but I have also especially loved it for Ginsburg’s willingness to remind us that history is _weird._
"Hekate Einodia, Trioditis, lovely dame, of earthly, watery, and celestial frame, sepulchral, in a saffron veil arrayed, pleased with dark ghosts that wander through the shade”
(Orphic Hymn 1 to Hecate)
🎨 Jane Estelle Trombley
Carlo Ginzburg est mort, annonce la presse italienne. Immense historien, il a su construire une oeuvre originale entre micro-histoire et anthropologie historique qui a considérablement renouvelé la discipline.
www.repubblica.it/cultura/2026...
kobayashi ḫamṭu
Isaac Samuel
Dr. Chance Bonar
This Many Years Ago
geoffrey
Aveva 87 anni. Era famoso in tutto il mondo per le sue ricerche sulla stregoneria e le credenze popolari
Sad to learn of passing of eminent historian Carlo Ginzburg; his "The Cheese and the Worms" is one of the books that had the most impact on me as a grad student, as the writing is lively & builds insight from small, carefully observed details of the historical record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Che...
Some EXTREMELY important lunchtime data analysis:
We all love those weird independent fried chicken shops that name themselves in the style of KFC after random US states. But how many of each state are there in the UK? And where are they? 🧵
Michael Lobel
Mickaël Wilmart
Carlo Ginzburg est mort, annonce la presse italienne. Immense historien, il a su construire une oeuvre originale entre micro-histoire et anthropologie historique qui a considérablement renouvelé la discipline.
www.repubblica.it/cultura/2026...
Dirk Puehl
Aveva 87 anni. Era famoso in tutto il mondo per le sue ricerche sulla stregoneria e le credenze popolari
