#histblr

[learnelle]

my moon and stars 💫

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

Since my last history related poll was fun, and the perception of time periods is fascinating....

(if you reblog and add tags, I'd also like to know where you usually study or read about)

Edit: for those who wanted more specific divisions of earlier periods: I wanted to add more but there are only so many slots allowed on a Tumblr poll.

[academia-core]

historical academia

[phnxstudies]

05/09/2023

staying up until 3 am to finish my summer holiday assignments 🗿

[1920sitgirl]

Lady and Her Horse on a Snowy Day by Félix Thiollier - 1899

[benevolentbirdgal]

honestly, as an aspiring historian, my new(ish) hill to die on and what is growing to be my biggest pet peeve is the seemingly pervasive notion, judging by people's response to my undergrad degree and what my peers have experienced, that there's no work to be done in history. The books have been written, the shows have been produced, nothing new under the sun. My fellow humanities people - hell, even soft sciences people have definitely expressed this to me as well. And it's a crock of malarky.

Nothing shatters this illusion so profoundly like reading people's incredibly specific, hundreds of pages thesis or dissertation on the history of a particular airline or a writing utensil or religious strife in a less than two decade period in a very specific part of the U.K. or streetcars in a particular city or the gay community in one rural county in a span of less than a decade or a century's worth of Jewish labor history in colonial Georgia.

I mean, doing research and finding out there's fuck-all nothing or close to it on a subject you were really excited about (cries in undergraduate thesis) runs close, but at least with that you can delude yourself into thinking there's nothing there to be written or said or analyzed.

But the idea that everything's already been written & researched is a much harder sell when you're staring down a 324-page dissertation on the history of Delta airlines (but only to the second world war) or a 181-page thesis on the military-masculinity complex specifically in the U.S. context specifically from 1940-1963.

There are other reasons being a historian is difficult, and why there aren't that many historian jobs. Most of the reasons come down to money, and the field not being particularly valued as a producers public goods in a capitalist society. But it's not because there's not work to be done.

[zaagi-studies]

studyblr intro *ੈ✩‧₊˚

🌿 about me *ੈ✩‧₊˚

he/they + two-spirit

21

afro-indigenous [ojibway & ethiopian]

from: treaty 4 territory

currently in: coast salish territory

casual learner of anishinaabemowin [nakawemowin]

🌿 school *ੈ✩‧₊˚

1st year standing in indigenous teacher education [3rd yr overall]

specialization: secondary [high school] history & social studies

my program is kinda weird but it's basically a 5 year dual degree in education + the equivalent of a double major in history & social studies

academic interests: turtle island history, african diasporic identity, indigenous communism, settler-colonialism, philosophy of identity, etc

long-term goal: becoming a history teacher and librarian

🌿 current classes *ੈ✩‧₊˚

teacher practicum

issues in indigenous education

geography of urban indigeneity

feminist anti-racist pedagogies

🌿 other random facts and things *ੈ✩‧₊˚

i'm a director of a queer library and also work at the only indigenous academic library in my country !

i have 3 disabilities

i play bass & electric guitar

i'm in a t4t relationship with a smart biology girly

my favourite music genres are conscious hiphop, alternative metal, and kpop

🌿 my other blogs !! *ੈ✩‧₊˚

@punk-by-the-book ~ main blog (v active)

@rileys-archive ~ writing & photography (not super active)

[the-busy-ghost]

I have literally no influence on even the smallest section of this website so I don’t know why I’m posting this, except that I really feel that tumblr would love it:

If you’re going to Edinburgh (or already live there), and you like old houses, you might enjoy Gladstone’s Land. It’s one of the oldest houses on the Royal Mile; it’s tall and thin (six storeys above ground) with a forestair, arcaded shopfront and Renaissance painted ceilings; you can visit three floors, or stay for a holiday on one of the others, and there’s an ice cream parlour/coffee shop on the ground floor; and there are also special private tours (for example, a sexual history of Edinburgh) which I really feel would be right up the tumblr history community’s street. 

It doesn’t take very long to go around so it depends how much someone wants to spend like £7 on visiting an elderly Scots tenement but as someone who liked visiting very much, I do feel it gets overlooked and could give people a much better idea of Edinburgh’s history than some of the other stuff on the High Street, a lot of which is aimed at entrapping unfortunate tourists with tartan fiction. 

I mean here’s the wikipedia page so while I’ve not sold it very well, I’d hope to convince at least one person that if you are visiting Edinburgh then you could do worse than add it to your itinerary, maybe as a quick, quiet after-lunch attraction. 

Oh! And they let you touch stuff in there too, even the antiques! I mean, obviously one should be careful handling old items and in most cases I would not even want to touch but in this one they’ve obviously thought about what can withstand it and that definitely made it a bit more relaxed (those with children- a small number on Tumblr I know- take note). 

[musicalslag]

about me | intro post

age: 14

name: sam/sammy

country: england

prns: he/him (male)

interests:

reading + books , singing + musicals/theatre , history , studyblr ..? (does that count idk) , poetry

🐄

fav books (from what iv read recently):

the nevermoor series

if we were villains

the secret history

gwen and art are not in love

all thats left in the world

twenty love poems and a song of despair

jekyll and hyde

fav musicals:

the book of mormon

falsettos

in trousers

something rotten

be more chill

the guy who didnt like musicals

newsies

hamilton

little shop of horrors

jesus christ superstar

hadestown

jekyll and hyde

phantom of the opera

legally blonde

waitress

( i was also a gleek )

subjects im taking right now (GCSE):

maths, english, science (seperate right now but possibly combined soon)

art (+ art award)

photography/film

history

be my friend pls !!!!

[mermazeablaze]

I'm begging home renovators. If you're in a position where you have to remove outdoor steps anyway - why not just update them with a ramp?

Disabled people. Young children. The elderly. Those are a few good examples of why you should choose to update with a ramp. Not to mention it's easier to move stuff in & out.

& as someone who used to volunteer with the historical society & help renovate/repair old homes & buildings. You can update with ramps that fit the aesthetic/time period of the property.

If you're doing a new build. Please consider ramps inside instead of stairs too. For the same reasons!

Plus, they're super cool looking!

[learnelle]

Flower details

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

I'm curious about the distribution here.....

*I know that these periodizations are all contested, broad, and depend on geography. That's why I am not putting years. Interpret them as you please depending on your particular field.

[phnxstudies]

13/08/2023

finished a quarter of my economic development history notes, finished some math and editorial work ⭐️

[1920sitgirl]

The Vancouver Amazons, a 1920s women’s hockey team.

If you go back to 1900 you’ll find an anual tournament hosted by the city of Rossland and discover that New Westminster also began hosting competitions in 1914, but unfortunately as hockey arenas we’re commandeered for the war effort women’s hockey struggled to survive, thus began their fight for recognition.

In 1918 a strong team made up of high school girls hungry for the win schooled the Vancouver ladies hockey team. They called themselves the Amazons, their play was aggressive and they showed no fear, not only were they slick enough to win against VL but were bold enough name themselves the B.C champions. Their claim was controversial and the team would soon be put to the test.

In 1921 came the Alpine cup, A trophy donated by the Alpine Club of Canada for women’s hockey to the Banff Winter Carnival. Although having competitions to play in is now seen as the bare minimum this cup raised the profile of women’s hockey, in a sense women now had a Stanley Cup to play for. The cup was first won by the Calgary Regents and with the bitter feeling of losing still lingering this marked the start of the Vancouver Amazons revenge tour.

At a West Coast women’s championship that took place the same year, the Amazon’s were up against the Victoria Kewpies and American team the Seattle Vamps. This was the first international competition in women’s ice hockey history, the Amazons won every single game and proved they were a force to be reckoned with by not conceding a single goal. Striving forward with the feeling of victory their tour continued, back with a new momentum they were ready to compete again for the Alpine cup in the 1922 tournament. The roster for this tournament included Elizabeth Hinds, who, while competing became the first woman from British Columbia to score a hat trick in a game, Phebe Senkler who captained the amazons, Senkler’s Sister Norah who played defence, Forward’s Kathleen Carson and Nan Griffith and Amelia Voitkevic as goaltender. In the championship game they were once again face to face with their old rivals the Calgary Regents, the game was tied 1-1 and sent to overtime by Amazons player Kathleen Carson, Celebrated for “having a shot like a man’s” Kathleen went on to score again, winning the championship in overtime and securing her team the most coveted title in women’s ice hockey “Lady Champions of Western Canada”

Top photo = Members of the Vancouver Amazons

Middle Photo = A newspaper clipping highlighting the Amazons victory against the Vancouver Ladies

Bottom photo = The Vancouver Amazons with the Alpine cup

[sonhosdostemposperdidos]

Finally, a journal to submit my work to.

[thedisablednaturalist]

I feel so bad for the wives and girlfriends who come along to historical reenactments and find out their male partners are WAY TOO EXCITED to be the ones in power.

Like sometimes the women want to try out using a historical machine or method and the men are all GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN LOL. Like they can't even try it out behind the scenes? I wonder how many people divorce/break up after these documentaries