Alexandra Garrett, Ph.D.

I am a historian, begging the public, to put your & your siblings', friends', & boss's full names & DOB, mother's maiden name, # of father's ex-wives, every place you lived, political affiliation, thoughts on The Patriarchy, & date on the back of each photo you ever take. Thank u

We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and the answer to the first question is the disinformation and lack of critical thinking you see all around you. *That* is why you need the humanities. This is what they prevent.

One of the proposed new Illinois flag designs, out of thousands submitted

Beginninh 2nd day of the Workshop on the Handbook of the Economic History of Colonialism at @LSEEcHist edited by @RoyHistory1 & @EwoutFrankema

Hey Americanists and #twitterstorians, I was shown this item today. It's a Confederate naval jack, but unusually has the 13th star enlarged in the middle. Do any of my Civil War historian friends know what this might symbolise? It seems unusual and we're trying to get to the bottom of it. This is in Liverpool, of course.

The more you understand American history, the less confused you are today.

me at 41 me at 5 🤝 proud of myself for writing a sentence

With help from my @FiveThirtyEight colleagues, we put my county benchmarks into an interactive. The vote figures are for a 50-50 race in a given state; if one side's doing better than them with many votes counted, that's a sign they may be ahead. Enjoy! projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-…

Dressing up as a Puritan, calling myself Goody Garrett, and having @saintmichaels students watch @TheWitchMovie 🧹after a mini history lecture. (Popcorn🍿 and movie snacks🍬provided, of course!)🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 #twitterstorians

@ProfessaJay Same for every exam in my survey course!! Love blue books. Old school over here, too 📝

Academics will have a 2 hour conversation about how busy they both are that ends in them agreeing to co-write something new

History job! Excited to share that@GWBooks is hiring Digital Washington Papers editor. We’re looking for an expert on 18th century US history who can help us build new ways to access Washington’s papers and grow the team at the Center for Digital History mountvernon.org/about/employme…

Fall Field Trips brought to you by the @saintmichaels History department were a success this year! Students enjoyed two free visits to Shelburne Museum (@ShelburneMuseum) & the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum (@ethanallen1787). Vermont is perfect for outdoor historical learning!

as a history teacher, Eggers is one of my favorite working filmmakers because he’s one of the few artists dedicated to, in part, demonstrating how alien the past was. The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman all show a past that is deeply haunted and unknowable to us.

Apparently, some ⚪️ folk think that ⚪️ women were too maternal beneficent to own or mistreat enslaved Black people. I’m gonna try and clear up that misconception with the help of numerous sources, including the book below.

Twitterstorians, I’m teaching a graduate seminar in the spring and am building it around the practice of microhistory, with readings rooted in US history to Reconstruction. I would welcome suggestions of readings in this vein that you’ve found work well.

Before the 1900s, the labor of enslaved and free Blacks powered the maritime economy of the American South. They worked as pilots and sailors, dock workers, and shipwrights building and repairing vessels. Frederick Douglass, still enslaved, began work in a shipyard at age 12.

Are you researching women who made fashion, at any time or place through history? Then this is a reminder to please consider submitting an article for my special issue of Women’s History Review. Deadline 18th November.

In Forgotten Allies, Joseph Glatthaar and James Kirby Martin present the story of Oneida contributions and sacrifices during the Revolutionary War, honoring centuries of oral history and written for a broad audience. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 📖: bit.ly/3mXoagg