Talitha Ilacqua

@DrFernandaGallo @MEHcambridge @CamHistory @cambridge_cpt Congratulazioni!!! 🎉

Kamala Harris didn't lose, America did. As a nation, we collectively failed her—and in doing so we failed girls and women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, Muslims, Jewish people, immigrants, the sick, the poor, the elderly, the people of Ukraine, and Gaza, and the planet. It's unthinkable, that instead of being able to celebrate a beautiful, hopeful new chapter in the story of this nation with a leader who appealed to the best of our natures—we will instead be holding a postmortem for democracy as we enter our 250th year, stewarded by a malevolent sociopath who despises empathy and shuns the law. I truly thought we were better than this, that our shared humanity would show up. I thought we would reject this hatred and ugliness once and for all. I hate being wrong about the majority of the people of this nation. I don't know what's ahead. All I know is that good-hearted human beings are more necessary now than ever. We did all that we could to avoid this moment, but now that it's here we'll just have to decide who we will be. There is no way to comprehend or measure how grievous an error this is, but the only thing the decent people of this nation can do is wake up tomorrow and fight like hell for what we still believe is worth the fight, and we will. I'll be doing that with whoever has the strength to join me. I'm mourning the country we could have been and the one we apparently are—but I refuse to give up believing that compassion is the right path, that diversity makes us better, and that love is greater than fear.

And learn more about @TalithaIlacqua and her work in this blog post @FrenchHistoryUK via @FrHistNwk frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6280/

I am excited to introduce my book to the world officially at the @ihr_history next Monday, 21 October, both in person and online; and I look forward to the comments by @smidbob

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@DrFernandaGallo Congratulazioni!!! 🍾🎊🎉

I look forward to presenting my book at Cambridge on 7 May! 📚

libraries.uky.edu/news/revolutio… The University of Kentucky is digitizing a very special collection of French Revolutionary to early 19c publications -- "nearly 5000 political bulletins"!

@KarineVarley I’m so jealous, I have a weird passion for Bonapartist memorabilia!

My parents' Napoleon and Joséphine cups. Napoleon, unfortunately, is looking somewhat the worse for wear.

@lrbobrien In fairness, Cuteness Studies would be a liability. Imagine if everyone became suddenly kind and respectful of other people’s work—what would this person’s life purpose be?

@GosettiV @ManchesterUP My first book reference 🥺

@TalithaIlacqua @ManchesterUP just referenced in my overall book intro! :)

I’m happy to say that my book was published! I’m grateful to everyone who was part of this journey and to the @ManchesterUP team for their hard work and dedication. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526169259/…

Read MUP author Talitha Ilacqua's interview with the Society for the Study of French History to learn about her latest book and insights into Basque identity and the French nation-state. #FrenchHistory #AuthorInterview 🇫🇷 frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6280/

I’m grateful to @FrHistNwk for giving me the opportunity to discuss my hot-off-the-press book (with @ManchesterUP) and my new research project on moderate liberalism in Mediterranean Europe, and to share some words of advice for young scholars. 🔗 frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6280/

@BesenyoJ @ManchesterUP Thank you very much!

@TalithaIlacqua @ManchesterUP Congratulations!

@Tim_Schmalz @ManchesterUP Thank you very much, Tim!

@TalithaIlacqua @ManchesterUP Congratulations, @TalithaIlacqua! This is so great to see!

@HeatherHMW @GosettiV Thank you so much!

Sounds like a book we need to read @GosettiV

@AlisonCARROL_ @FrHistNwk Thank you so much!

I'm really looking forward to reading this, and you can learn more about Talitha and her work in her 'Under the Spotlight' on the @FrHistNwk blog: frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6280/

@DrFernandaGallo @ManchesterUP Thank you very much, grazie mille!

@Pocohrs @ManchesterUP Thank you very much!

@TalithaIlacqua @ManchesterUP Warmest congratulations!