A weekly thread about the past
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Because we’re running behind, I’ll be brief. This week’s topic is atrocities, whether murders or massacres or genocides or what have you. Not the cheeriest topic, but humanity has a long, hallowed history of … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread is Too Late!
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Have fun and be historical! This week’s discussion question: Facts that changed your worldview. If you’ve studied history at all, whether as a history buff, a serious researcher or even someone with marginal interest in … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week’s topic: Historical pet peeves? A recycled topic I fear, but always a fun one. This thread enjoys complaining about the bad things in history, whether specific topics or the poor ways it’s taught, … Continue reading The Angry Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! My participation this week will be relatively limited, This week’s discussion: Revolutions, rebellions, coups, etc. Arguably there’s a world of difference between them all, but they all have the same result – the destruction … Continue reading The Revolutionary Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week’s topic: Judging historical figures and events. One of the trickiest quandaries facing both professional historians and amateur buffs is viewing historical events and personages through a modern lens. This is unavoidable no matter … Continue reading The Judgmental Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Topic: Food! Discuss historical food; meals, dishes and delicacies of far-away people, the impact of food on history (wars have been fought over foodstuffs, especially spices and sugar), the evolution of cuisine over time. However … Continue reading The Hungry Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Apologies for its relative lateness; internet and WordPress are being crappy this morning. Perhaps they sensed the less-than-optimistic subject? Today’s topic: How civilizations die. Perhaps it’s appropriate to ask this question on the anniversary of … Continue reading The Doom-Laden Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week we’ll discuss biographies. It’s the easiest way to explore historical figures, yet fraught with shortcomings and difficulties as the writers almost invariably skew their work to fit a thesis. What are some … Continue reading The Biographical Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Let’s all have fun being nerds. This week’s topic: How does history shape your worldview? Can’t remember if we did this topic before (probably something like it), but worth considering. How does your study … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Today’s discussion topic: Addressing misinformation. Many of our regular posters here are, or have been, teachers. Others are researchers. Some, like me, just like to scream at the historically illiterate online. What is your … Continue reading The Misinformed Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! I’m going to be extra-lazy this week and declare it an Open Thread to discuss whatever the hell you want. Discuss things you learned since the last history thread (what was that, two years … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Today’s topic: Diseases and epidemics. However arrogant we humans are in assuming mastery over the natural world, we are still vulnerable as ever to diseases, from cancer and parasites to good ol’ fashioned plagues. … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread is Contagious
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Per our friend Robert Maitland’s suggestion, our topic this week: Cities and urban development. Discuss the rise and fall of cities and human population trends, whether specific cities and time periods or general overviews … Continue reading The Urban Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Usual rules apply: don’t feel bound by the discussion topic, have fun and try and be respectful. Today’s discussion topic: Founding and national myths. We’ve discussed variations of this topic before, so apologies for … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week we’re going to do something potentially NSFW: Sex in history. Awhile back we discussed sex scandals specifically, but use this topic to discuss anything about humanity’s oldest and most reliable pass time: sexual … Continue reading The Steamy Weekly History Thread
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! I didn’t have a topic until I looked up “this day in history,” but it seems like a fun one to discuss. As always, do not feel constrained by the discussion topic. This week’s … Continue reading The Fake Weekly History Thread
Hello and welcome to this week’s History Thread! Our topic for the week: What makes you interested in delving deeper into a topic? Let’s say you know nothing about, say, the American Civil War or the Holocaust or Ancient Rome, … Continue reading The Curious Weekly History Thread
Welcome to the Weekly History Thread! This is the first one of these for the new site and I hope it’s as fun and informative as everyone as you can. Today’s topic: Politics and elections. It’s Election Day here in … Continue reading The Weekly History Thread Heads to the Polls!
