Celebrate Computer Science Education Week December 8-14 with film! We're excited to recommend films about heroes of computing to get students of all genders inspired about STEM careers. For grades 4 & up.

😎 Breaking Enigma
💪 Her War, Her Story
🚀 Hidden Figures

Learn more:

https://journeysinfilm.org/three-films-that-celebrate-heroes-of-computing/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=CS+Ed+Week&utm_content=Link

@histodons

#Movies #Histodons #History #ComputerScienceEducationWeek #CSEdWeek #CSEdWeek2025 #ComputerScience #StemEducation #SteamEducation #Education #Edutooters #Homeschooling

On the train to Munich! It's good to be able to do the journey with a reasonably efficient rail link instead of a plane.

I'm going to the PROSOPON workshop, a meeting of people who deal with medieval person data mostly around the Byzantine world. I'm feeling rather under-confident in my talk especially as my last workshop talk was a bit of a mess and illness has reduced groundwork time for this considerably, but hopefully it'll be okay.

#history #histodons #byzantine

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."

#OnThisDay, 7 Dec 1993, Toni Morrison gives her Nobel lecture, part of her acceptance of the Nobel prize in literature.

Watch her speech here: https://nobel-videocdn01.azureedge.net/video/lecture_1993_lit_morrison_98_496.mp4

#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OTD, 400 years ago, Ubbo Emmius passed away.
He was one of the founders of the @universityofgroningen and its first chancellor (rector magnificus).

Ubbo's most personal texts are his letters to friends and acquaintances. Browse through our digitized collection

https://edu.nl/gvmbq

and read more about Ubbo Emmius:
https://www.rug.nl/library/heritage/our-history/ubbo-emmius-in-memoriam

#history #histodons #heritage #academia #Groningen

"Most women think politics aren't lady-like. Well, I'm no lady. I'm a human being."

#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1921, Agnes Macphail, wins a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. She was the first woman to be a Canadian MP.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #CanadianHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1934, the Turkish Parliament voted to allow all women over 22 the vote, and women over 30 the right to stand in elections.

The first women were elected the following year.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #TurkishHistory #VotesForWomen #Histodons

Celebrate Computer Science Education Week December 8-14 with film! We're excited to recommend films about heroes of computing to get students of all genders inspired about STEM careers. For grades 4 & up.

😎 Breaking Enigma
💪 Her War, Her Story
🚀 Hidden Figures

Learn more:

https://journeysinfilm.org/three-films-that-celebrate-heroes-of-computing/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social+Media&utm_campaign=CS+Ed+Week&utm_content=Link

@histodons

#Movies #Histodons #History #ComputerScienceEducationWeek #CSEdWeek #CSEdWeek2025 #ComputerScience #StemEducation #SteamEducation #Education #Edutooters #Homeschooling

We put up #Christmas trees because… ancient solstice celebrations did it first 🎄

Evergreens symbolized life during winter darkness for Egyptians, Romans, Hopi, Persians and others. Christians adopted the tree centuries later, and Queen Victoria made it a worldwide trend. https://theconversation.com/the-christmas-tree-is-a-tradition-older-than-christmas-195636 #Histodons @histodons

🗣 The call for papers for the international conference ‘Crossing Oceans: Digital Humanities in Dialogue’ has been extended until 26 January 2026. The aim of the conference is to open up dialogue on how #DigitalHumanities can drive pluralistic approaches to #history, #memory, #heritage and #creativity.

📍 It will take place at the University of Évora (and online) on 26 and 27 February 2026.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/crossing-oceans/

#Histodons #CFP #AI #ArtificialInteligence #DigitalTools #HumanidadesDigitais

As we mark #PearlHarborDay, it’s worth remembering those whose suffering faded from view: Japanese Americans in Hawaii, many of whom were detained, displaced or denied full redress after the outbreak of war.

Their incarceration remains one of WWII’s most overlooked injustices. https://theconversation.com/the-overlooked-story-of-the-incarceration-of-japanese-americans-from-hawaii-during-world-war-ii-188268 #Histodons @histodons

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."

#OnThisDay, 7 Dec 1993, Toni Morrison gives her Nobel lecture, part of her acceptance of the Nobel prize in literature.

Watch her speech here: https://nobel-videocdn01.azureedge.net/video/lecture_1993_lit_morrison_98_496.mp4

#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 4 Dec 1978, Dianne Feinstein was formally sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco.

She had been the acting Mayor after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk the week before.

She goes on to win two more terms, and to be elected to the US Senate where she served until her death in 2023.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

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“The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became.”

#OnThisDay, 1 Dec 1955, Rosa Parks does *not* give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger, and is arrested. Her refusal is a key moment in the American civil rights movement.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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“I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.”

#OnThisDay, 3 Dec 1990, Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the first woman to be President of the Republic of Ireland.

"In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom."

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #IrishHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 3 Dec 1910, Emmeline Freda Du Faur becomes the first white woman to climb Aoraki (Mount Cook) in New Zealand.

If other women climbed it earlier, their climbs were not recorded.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons