TIL that correcting papers based on traditional but also incorrect views of history is "wokeism". Also lmao at saying Oxford is a bastion of left wing culture. Big lmao.https://twitter.com/inthesedeserts/status/1288381424878391296 …
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So I see these types of articles and think about how common sexism, racism, transphobia, and classism are rampant in my institution and previous places I've studied. Academia thrives on being a super secret elitist club run by the privileged in society.
I think my academic career thus far would have been 100% improved if it was actually run by leftists.
Oh and Melanie? The idea of history being concerned with class and gender is like a several decades old approach. Class: like an 80 year old approach. Gender: 40 year old approach. It's STILL a struggle to get people to take that seriously and not focus on Henry II
Society is still obsessed with kings. I know this, because I write on kingship. Guess what though, historians have been fighting that for a long time. Yes, there are many historians who just focus on a king. But there are so many different types of history.
People who don't understand history stop writing about how history is taught 2020 challenge
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