Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)6h ago
UK folks: now that the paperback is out, the gorgeous hardback of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is on sale at Waterstones for 10 GBP - down from 25 GBP! Spinoff essays and excerpts are linked in the thread. 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Mar 7
Ten-day countdown to paperback #PubDay for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, @[email protected]! Here's a thread of book excerpts. Get 30% off by ordering from the press w/code discount code UCPSAVE30. 1/ 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Feb 5
The PAPERBACK of Humans: A Monstrous History from @[email protected], a history *through* monsters from antiquity to the present, is available to preorder! Here's a 🧵 of excerpts from the book. 1/ 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Feb 4
Humans: A Monstrous History is a year old today! Here’s a 🧵 of some spinoff writings and interviews. 1/ 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Feb 3
Chinese edition (traditional characters) of HUMANS: A Monstrous History now in my hands! Link to book (all editions and languages in bio), from Gusa Press (Taiwan): 1/ 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Jan 25
Newsletter (link in bio) subscriber gift: an essay on the story *behind* my Smithsonian Magazine essay. Existing subscribers: check your inboxes! Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe for free to receive the essay. 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #HAMH www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this...
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Jan 18
Can an archive make a monster of a historian? But of course! I wrote about this for @[email protected], and the essay is now both free to read online and available as an audio read by me! The audio version: 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #maps #cartography 1/2

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Can the Archive Make a Monster of a Historian? — audio

A historian who pays full attention to their sources can’t help but be transformed into a monster...

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Jan 8
CORRECTION: My lecture in London is on the evening of Thursday 5th March! Sorry, folks. 'Twas my first day doing any work after the break. 😭 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH

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....And I see that you've figured out that #HAMH will surface a lot of my threads about the book. 😀
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Jan 7
London book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY! I'll be speaking on Thursday 5th May, 6pm, at @[email protected] More info and registration below. A free exhibition, "Wonder" is now on and ends the next day. 1/2 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH

HUMANS: A Monstrous History
HUMANS | A Monstrous History

Monsters aren’t fantasy. They built our ideas of race, gender, nations, and ‘normal. This is history through monsters.

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