Abi Scott
@abiscott.bsky.social
Ph.D candidate at the University of Kansas l UL Lafayette alumnae l Chateaubriand Fellow at the Université de Toulouse II Jean Jaurès
Historian of US and French Empire - 🇺🇸🇫🇷🆗
Avid bird enthusiast & Natchitoches stan
Historian of US and French Empire - 🇺🇸🇫🇷🆗
Avid bird enthusiast & Natchitoches stan
I’m looking to present at the Louisiana Historical Association in 2026. Anyone need a panelist about French Empire, memory, Indigenous people, and the greater Louisiana Territory?
May 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’m looking to present at the Louisiana Historical Association in 2026. Anyone need a panelist about French Empire, memory, Indigenous people, and the greater Louisiana Territory?
I’ve noticed a trend in the 1800s where French people will go to the US (mostly Texas) attempt to establish a colony then bounce to Algeria. Does anyone have any ideas as to why? I just noticed it today…
March 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’ve noticed a trend in the 1800s where French people will go to the US (mostly Texas) attempt to establish a colony then bounce to Algeria. Does anyone have any ideas as to why? I just noticed it today…
My poor landlord. I keep texting him how do I turn on the stove, how to do I use the washer machine, does the phone work. I almost texted asking where a light switch was for a room but I found it behind a curtain. I promise I’m smart…
January 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My poor landlord. I keep texting him how do I turn on the stove, how to do I use the washer machine, does the phone work. I almost texted asking where a light switch was for a room but I found it behind a curtain. I promise I’m smart…
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FYI, monuments aren’t history - they’re historiography.
As me & @lollardfish.bsky.social wrote: “The erection of monuments is about creating a moral consensus of interpretation, a place where people who visit “remember” the memories of other people.”
Excerpt - buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
As me & @lollardfish.bsky.social wrote: “The erection of monuments is about creating a moral consensus of interpretation, a place where people who visit “remember” the memories of other people.”
Excerpt - buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
January 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
FYI, monuments aren’t history - they’re historiography.
As me & @lollardfish.bsky.social wrote: “The erection of monuments is about creating a moral consensus of interpretation, a place where people who visit “remember” the memories of other people.”
Excerpt - buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
As me & @lollardfish.bsky.social wrote: “The erection of monuments is about creating a moral consensus of interpretation, a place where people who visit “remember” the memories of other people.”
Excerpt - buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
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oh just a pigeon doing backflips, nothing else!
December 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
oh just a pigeon doing backflips, nothing else!
I’m getting closer to my move to Toulouse! What’s some fiction books I should read while I’m abroad/on the plane?
an illustration of a bird holding a stack of books with reading time written above it
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December 15, 2024 at 1:12 AM
I’m getting closer to my move to Toulouse! What’s some fiction books I should read while I’m abroad/on the plane?
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Please circulate: CFP for Western History Dissertation Workshop. This is an exceptional chance for advanced grad students working on a western history topic to get feedback from leading scholars in the field and to do it in the Arcadian paradise that is the Huntington Library.
December 9, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Please circulate: CFP for Western History Dissertation Workshop. This is an exceptional chance for advanced grad students working on a western history topic to get feedback from leading scholars in the field and to do it in the Arcadian paradise that is the Huntington Library.
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Urasawa’s new video is good.
November 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Urasawa’s new video is good.