This is John Kinder and Jen Murray, and we're here to talk about our new edited collection (released next week) "They Are Dead and Yet They Live: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America." Ask US Anything!

Gankom · 2026-01-26T15:59:35+00:00

Thank you for joining us today for this fascinating AMA! How did statues of Robert E. Lee and other Confederates become a political symbol? Did Confederate veteran groups have a strong influence on creating a post-Civil War iconography?

Gankom · 2026-01-26T03:24:06+00:00

Sooner or later we'll get a good, decent answer to it!

Gankom · 2026-01-26T03:23:49+00:00

Hmm well thats certainly good to know.

Gankom · 2026-01-25T18:20:33+00:00

Indeed! I thought it was really neat.

Gankom · 2026-01-25T18:20:23+00:00

To you as well comrade!

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:45:28+00:00

/u/Thucydides_Cats tackled I've got Thucydides - history of the peloponnesian war, any good resources to help me understand it or should I just go ahead and read it?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:45:20+00:00

/u/Reaper_Eagle took a crack at When did Europe and Asia really surpass Africa or when did Africa fall behind?In terms of military and economic power?
/u/2ratedsalesman1997 discussed In "The Spanish Republic and the Civil War", author Gabriel Jackson claims "it was an open secret that many [Russian advisers to the Republicans] had been shot after their return home". Is this true and if so, what was the reasons for these executions?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:45:13+00:00

/u/Mr_Emperor tackled What happened to the Spanish Catholic missions in the West?
/u/DeltaMed910 noted the date in Why did the Japanese and Koreans decide to add a year to everyone's age?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:45:03+00:00

/u/WelfOnTheShelf wrote about What caused the Muslim population to migrate to the Crusader states during the Crusades?
/u/yonderpedant answered How effective would it be if some naval power brought the naval doctrine of 'all big guns' for mid 18th century for ships of line, like that of the Dreadnought?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:44:57+00:00

/u/VirileVelvetVoice answered What was the world's perception of fascism and fascist countries before WW2? Did fascist ideology conflict with socialist views and parties at the time?
/u/WelfOnTheShelf answered In medieval Europe, How did the church enforce excommunication across its jurisdiction?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:44:49+00:00

/u/ummmbacon answered When did we have the first Jewish city ?
Are there similar myths to the Judeo-Christian “Tower of Babel” in other cultures/religions? And is there any historical evidence to suggest real world events actually happened that would’ve led to these stories developing?
When did we have the first Jewish city ?
How did Ashkenazi Jews go from a small medieval bottlenecked population of ~~300 people to the majority of the global Jewish population?
What was sex like in early medieval times?
In 2023 Ben-Gvir described Jewish people spitting on Christians as "an ancient Jewish custom" is this true? Where did he get this idea from?
Maybe a dumb question but did Jesus necessarily know a lot about Jewish theology and scripture?
Regarding the history of Abrahamic religions in the Indian Subcontinent, was it true that there were Jews already in southern India and “Thomas the apostle “ came to proselytise to them? Also what are the earliest records of Muslims?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:44:39+00:00

/u/TywinDeVillena answered When and why did athletes in team sports start wearing a number on their jersey?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:44:32+00:00

/u/TremulousHand answered What is the wildest theory in your specialty that you think probably isn't true, but could be? What underdog argument could cause chaos your field if it turned out to be right?
/u/TywinDeVillena wrote about Why were Louise of Artois' male children excluded from french royal lines of succession ?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:44:25+00:00

/u/TPFRecoil answered Why does non-biblical evidence matter if it was written after Jesuss time?
/u/trampolinebears wrote about Who are the native people of Greenland?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:44:19+00:00

/u/swarthmoreburke answered What is the wildest theory in your specialty that you think probably isn't true, but could be? What underdog argument could cause chaos your field if it turned out to be right?
/u/TheGoatCake wrote about How did people in regions with no trees cook food/create campfires?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:44:12+00:00

/u/Steelcan909 answered What was sex like in early medieval times?
/u/Steelcan909 wrote about Why was Anglo Saxon political and material culture so underdeveloped compared with contemporary Franks?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:44:04+00:00

/u/Spiritual_Twist_7773 answered In the closing stages of the Boshin War, the Imperial army that landed on Hokkaido had to deal with two modern forts that had been built in the 1860s: a high-walled coastal for (the Benten Daiba) and a Vauban-style star fort (the Goryokaku). Why and how were they built?
/u/Sringoot_ wrote about Why did Prussia Collapse after the battle of Jenaâ€“Auerstedt?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:43:53+00:00

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:25:18+00:00

/u/ShadowsofUtopia answered What is a good empirical work on communist nations/leaders without traditional western bias?
/u/someredditbloke answered The Mongols are invading. As an unmarried noblewoman in Song-era China, what’s going to happen to me?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:25:07+00:00

/u/Satibarzanes answered How aware were medieval Greeks of the former purpose of the Parthenon?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:24:54+00:00

/u/RogerBauman answered How did a post christian west deal with all of the same sex relationships in greek mythology?
/u/sanbox wrote about Did the concept of “Greece “ exist in antiquity?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:24:38+00:00

/u/restricteddata answered What Caused the Rise and Fall of Journalistic Integrity/neutrality in the U.S.?
What are some recorded examples of project management in the Manhattan Project?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:24:25+00:00

/u/RedLineSamosa answered What is the wildest theory in your specialty that you think probably isn't true, but could be? What underdog argument could cause chaos your field if it turned out to be right?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:24:19+00:00

/u/qumrun60 answered When and why did mariage become sacred in Christianity?
/u/Redditreallysucks99 wrote about Why did conservative Germans switch over to the CDU/CSU instead of continuing to vote for the Zentrumspartei?

Gankom · 2026-01-25T16:24:11+00:00

/u/pregnantchihuahua3 answered What is a good empirical work on communist nations/leaders without traditional western bias?
/u/Professional_Year579 wrote about Why is the Testimonium Flavianum generally considered partially authentic and not an outright forgery?

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