Ainur Elmgren
@aelmgren.bsky.social
Docent in Nordic history, university lecturer in history and social studies (University of Oulu). Draws comics. Interests: History education, 1910s/1920s politics & culture, Tatars, Avars, Late Antiquity-Early Middle Ages.
Suomi/Svenska/English/Deutsch
Suomi/Svenska/English/Deutsch
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The Investigative Project on Race and Equity hosted a virtual training this fall on “Investigating History for Reparative Storytelling.”
The session gave reporters tools to weave history into accountability reporting and to uncover how systemic racism shapes today’s news.
✍🏼 tinyurl.com/4mebwzm9
The session gave reporters tools to weave history into accountability reporting and to uncover how systemic racism shapes today’s news.
✍🏼 tinyurl.com/4mebwzm9
December 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Investigative Project on Race and Equity hosted a virtual training this fall on “Investigating History for Reparative Storytelling.”
The session gave reporters tools to weave history into accountability reporting and to uncover how systemic racism shapes today’s news.
✍🏼 tinyurl.com/4mebwzm9
The session gave reporters tools to weave history into accountability reporting and to uncover how systemic racism shapes today’s news.
✍🏼 tinyurl.com/4mebwzm9
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Tänker på denna studie som visar att hatbrott mot flyktingar är direkt kopplade till aktivitet på Facebook. Ett exempel i studien är en tysk stad där det hetsades mot flyktingar i lokala fb-gruppen. Granskningar visade att stor del av de som var värst inte bodde där. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Tänker på denna studie som visar att hatbrott mot flyktingar är direkt kopplade till aktivitet på Facebook. Ett exempel i studien är en tysk stad där det hetsades mot flyktingar i lokala fb-gruppen. Granskningar visade att stor del av de som var värst inte bodde där. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
Mikä voisi olla "unkarilaiskansallinen herkkuruoka", jota pastori Matti Pesonen ei pystynyt syömään maatalon pihalla Tiszan laaksossa vuonna 1934? "Ruokalajeista jäi mieleen oudonnäköisistä kaloista valmistettu keitto, johon oli pantu niin paljon väkevää paprikaa, että liemi oli ihan punaista."
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mikä voisi olla "unkarilaiskansallinen herkkuruoka", jota pastori Matti Pesonen ei pystynyt syömään maatalon pihalla Tiszan laaksossa vuonna 1934? "Ruokalajeista jäi mieleen oudonnäköisistä kaloista valmistettu keitto, johon oli pantu niin paljon väkevää paprikaa, että liemi oli ihan punaista."
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URGENT - Xinjiang genocide whistleblower Guan Heng held in Binghamton NY, court date Dec 15, despite pending asylum claim.
Will the US really hand this brave hero back to torture and death by the Chinese Communist authorities?
Really? Is this it?
hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Will the US really hand this brave hero back to torture and death by the Chinese Communist authorities?
Really? Is this it?
hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
URGENT - Xinjiang genocide whistleblower Guan Heng held in Binghamton NY, court date Dec 15, despite pending asylum claim.
Will the US really hand this brave hero back to torture and death by the Chinese Communist authorities?
Really? Is this it?
hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Will the US really hand this brave hero back to torture and death by the Chinese Communist authorities?
Really? Is this it?
hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
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This recent study found learning management systems sold to schools since the 2010s as time-savers (e.g. Google Classroom, Canvas) tend to be burdensome and contribute to burnout.
December 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This recent study found learning management systems sold to schools since the 2010s as time-savers (e.g. Google Classroom, Canvas) tend to be burdensome and contribute to burnout.
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I sent this link to colleagues yesterday who are on a committee deciding whether my institution will switch from Moodle to Canvas. I'm like, "Please do what you can to speak against it." Moodle ain't perfect, but why on earth would we switch to this product of a monstrous surveillance conglomerate?
Instructure and OpenAI Announce Global Partnership to Embed AI Learning Experiences within Canvas
www.instructure.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I sent this link to colleagues yesterday who are on a committee deciding whether my institution will switch from Moodle to Canvas. I'm like, "Please do what you can to speak against it." Moodle ain't perfect, but why on earth would we switch to this product of a monstrous surveillance conglomerate?
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres."
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Kirjan otteessa Teivo Teivainen mainitsee, ettei koulussa opetettu ilmiöstä. Aloin miettiä, mistä lähtien minä (peruskoulu käyty Ruotsissa ja Saksassa) olen ollut tietoinen "mongolileimasta" - ja kokenut sen myönteisenä. Tataarijuuret tietenkin vaikuttivat. Sittemmin aloin tutkia aihetta...
”Me emme ole mongoleja.” Suomalaismissin suhde aasialaisuuteen nousi esiin myös 1934, kun Ester Toivosesta tuli Miss Eurooppa. Ote kirjastani #HakaristinHistoria.
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Kirjan otteessa Teivo Teivainen mainitsee, ettei koulussa opetettu ilmiöstä. Aloin miettiä, mistä lähtien minä (peruskoulu käyty Ruotsissa ja Saksassa) olen ollut tietoinen "mongolileimasta" - ja kokenut sen myönteisenä. Tataarijuuret tietenkin vaikuttivat. Sittemmin aloin tutkia aihetta...
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This little Iron Age piggy from Hounslow, Middlesex, would love to wish you a happy #FindsFriday, but is concentrating far too hard on sniffing out a truffle hidden beneath the baize.
2nd-1st century BC. British Museum.
2nd-1st century BC. British Museum.
December 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This little Iron Age piggy from Hounslow, Middlesex, would love to wish you a happy #FindsFriday, but is concentrating far too hard on sniffing out a truffle hidden beneath the baize.
2nd-1st century BC. British Museum.
2nd-1st century BC. British Museum.
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The new issue is out and #OpenAccess
Timber trade, Icelandic hemp textiles, rune inscriptions, trauma care and more!
www.vitterhetsakademien.se/publikatione...
#AncientSky #Archaeology #History #Medieval #HeritageScience
Timber trade, Icelandic hemp textiles, rune inscriptions, trauma care and more!
www.vitterhetsakademien.se/publikatione...
#AncientSky #Archaeology #History #Medieval #HeritageScience
Fornvännen 2025/4
Nummer 2025:4 av Fornvännen med artiklar, fakta och recensioner har nu nått alla prenumeranter. Fornvännen finns också att låna på bibliotek. För nya prenumerationer mejla [email protected] . Fornvä...
www.vitterhetsakademien.se
December 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The new issue is out and #OpenAccess
Timber trade, Icelandic hemp textiles, rune inscriptions, trauma care and more!
www.vitterhetsakademien.se/publikatione...
#AncientSky #Archaeology #History #Medieval #HeritageScience
Timber trade, Icelandic hemp textiles, rune inscriptions, trauma care and more!
www.vitterhetsakademien.se/publikatione...
#AncientSky #Archaeology #History #Medieval #HeritageScience
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12. TEB TENGGERI
Teb Tenggeri ("Très Céleste") est un personnage mystérieux, tantôt dépeint sous un jour positif ou bien négatif, et quoi qu'il en soit déterminant dans l'essor de Chinggis Khan. Il est ce qu'on appelle en mongol un bö'e : un shaman. 1/27
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist
12. TEB TENGGERI
Teb Tenggeri ("Très Céleste") est un personnage mystérieux, tantôt dépeint sous un jour positif ou bien négatif, et quoi qu'il en soit déterminant dans l'essor de Chinggis Khan. Il est ce qu'on appelle en mongol un bö'e : un shaman. 1/27
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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12. TEB TENGGERI
Teb Tenggeri ("Très Céleste") est un personnage mystérieux, tantôt dépeint sous un jour positif ou bien négatif, et quoi qu'il en soit déterminant dans l'essor de Chinggis Khan. Il est ce qu'on appelle en mongol un bö'e : un shaman. 1/27
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist
12. TEB TENGGERI
Teb Tenggeri ("Très Céleste") est un personnage mystérieux, tantôt dépeint sous un jour positif ou bien négatif, et quoi qu'il en soit déterminant dans l'essor de Chinggis Khan. Il est ce qu'on appelle en mongol un bö'e : un shaman. 1/27
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist
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Nytt danskt lagförslag mot "pirateri" rymmer även skrivningar om VPN som eventuellt kan göra det brottsligt att komma åt material på nätet som var avsett för ett annat land.
Som vanligt presenteras det som ett sätt att göra lagstiftningen "teknikneutral". Gissar att det snart kommer till Sverige.
Som vanligt presenteras det som ett sätt att göra lagstiftningen "teknikneutral". Gissar att det snart kommer till Sverige.
Nyt indlæg: Det danske VPN-lovforslag garbaek.dk/2025/12/12/d...
Teknisk misforstået – juridisk upræcist – risiko for almindelige brugere
I slutningen af 2025 vakte et dansk lovforslag stor debat i it-kredse, bla
#dkbiz #dktech
Teknisk misforstået – juridisk upræcist – risiko for almindelige brugere
I slutningen af 2025 vakte et dansk lovforslag stor debat i it-kredse, bla
#dkbiz #dktech
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Nytt danskt lagförslag mot "pirateri" rymmer även skrivningar om VPN som eventuellt kan göra det brottsligt att komma åt material på nätet som var avsett för ett annat land.
Som vanligt presenteras det som ett sätt att göra lagstiftningen "teknikneutral". Gissar att det snart kommer till Sverige.
Som vanligt presenteras det som ett sätt att göra lagstiftningen "teknikneutral". Gissar att det snart kommer till Sverige.
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If we accede to the demand that political appointees can decide what is worthwhile to study and what isn't, we've lost universities as institutions of knowledge, innovation, and progress. This is why academic freedom and tenure are so important.
This -- a model bill to effectively decimate non-STEM research by requiring 3-3 teaching loads outside of "STEM or Americanism and western civilization" -- seems...extremely bad but also quite plausible.
Proposed Model Bill Would Change College Tenure, Teaching, & Research
Three conservative groups have proposed model legislation that would dramatically change faculty tenure paths, teaching loads, research activities and hiring authority
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If we accede to the demand that political appointees can decide what is worthwhile to study and what isn't, we've lost universities as institutions of knowledge, innovation, and progress. This is why academic freedom and tenure are so important.
Tiitu Takalon sarjakuvareportaasi #Yhteiselämää jatkuu vielä joulukuun ajan @koneensaatio.fi:n vuosina 2021-2025 rahoittaman tutkimushankkeemme #KeidenKaupunki kotisivuilla. Vuodenvaihteen jälkeen sarjakuvaa voi lukea Tiitun blogissa: tiitutakalo.net/blogi/
keidenkaupunki.com/2025/12/05/y...
keidenkaupunki.com/2025/12/05/y...
Yhteiselämää, osa 6
Sarjakuva on edennyt kuudenteen osaan, jossa kerrotaan Kotipehkun päiväkodista. Haluatko päästä sarjakuvan alkuun? Paina alla olevaa nappia! Seuraava osa ilmestyy kahden viikon päästä 19.12.2025. S…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Tiitu Takalon sarjakuvareportaasi #Yhteiselämää jatkuu vielä joulukuun ajan @koneensaatio.fi:n vuosina 2021-2025 rahoittaman tutkimushankkeemme #KeidenKaupunki kotisivuilla. Vuodenvaihteen jälkeen sarjakuvaa voi lukea Tiitun blogissa: tiitutakalo.net/blogi/
keidenkaupunki.com/2025/12/05/y...
keidenkaupunki.com/2025/12/05/y...
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Kolme neljäsosaa suomalaisista kannattaa vasemmistolaista politiikkaa.
yle.fi/a/74-20197512
yle.fi/a/74-20197512
Miljonääriverolle vahvaa kannatusta
Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.
yle.fi
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Kolme neljäsosaa suomalaisista kannattaa vasemmistolaista politiikkaa.
yle.fi/a/74-20197512
yle.fi/a/74-20197512
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Out now & #openaccess:
Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
#LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies
Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
#LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Out now & #openaccess:
Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
#LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies
Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
#LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies
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10. JEBE NOYAN
Jebe ("Arme") est l'un des principaux et l'un des plus talentueux généraux de Chinggis Khan, l'un de ses Dörben Noqas, ou "Quatre Molosses". Il fut un artisan déterminant de l'essor de Temüjin, puis des conquêtes mongoles. 1/23
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist
10. JEBE NOYAN
Jebe ("Arme") est l'un des principaux et l'un des plus talentueux généraux de Chinggis Khan, l'un de ses Dörben Noqas, ou "Quatre Molosses". Il fut un artisan déterminant de l'essor de Temüjin, puis des conquêtes mongoles. 1/23
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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10. JEBE NOYAN
Jebe ("Arme") est l'un des principaux et l'un des plus talentueux généraux de Chinggis Khan, l'un de ses Dörben Noqas, ou "Quatre Molosses". Il fut un artisan déterminant de l'essor de Temüjin, puis des conquêtes mongoles. 1/23
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist
10. JEBE NOYAN
Jebe ("Arme") est l'un des principaux et l'un des plus talentueux généraux de Chinggis Khan, l'un de ses Dörben Noqas, ou "Quatre Molosses". Il fut un artisan déterminant de l'essor de Temüjin, puis des conquêtes mongoles. 1/23
#MongolAdvent #mongolsky #calavhist
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' Only a minority of students in
both studies (2016 and current) appeared to recognise that ordinary citizens across Europe were complicit in the persecution and murder of their Jewish neighbours through apathy and inaction. '
This is fundamental. #HistoryTeacher #HistoryEducation
both studies (2016 and current) appeared to recognise that ordinary citizens across Europe were complicit in the persecution and murder of their Jewish neighbours through apathy and inaction. '
This is fundamental. #HistoryTeacher #HistoryEducation
We are pleased to announce the first publication from the latest research conducted by the @uclholocaust.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
Teaching and learning about the Holocaust 80 years on: A study of student knowledge and understanding in England – Centre for Holocaust Education
holocausteducation.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
' Only a minority of students in
both studies (2016 and current) appeared to recognise that ordinary citizens across Europe were complicit in the persecution and murder of their Jewish neighbours through apathy and inaction. '
This is fundamental. #HistoryTeacher #HistoryEducation
both studies (2016 and current) appeared to recognise that ordinary citizens across Europe were complicit in the persecution and murder of their Jewish neighbours through apathy and inaction. '
This is fundamental. #HistoryTeacher #HistoryEducation
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Institutet för de inhemska språken firar sitt 50-årsjubileum med jubileumsseminarium och prisutdelning. Vi delar ut ett pris till en aktör som har gjort en betydande insats för att främja de inhemska språken. Nu kan du nominera kandidater till priset! sprakinstitutet.fi/nominera-en-...
Nominera en kandidat till Språkinstitutets pris
Institutet för de inhemska språken firar sitt 50-årsjubileum bland annat med jubileumsseminarium och prisutdelning.
sprakinstitutet.fi
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Institutet för de inhemska språken firar sitt 50-årsjubileum med jubileumsseminarium och prisutdelning. Vi delar ut ett pris till en aktör som har gjort en betydande insats för att främja de inhemska språken. Nu kan du nominera kandidater till priset! sprakinstitutet.fi/nominera-en-...
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The story of this collection awaits its historian and fullest telling. It really is an amazing insight into multiple forms of historical erasure, neglect, and theft.
More than 600 artefacts have been stolen from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection, Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed. #NewsInBrief
Bristol Museum loses hundreds of artefacts in warehouse theft - Arts Professional
More than 600 artefacts have been stolen from the Bristol Museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection, Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The story of this collection awaits its historian and fullest telling. It really is an amazing insight into multiple forms of historical erasure, neglect, and theft.
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Historian focusing on early modern book culture here. I am not sure that feeding a private company with all our past handwritings from archives is a solution or a way forward. Google‘s AI studio is a data trap. #skystorians
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities. It opens new frontiers for scientific research and collaboration with the humanities.
foundhistory.org/seeing-old-s...
#ClimateScience #DataScience #Agriculture #Archives #Research #LandGrant #AI
foundhistory.org/seeing-old-s...
#ClimateScience #DataScience #Agriculture #Archives #Research #LandGrant #AI
Seeing Old Science
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities
foundhistory.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Historian focusing on early modern book culture here. I am not sure that feeding a private company with all our past handwritings from archives is a solution or a way forward. Google‘s AI studio is a data trap. #skystorians
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.