Excited to hear what Prof Kate Cooper @kateantiquity is going to say about history, fiction, and fake news
@kateantiquity We had a fascinating introduction to her career, beginning with a BA in English Literature @RHULHistory
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory KC We no longer have undisputed sources of information; we have a crisis of information
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory KC beginning with #Foremothers in 19th century Iowa and great Grandmother in Alabama
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory KC storytelling and legendary women, the transmission of knowledge through foremothers
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory KC keeping the grievance alive is a strong mobiliser for historical events and their recording
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory KC the crucial importance of context to sources and the way a story has an emotional shape
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory KC storytelling is a manipulative act determined by speaker, recipient, and moment
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory KC Augustine's Confessions tells us an enormous amount about family life by accident
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory KC hypothetical storytelling of relationship dynamics between Monica and female slaves of her husband's household and Augustine's marriage for money not 'concubine'
@kateantiquity @RHULHistory Paul Fouracre with closing thoughts, was Augustine's 'concubine' a slave?
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