Alena Pirok
@A_Pirok
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Historian studying museums, interpretation, ghosts, and historical memory. I read, write, stress and laugh all day long.
Savannah, GA
Joined February 2013
My book is out today! Go forth and read it! #ghosts #ghosttours #ghostwalk #colonialwilliamsburg #firstperson #costume #interpretation #preservation #tourism #20thCentury #1990s #publichistory #History #book #virginia #museum #halloween
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On any given night, hundreds of guests walk the darkened streets of Colonial Williamsburg looking for ghosts. Since the early 2000s, both the museum and priv...
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Empowering the Public History Workplace: Information, Advocacy, and Collective Power - an @ncph working group. Applications are due October 28, https://t.co/bDJqoQoBUM.
@A_Pirok #publichistory
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The #NCPH2023 Call for Working Group Discussants is now open! There are twelve (yes, twelve!) groups looking for participants to discuss a topic of concern before and during the meeting in Atlanta. Read the full call and apply via https://t.co/uofnsFUxxR.
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My book comes out tomorrow! #ghosts #colonialwilliamsburg #hauntings #virginia #publichistory #museums #fallvibes #ghoststory #sweaterweather #ghosttour #ghostwalk
umasspress.com
On any given night, hundreds of guests walk the darkened streets of Colonial Williamsburg looking for ghosts. Since the early 2000s, both the museum and priv...
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I need to know what magic power Lizzo unlocked playing Madison’s crystal flute. #Lizzo #crystalflute
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In Episode 102 we talk about #ghosts and @colonialwmsburg with historian @A_Pirok. Her book is *The Spirit of Colonial Williamsburg: Ghosts and Interpreting the Recreated Past*.
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September is a big month! CMA meetings returns, NCPH schemes, my colleagues vote on my tenure, and my book-TheSpiritofCW-(PH & Ghosts) comes out! #allgoodthingsihope 🤞
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My book*The Spirit of Colonial Williamsburg Ghosts and Interpreting the Recreated Past*is on presale for September 2022! Think about adding this to your piles and courses this fall.#twitterstorians #ncph #publichistory #ghosts #haunting #colonialwilliamsburg
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This is the year I will finally get all my hashtags right for the #dogshow #nationaldogshow
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Show me alllll the dachshunds! All are perfect, all are naughty, all need ramps #dogthanking
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Picasso hung out with a dachshund named Lump. Didn’t own him, they were roommates. 😉#lump #dogthanking #dogshow #dachshund
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