Blogs about: Historiography
In Praise of the Simple: an open letter of C. S. L. Davies
bonaelitterae wrote 4 days ago: Dear Cliff, To review a review article might seem to be like being the flea on the back of the insec … more →
Historical novels: Somerset Maugham
davidderrick wrote 5 days ago: I’m glad he has a good word to say about Moravia. Selina Hastings’s new biography of Maugham has had … more →
Jesus' Death and the Temple in the Gospel of Mark
jonswales wrote 1 week ago: The Death of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark The purpose of my last few months of research has been to e … more →
Honest to Jesus: Robert Funk's mix of good, contradictory and overlooked "rules of evidence"
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neilgodfrey wrote 1 week ago: Jesus Seminar co-founder Robert Funk has a lot interesting insights into the gospel texts. But he (a … more →
Did you know...
Prof. Elaine Herrera wrote 1 week ago: In antiquity the Egyptians discovered that tall slender reeds of a plant that grew in clumps at the … more →
MC Escher's Anglo Saxon Precursor
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kishnevi wrote 1 week ago: Carl Prydum (at Got Medieval) explains it all, with one of the items that is part of the Staffordshi … more →
Taruskinian Fallacies
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Zach Wallmark wrote 1 week ago: Taruskin is a rhetorician of unsurpassed ability, and logical reasoning (in the classical sense) is … more →
Darwin Round-Up
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darwinsbulldog wrote 1 week ago: Monday, November 16th is the deadline for submissions to Charlie’s Playhouse’s “As … more →
The War Game 3
davidderrick wrote 1 week ago: I predicted that the YouTube clips of The War Game in my November 1 post would not be available for … more →
The Anxiety of Influence
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Zach Wallmark wrote 2 weeks ago: Assessing the earliest stirring of the English style can be a perilous endeavor. It is true that a s … more →
Qualitative Research as Translation of Human Experience
bhasa wrote 2 weeks ago: CENTRAL THEME: Start with Benjamin’s essay on “Task of a translator.” Explore the … more →
books & categories for seminar on qualitative research methods
bhasa wrote 2 weeks ago: CATEGORIES Ethnography & Empirical Data Ethnographic Interview (Selections from Spradley?) Parti … more →
The Verdict of Battle
callitaweasel wrote 2 weeks ago: In 1851, a British author named Edward Creasy released a book called The 15 Decisive Battles of the … more →
Childhood Memories
nasonmac wrote 2 weeks ago: Should an historian try to recreate a past era so completely the reader recognizes its very aliennes … more →
Interview with Felix Driver
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Michael Robinson wrote 2 weeks ago: A Malay native from Batavia at Coepang, portrait of Mohammed Jen Jamain by Thomas Baines. Courtesy o … more →
Historical sentiment
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davidderrick wrote 2 weeks ago: Above all we must be on our guard against “historical sentiment,” that is, against arguments taken f … more →
Tusa’s 1989
davidderrick wrote 2 weeks ago: 1989: Day by Day. BBC Radio 4, from news archives. Doesn’t cover the whole year. Started on October … more →
The War Game
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davidderrick wrote 3 weeks ago: The films about the possible end of human life that we are being asked to watch now (October 29 and … more →
"If Only Undergrads Could Paraphrase As Well As Bismarck."
brettlintott wrote 3 weeks ago: Often what used to be called ‘diplomatic history’ is filled with details of intent that, … more →
