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Why Historians Should Write Books Ordinary People Want to Read

Check out grad student Jeremy C. Young’s HNN piece on the need for academics to write for general audiences: The amazing thing about history is just how many people want to read about it. Step … more →

A Student of History

Welcom To Chutto Academy

Hyper wrote 3 days ago: Hello, everyone! My name is Hyper. I’m a student at the Chutto Academy and head of the discip … more →

contemplation

okbobok wrote 6 days ago: mes pensées tombent comme les petits pois de la main d’un enfant. j’en ai marre des pois … more →

Academy Advice/Existential Horror — 4 comments

Ben Woodard wrote 1 week ago: Two posts and resulting responses over at Larval Subjects have convinced me to do a pragmatic post. … more →

Tags: Advice, "Continental" Philosophy, phd programs

Something For The Weekend — 1 comment

Luo wrote 3 weeks ago: Yay it’s thursday already! Is it just me or are the weeks flying lately?! Anyways if you … more →

Tags: Get Your Gig on, something for the weekend, Flea Market, Irish Film Institute, Lighthouse Cinema, People's Art, white denim

Point & laugh pt 2 — 6 comments

Yolanda wrote 3 weeks ago: This is where we get to laugh at others. ~Times are apparently hard all around when hos prostitute … more →

Tags: General, Celebrity News, Random Ridiculousness, media, Hollyweird, Society, Americans, bad skin, Cameron Diaz

Mo nominees, mo problems

mcarteratthemovies wrote 3 weeks ago: So I have here this link, and it reveals to me something very shocking: The Academy is doubling the … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, Best Picture Nominees, The Dark Knight, The Oscars

Never Mind The Facts... — 37 comments

silbey wrote 1 month ago: The “traditional forms of history are dying” meme is strong within conservative precinct … more →

Tags: Military History, our thing

Letter to applicants — 6 comments

Jonathan Jarrett wrote 1 month ago: I don’t usually mention job rejections here, because why would I? Everybody in my position get … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Acadamnit, Bad History, Career, humour

growth

okbobok wrote 1 month ago: you cannot see his face, only the ghost of a reflection looking in from the outside, an over the sho … more →

Brand of You

iantrevor wrote 1 month ago: Over the last few weeks, I have been reading No Logo by Naomi Klein. Among other things, the book d … more →

Tags: grad school, Literature, Education, MLA, Academy, Culture

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livergirl wrote 1 month ago: Let’s talk to the point. I’m disappointed with my results. The worst ever. Really. This … more →

Tags: Hillsborough

From Knowle West to Leitrim — 2 comments

aislingcryan wrote 1 month ago: Last weekend was full with all sorts of performances but moving house has meant I missed a couple of … more →

Tags: Music, Gigging?, Lunasa, tricky, the leitrim equation, leitrim arts office, sean smyth, Kevin Crawford, traditional Irish Music

The View - o2, Glasgow — 5 comments

extremelisteningmode wrote 2 months ago: Like a defender after a series of fouls, The View were on the verge of a second yellow with ELM. Yes … more →

Tags: gigs, glasgow, The View, the view live, live music in scotland, live reviews glasgow, Kyle, Kieran