Today:
You know the drill: this is the thread for all your history-related outpourings that are not necessarily questions. Minor questions that you feel don't need or merit their own threads are welcome too. Discovered a great new book, documentary, article or blog? Has your Ph.D. application been successful? Have you made an archaeological discovery in your back yard? Did you find an anecdote about the Doge of Venice telling a joke to Michel Foucault? Tell us all about it.
As usual, moderation in this thread will be relatively non-existent -- jokes, anecdotes and light-hearted banter are welcome.
Much to my surprise, a bookstore for which I recently received $100 in gift cards is actually open today in spite of the holiday. Given the total non-availability of other things to do (besides finishing the thesis, course prep, etc. I guess), I think my afternoon has just been booked.
As a former debater myself, I am incredibly jealous and envious of their achievement.
Happy New Years all, hope to get back in the swing of participating more actively in a bit when things temporarily settle down.
In the meantime, (hopefully it's yet to have been asked), what were some of the big discoveries, publications, and breaking events and pieces of 2015 in your field?
I'm about half way through my grad school application, because you know that undergrad in history has worked out sooooo well I thought I'd double down!
In your opinion what is the most beautiful/interesting footage and why? For me it's the Anne Frank footage, just breathtaking and amazing.
Hello all, just wondering if any of you could recommend a great podcast covering Napoleon Bonaparte?
Just started listening to the audiobook of Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert. Seems pretty interesting, especially because of his focus on how old the production of cotton textiles is and how late British manufactures were able to finally supplant Indian artisans.
Has anyone else read it? Anything I should keep in mind or be otherwise wary of?
I didn't get as much work done on my dissertation over the past week as I might have liked, but...I'm still not too worried. Rather than trying to have a whole draft done by the end of January, I figure I can leave the introduction and conclusion for later, after my advisors have looked at the main body of the text, since those two things are so reliant on what the main thrust of my work says. As usual, I wrote a lil more about it here:
https://gunlord500.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/gunlords-dissertation-saga-episode-6-endless-struggle/
Happy New Year, Everybody.
This year I hope to finish an on-and-off project I've had going for a while -- an article to explain 17th century Polish political culture to a modern enthusiast audience.
what means the "frontier" flair?