So... word on the streets is that quite a lot of our mods, flairs, and readers are into punk rock. Like, /u/yodatsracist is a former punk/hardcore singer, Zhukov is definitely into some punk rock, and a few others have mentioned it (/u/commiespaceinvader?). So, let's hear it: is AskHistorians actually more of a punk subreddit that /r/punk?

Finals are done. Probably gonna have the best GPA i've had since 4th grade.

Yesterday INAH announced a discovery on the Moon Plaza at Teotihuacan. I guess this shouldn't be surprising, but apparently the Plaza as it is today is not how it was in the past. There were these little river stone lined pits everywhere as well as stelae of greenstone. I'm a little excited to see the eventual site map of the plaza and it isn't so I can recreate it in Minecraft. With stelae propped up everywhere reminds me of Linda Schele's remark about a "forest of kings" with all the decorated stelae scattered around the ceremonial center of that one Maya site (I forget which). I don't expect Teotihuacan's stelae to be decorated, but it might have be done for a similar effect.

The Smithsonian wrote an article on Bosnia's pyramids in which they talk about how Osmanagich has zero evidence for his claims, how his popularity has swayed polititions, and how actual sites have the potential to be destroyed in Osmanagich's pursuit of promoting these hills as actual pyramids.

Hello! I am a new account! I make questions based off a random number generator and a large spreadsheet!

Edit: I'm not /u/AskHistorians_SS!

I had a dream where I found some awesome sources for my dissertation...and then when I woke up they weren't there. ;_;

It didn't get that much attention but /u/tayaravaknin put up a floating feature Holocaust Remembrance Day: Stories and Histories for Yom haShoah yesterday that you might be interested in, if you missed it.

New Battlefield trailer is out, and it is set in WWI. I distinctly spotted a brief shot of an armored train. Holy shit I'm pumped for that!

Today I was at a market event that takes place every year where they sell all kind of local stuff and other things from nearby regions ( food, knifes, ...Etc ). Lot of things to see, very fun to see the confraternities like these guys welcoming new members and knighting them.

I looked at the stall of a library and noticed a book recently released and about a subject I never even heard of ! Russian Resistants in Burgundy :history of the Leningrad detachment.

I never even heard about Russian resistants in my region despite being very interested about local history. I checked the author before buying the book and he is a well known historian, Jean-Marc Berlière, one of the only specialist in France working on police history. He is also a teacher in the university where I first studied.

So I bought less abbey beers, honey and sausages than I expected to ....

The Jutland centenary is fast approaching, I stumbled across a website dedicated to a number of efforts of commemoration and study, created and headed by none other than Sir John Jellicoe's grandson, Nick Jellicoe. Nick apparently has also authored a new book on the engagement, which I'm very interested in reading if not for the inevitable influence of his lineage on what might be in the pages.

I've talked before about the huge lack of translated German sources for a lot of aspects of World War One's naval campaigns, I'm confident in saying that a vast majority of the more accessible study of the Great War at Sea comes from Anglo perspectives, and carries the subsequent baggage. I'm glad that Nick Jellicoe's site appears to dedicate an effort into bringing those German sources to light.

With a centenary commemoration, I anticipate that the key figured of Jutland will find themselves, yet again, under the scrutiny and evaluation they found themselves in 100 years ago. I'm keenly keeping my eye on any new works or examinations of the Great War at Sea, with the hope that the conflict may find itself given a breath of fresh air from the shadows that have loomed over it for decades.

Hey, /u/sowser , I just started reading an interesting book that might be up your alley. Cuban historian Manuel Barcia, currently teaching in the UK, put out a book which supposedly blows the lid off of a bunch of slave rebellions in Cuba which were really important but either a) not mentioned (I just found out about them and I study the period) or b) mischaracterized due to simplistic and a-critical use of sources.

For one thing, he starts by saying there were two essentially different cycles of slave rebellion in Cuba. A late 18th century to early 19th century cycle, centered around free people of color and inspired by ideals from both the Americas (Haiti, the USA, etc.) and Europe (French Revolution) and a purely 19th century cycle, from the 1820s to the 1840s, centered around Africans who had not gone through creolization, whose leaders and member were rarely free people of color, and whose identities and cultural norms were essentially those of the African societies from which they came.

One of the things he talks about is how the docs from the 1825 slave rebellion in the archives in Cuba were basically untouched when he started and that the number of studies that actually work the pertinent documents can be counted on one hand. Importantly, he is very critical of a lot of the meta-analyses of African slave rebellions in the context of the greater Atlantic when those authors deal with Cuba (not because the authors are idiots but because the research on Cuba is flawed thanks to a lack of genuine research up to the standards and depth set elsewhere in the Atlantic world).

The book is called The Great African Slave Revolt of 1824: Cuba and the Fight for Freedom in Matanzas from Louisiana State University Press, 2012. I just finished the introduction, so I don't have a definitive view on the book, but it seems like something up your alley. I'm posting this publicly instead of as a private message in case others interested in slave rebellions might be interested.

In /r/EarlyModernEurope, /u/itsalrightwithme made a great post about the historiography of the military revolution in the 15th and 16th centuries. I would request that everyone goes there and revel in its beauty and subscribe to the fabulous sub.

The word from Zimbabwe is official: 90 more days to investigate my application before a decision. As a result, I'm going home early. Instead of waiting until the second week of June to see family, home, (US) friends, and so forth, I'll get to go in about ten days. I'm not happy about the circumstances (or the $350 change fee, boo on you Delta, Emirates charged me half) but after nearly three months away I am ecstatic about ending my hermit-like existence in SA.

Fortunately, my granting agency may recognize the related work I've done during my "wait" for Zimbabwe and allow me to retain the grant. I wrote them asking how I should document it for repayment, and they responded with flexibility. That is awesome, but of course inferior to getting to actually go. Hopefully /u/profrhodes is having a better time of it all.

Here's a question I think may be too muddy/vague for the general forum, but has vitally interesting answers for me, if they do exist.

How do I as a modern person conceptualize what a common villein felt toward their Lord specifically and the noble families in general in England circa 1010 AD? How do I feel what they felt, or at least imagine what they may have imagined based on our best information?

I know there are probably emotions related to living in their shadow, subsisting on what they own, respecting their administration of justice. But are there any detailed working models of their feelings and attitudes toward this institution that go beyond that, or any historical sources you feel may offer some insight? Surely, we've compiled enough about their level of technology and social situations to take an educated guess about how their mind probably worked on average concerning these matters? We are always limited by an inability to read minds, and then constrained by the limits of evidence, but all I'm asking for is the best we have.

Hey, does anyone have a knowledge of Swiss military unit designations/abbreviations? The unit/issued tag in my 1916-manufacture Schmidt-Rubin Model 1911 rifle says that the unit type is "Lst.Pers.Res."

Also, the 100-year-old issuance tag is still in my rifle, in readable condition

The new Battlefield I game trailer just came out and it looks like the Middle East front in WWI is a strong focus.

Looks like it might provoke a good deal of interest and there's already been a question on it. We'll see if that picks up.

So, education system question: The AP tests and standardized tests in general? My impression is that from their design and so on, they fail their intended purpose of leveling the playing field - yes or no?

Is there any ancient evidence Sexual fetishes like bdsm? I hope this isn't inappropriate ive just alwys wondered

I know it isn't Friday anymore. But, can anyone recommend me any books or sources for learning about the English Civil Wars? Would love to learn more about it. Thanks!

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