This week, ending in June 23 2016:
Today's thread is for open discussion of:
History in the academy
Historiographical disputes, debates and rivalries
Implications of historical theory both abstractly and in application
Philosophy of history
And so on
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion only of matters like those above, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
Not sure if this is history-related enough, but I'll give it a try: Does anyone know a good introductory text on cosmopolitanism? When researching the concept I was a bit overwhelmed by the amount of sources from politics/sociology/literary studies on this. I'd be especially interested in post-colonial approaches, and (if possible) in cosmopolitanism in the Early Modern era. This is a bit scatterbrained , really any starting point would be great though.
What do historians think of Bates et al's Analytic Narratives as an approach to structuring case studies?
And if this is an appropriate question, as a follow-up, what do historians think of AN for comparing between cases in relation to George and Bennett's Structured and Focused case studies?