This week, ending in November 10 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.
There has been an ongoing debate between scholars on whether or not the Huns are related to the Xiongnu, and whether or not a movement by the Xiongnu across the steppe was a catalyst of the third century Eurasian collapse. If this is ever proved, how would this rewrite history? Would historians be forced to take the steppes into greater account in global history?