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.
I'm very happy today :)
A new subreddit I made for food history buffs, enthusiasts and hobbyists is finally getting some attention from reddit. It's called /r/Archaiccooking if you're interested!
Made it to the manuscript I went to work on, against all odds. Insomnia chose that night to give me a nice one hour of sleep, y'know, before going to an archive to work on an MS with very small hard-to-read writing you need very fresh, alert eyes to focus on. Moxie and a ton of coffee got me through it though, and holy wow it was incredible. My subject doesn't have me running into really snazzy illuminated ones much, but walking away after a few hours with a notebook of bona-fide transcription from a primary source was unbelievable. Sent an email to my advisor about it, and it turns out she's editing the same MS. Also, archivists are the nicest people ever, 11/10
That was a neat article to read. I haven't had the time to read the Current Anthropology article yet, but I hope it is just as exciting.
This was another great article. Sometimes we just go about our business while we travel in cities without much thought to the differences that break up a grid. We might know that some parts of the city are the old parts, like The Village in New York City, but we tend to just look at the streets rather than the buildings occupy former streets.
Randomly stumbled upon the NCPH2017 hashtag on twitter (it's the "national council on public history" annual meeting) and while following it askhistorians was brought up.
Anyone here participating in it or know how to find out more about program after the fact?
I do not believe we have many questions nor specialists about the French and France post-1945 and especially the Fifth Republic, but this coming sunday elections are held in France and forces are at play that both contrast with, and draw from, our contemporary political History. The stakes are high!
I do feel like this community of thoughtful, curious people could enjoy having à talk about it and having studied to some extent History at university in France I would be happy to try and answer some questions you might have.
I don't know if this thread is the right place to write this, please pardon me if I am going against the rules of this sub and/or this thread.
Have a nice weekend everyone !
It's been quite a while, my friends, but I'm back with big news, which I describe here, along with other fun stuff I've been up to recently:
tl;dr: My profs got back to me with their thoughts on the second draft of my dissertation! They thought it was an improvement, thankfully, but I still have some work to do. I'm gonna really have to buckle down over the next 2 weeks (I actually just got the hard copy of their revisions they mailed to me this afternoon). Wish me luck!
I got accepted into a masters programme, which is pretty cool.
Other than that, reading on the history of fluid mechanics. Books on the subject are either all fairly old, or not particularly great, and all disagree with each other.
I'm interested in reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but I found the books at different lengths and varying translations. Is there a version that is unabridged and translation stays relativity faithful to the original?
Static Electricity.
So, static electricity has probably been known since the first time a farmer petted a cat, but I haven't heard much about it in a historic context. Are there any historical references to electric shocks? I'm mainly thinking from before the 19th Century.
EDIT: First post here. As per the guidelines, I assumed this question would be considered too general for the main subreddit, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
Carl once turned in, for a freshman composition assignment, the last story he had had published in THE QUEST while in high school; "Ultra" received an "A plus." In a subsequent quarter, one of his fellow students also turned in a previously written composition--not his own work, however, but a pulp story by Robert E. Howard. It too received a top grade. On the last day of class, Jacobi approached the instructor. "I'd like you to know who I've been competing against," he announced. "A professional writer." "That often happens," was the professor's bemused reply.
Academic dishonesty: pulp style.