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Doug Priest (/u/TenMinuteHistory) gives an absolutely fascinating and in-depth look at the ‘meta’ of history--that is, a conversation on historiography and historical thinking. This is an episode that will be really focused on the nuts and bolts of doing history and how historians think and the places they come from. You can consider it your own personal grad school theory crash course! This week's podcast will be followed by a special bonus episode on Monday in our weekly Monday Methods thread, so please check back and join us there! Visit our guest at www.tenminutehistory.com (77m)
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It was briefly mentioned in discussion of Leopold von Ranke that much of what was being discussed was related to Western historical traditions. Would anyone be able to elaborate on Eastern (or maybe just non-Western) historical traditions or just add some links/info for further reading? That's not something I've really heard about before.
Hey, looks like your link to the Google Play version of the podcast links to a page to add a podcast to Google Play. Looks like this is the correct link.
Where can I easily find pre existing reading lists for historical subjects?
Very interesting episode. Definitely up there in the top 10 of askhistorians podcasts done so far.
My question is about the new forms of doing history, specifically digital humanities. What do you think digitize humanities will reveal to us about history? I know that it basically is about interpreting large data sets and finding patterns and connections in said sets, but how will it change the field as a whole? Will there be a new focus on different parts of history? Will a new 'lens' of history emerge from this? Is it impossible to tell at this point?
I have an interest in grtting a history degree partly because I have big political chips on my shoulder. Is that a good reason to get a history degree?
It's been a long time since I've given a "Thanks, good work" comment on these. Sorry about that.
This episode particularly deserves one. My wife ended up listening in as I listened to this episode. Then last weekend we visited the Leo Carrillo Ranch and were afterwards had a good conversation about the historiography of the signs there. It was a far more interesting conversation than the direct content of the signs would have been, for sure.
Hello, and thank you for a great episode. I'm hoping it's not too late to ask a question:
In your discussion of post-modern(istic) thought and theory, you delved into several important and interesting topics, but you went quite fast from the construction of reality, into the fear of unconstricted relativistic truth claims.
My question is focused more on the first part. In your work as a historian, how do you think about the relationship between the sources/texts you work with, and the "reality of history" behind these? Would you say with von Ranke that we have an actual access to history 'wie es eigentlich gewesen' ('as it really happened')? And depending on your answer, how is that relationship (or non-relationship) between text and reality reflected in your work?