This week, ending in July 27 2017:
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.
So I saw the other thread about academia publishing about modern literature and social media. So I was wondering, now that globalization, the internet, and social media are in full swing, how much cross pollination is there between academia in the U.S., Europe, African, South Asia, East Asia, etc literature? Do we see a lot of studies published in English about ancient Asian texts or African oral traditions? How about studies pertaining to modern pop-lit elsewhere in the world, or how recent events have shaped other societies and other traditions?
While I am American and certainly like U.S. society and culture (well, most of the time), I find it much more interesting to read about say, Chinese views on Communism rather than American rhetoric, which obviously is hard to find an unbiased view on. Not that Chinese arguments aren't unbiased, but still!
Not sure if this breaks the 20-year rule but I think it is worth asking here anyway
How much have academics studied internet culture/history and social media? I found this academic journal on Social Media through a google search. How common is scholarship like this? Is it on the rise or is it still in prealpha-stages?