This week, ending in September 07 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.
I am curious what historians think of Why Nations Fail, by Daron Acemoglu? I have criticisms from the perspective of economics and political science (I think institutions are poorly defined, and he is assuming institutions evolved in a certain way, when there is no reason to assume they did so) but I was wondering what historians thought of the book?
Today is the last day to submit an abstract for the annual Society for American Archaeology conference. It is being held in D.C. this spring.