There's a short poem from ~1560 Scotland with the title "How the first helandman of God was maid of Ane horse turd in Argylle as is said".

I just want you all to know that.

Meant to post this last week but I did my phone interview for a job I applied for a few weeks ago. If any undergrad/graduate students are reading this and haven't had much experience with interviews, I recommend seeing if your university job center offers practice trials. They'll help with any kind of preparations you'll need and how to respond.

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I did not take up any of those and while I did alright, I could have done better. However, I did prepare myself with writing down the possible questions and the answers I wanted to give, or something I could use to make one if they gave a variation of a question I prepped for. The one thing I did not prepare for was the fact that it was a conference call. The director gave no real notification that it would have been more than one person. It was rather intimidating at first. I've noticed over the years that some interviewers have different approaches but this was a bit different. Usually, in person, the interviewer may chat a bit with the prospect in order to make them comfortable and gain a better insight. The director that I had emailed with was rather...cold. It was straight to the questions, and nearly a split second after I answered one they had another one to ask. I wouldn't say I felt badgered but damn did I have to feign a "could you repeat the last part?" a couple times to give myself a second to just breathe.

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I know competition is stiff at this place so I wanted to do my best. It's the Ivy league of historic sites so to speak. I should feel good that they even gave me a chance for an interview, but the waiting is always the time to reflect. By next week I should know what answer they give me, and what answer I'd like to give as well. It's a big move for me, but it's also what I've been training for.

I just heard "Walk like an Egyptian" on the radio and I was thinking "Wait a minute, I never saw a painting where they put their hands in that infamous Z formation". Sometimes popular depictions of history just tend to stick in our minds we never get around questioning them. The same goes for the stereotype Egyptian movie soundtrack which is not ancient Egyptian at all and more Arab influenced...

I had an interview yesterday morning for a Collection Cataloging position at my favorite museum. It’s a grant funded position and will be three years. I knew two of the three interviewers already, and have met the third in passing before (I spent a semester of undergrad studying at the museum, and last summer interned there as well).

There was only one real job related question, since everyone really knew me already and it was about some of my volunteer work at another museum where I’m working at cataloguing their collections. A couple personal questions, and then a tour of places in the building I had not seen (that were also relevant to the job).

I have a great feeling about this but I won’t know for about two weeks!

Just saying, the Oversimplified Youtube channel just uploaded 2 17-min videos regarding the Cold War.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I79TpDe3t2g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIYy32RuHao

If anyone wants to dig into these videos, go ahead. I don't think pedantry and nit-picking will stop this sub.

Hi! I'm teaching an English class on graphic novels and students are reading Tardi's It Was the War of the Trenches and Sarah Glidden's Rolling Blackouts. I'm in need of a secondary reading for students that can give them a timeline or summary of the events covered in those books so students have some context (WW1 and the recent Iraq War). I initially thought a chapter fom The Guns of August would suffice for the Tardi, but is that even relevant anymore? It's a tough ask, but anything that is succinct and comprehensive would be appreciated! Thanks!

Does anyone know any websites that cover African news. I only know of BBC and CNN.

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Also, any recommendations on mythology books? I only know Western myths (Egyptian, Greek/Roman, Norse) in detail. I know a little bit about political mythology of India, China, Tibet, Korea, and Japan. Anything on Central Asia, Eastern Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and Pacific Islands. On Native American myths in particular, I have looked for books, but there seem to be problem of lack context for the myth or not mentioning the tribe the myth is attributed to. Is this a problem for any other cultures?

I found a photo of my grandpa during WW2 in his Nazi uniform and would like to know more about it. He never spoke about the war and did not raise his family to be white supremacists. Is this the sub I should upload the picture or is there a better place for something like that?

Why do almost 1MM people follow this sub when almost every post is just deleted answers? I get why mods do that and appreciate it but do I just miss the ones with comprehensive answers?

Are there any ties, at all, between Tootsie Rolls and German history? Like, more direct than Hirschfeld being an Austrian immigrant, which is really only a connection by association?

I just listened to the podcast Tides of History: The Wars of the Roses 1 and 2. The stories are fascinating but also mystifying because the devil is so much in the ridiculously tedious details of nobility rights and entitlements. Would it make more sense to tell the story from an economic point of view?