Also throwing in a hesitant application, because I only have three substantial comments with followups in the last six months:

• What was the actual poetic form of the Epic of Gilgamesh?

• Did Andrew Marr get the origin of monotheism wrong?

• How were taxes collected in the ancient Israelite kingdoms?

I know that's the minimum effort, so I'm wondering whether my extensive contributions to /r/AskBibleScholars and /r/AcademicBiblical (which have similar moderation standards and sourcing requirements as /r/AskHistorians) might count towards my application (e.g. on writing creation myths, on Hebrew/Akkadian semantics, and on the portrayal of Yahweh in Genesis).

In terms of formal qualifications, I wrote my DPhil thesis on myth and ideology in the ancient Near East and the Bible, so I'd probably fall under History of Religion and Philosophy or Middle Eastern History. Preference would be something like "Myth and Religion in the Ancient Near East".

After reading/lurking, and then commenting here and there on AskHistorians for the better part of 6 years, I'm eager to put in an application for flair! I've popped up occasionally on medieval European history, but I don't consider myself an expert in that. Rather, I'll be graduating very soon with a degree in History and Politics, having focused on more recent nation/statebuilding, development, and political thought.

My expertise lies with post-WWII histories of decolonisation, international organisations, and global economic and political developments (especially as they relate to neoliberalism). I'm most confident with Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa - nonetheless these themes are often global and difficult to bound in space and time.

Flair-wise, something like '20th c. Development & Neoliberalism' could work, encompassing themes like human rights to structural adjustment and relevant international bodies. If possible, I'll request a second flair of Modern/20th c. Singapore (Southeast Asia might be too ambitious) - there are some relevant comments I haven't linked below.

Selected answers from the last couple of months, with some being multi-parters:

Development/Neoliberalism

"Did President Carter's deregulation efforts signal a "neoliberal" or "Third Way" Democratic positioning before President Clinton?" (history of econ. thought; some interesting discussion with another user too)

"What caused so many recreational drugs to become illegal in the past century, and why is that illegality an international norm?" (history of development, international organisations)

"Historians say that American Conservativism began with Buckley and associates in the 1940s, but what does this mean? Hasn’t about half of America always been "conservative"? Hasn’t a philosophy of small government, individuality, and capitalism been pretty fundamental to America since its beginning?"(history of political thought, a little on neoliberalism)

Saturday Showcase on Singapore's Housing History (urban, development history; Singapore)

Singapore/Southeast Asia

"Sweden's involvement in the Indonesian invasion of East Timor?" (decolonisation; Southeast Asia)

"Effect of colonialism to nationalism in the South East Asia "new countries"?" (decolonisation, nation-building in Southeast Asia; focused on Singapore and Indonesia)

"What was the battle of Singapore like for Singaporean citizens?" (Singaporean archives)

I'm also quite interested in historical methods and the study of history itself, both in terms of interdisciplinary approaches and the use of history in the practice of politics. Some of my answers/comments reflect this, but I don't think this is particularly flair-worthy. Always happy to keep provide reading recommendations too!

E.

Edit: Hope it's fine to insert another two answers since I'm trying for two flairs!

I'll throw in a hesitant application, but I'm happy to get feedback on my answers either way. My flair preference would be something like "French and Haitian Revolutions" or more broadly "Atlantic Revolutions".

Why, in 1802, did Napoleon reinstitute slavery?

In 1794, France abolished slavery. Eight years later, in 1802, France un-abolished slavery. They are the only nation in history to do so. What's the story there? Similar question/answer to the above, but I went into a bit more detail in a reply to a comment on this thread.

What's the French Revolution all about

Were the French Empire under Napoleon I, and the second under Napoleon III, Republics? How did their respective territorial administrations and constitutions work, relative to any monarchies, principalities, etc. that they subjugated?

How did the people of Haiti organize and maintain their revolution against a powerful European country?

I'll try and attempt an application. Either case, I'll appreciate any feedback on my aswers. The sort of flair I was thinking about would be something like "European Medieval Institutions & Vassalage"

Were medieval peasants Happy?

What happened in between the beginning of the Medieval period and the fall of the Roman Empire

How come the Catholic Church is far more accepting of banking today than in the Middle Ages?

How did Feudal entities (counties, duchies, etc.) originate?

How xenophobic were medieval peasants? Would they really chase off strangers because they looked, spoke or acted differently, or is this just an invention of Hollywood because "haha medieval people dumb-dumb"?

As for a formal qualification, I have a Bachelor's Degree in Medieval History, with a thesis on vassalage and bannal lordship in the IX-XI centuries, and currently finishing a Master's Degree in Medieval Institutions with a dissertation about welfare in Southern Italy during the 1400-1500s.

Thank you for this opportunity

Hello. I hope 2021 so far is treating you all well

I believe I have been among this community less then a year but I hope I have been able to give some welcome answers and I have appreciate the kindness shown me here.

I would like to apply for a flair, my first time and feedback most welcome: Three Kingdoms | Asian History

China 189 CE. He Jin was killed by an eunuch faction, immediately after the eunuchs are all killed by subordinates of He Jin. What did the eunuchs expect?

Why were Chinese Rebellions So Destructive

Was Jiang Wei of Shu-Han Dynasty really a Zhuge Liang protoge

How much power did an Empress have in Ancient China

Why was Guan Yu later deified as a 'god of war' but Lu Bu, who was said to be the greatest warrior of China's Three Kingdoms period, was not?

Hello!

I'd like to apply for the flair: Pre-Columbian North and South America

The answers I'm linking focus on the Aztecs and Mesoamerica, or North America, but that's often been a result of which questions have come up/I've seen - my hopeful future in archaeology will probably focus on the Andes, as my college thesis did. I hope I can put both North and South America in my flair. There should be evidence of my suitability for South American history responses in my activity in other communities, and in posts like this AskHistorians response I'm not sure would count for this post. If it's not possible to put both North and South America, I understand and would like my flair to just be "Pre-Columbian North America." Let me know, and as always, thanks for keeping this community going!

Here are some answers I've posted on the topic:

1. An answer about the Aztecs that discusses the goals and means of their expansion
2. An answer about the shape of the Aztec Empire and how that came to be
3. An answer discussing the relationship between Maya and Aztec societies
4. An answer discussing the distribution of empires in Pre-Columbian North America
5. An answer about Native American exploration in North America

This could be fun- I think I might fit the criteria :)

Where I discuss in length, as well as quote and cite, rules for ships officers at the time of Titanic's sailing

Where I give a general overview of the massive topic that is post-Titanic sinking litigation

Where I give a short, but as in depth answer as possible on the very niche topic of dogs on Titanic

Those are three, but I've answered other smaller "quick" answers as well, as well as answering questions about Titanic on reddit in general. I've also been featured in the Sunday Digest highlights several times and have been pinged by mods to answer questions.

As for category- it's strictly Titanic studies. I have absolutely no idea what flair that would entail :)

So I had previously applied for a flair, but was unsuccessful due to the 6 month rule. I'd therefore like to take the opportunity to reapply with the following:

How common were battlefield commissions in the Great War

A thread on how warfare changed over the course of the Great War

On the subject of railways in the Great War

On the British army's rotation system in the Great War

I have no formal qualification as a historian, but have for many years spent a disproportionate amount of my time and income on the reading and buying of history books, and walking the ground of battlefields. Historical analysis also segues with my profession as an analyst.

A flair along the lines of "The British Military in the Great War" is what I'm after.

Now that I've tried my hand at answering a few questions I think I'd like to apply for flair or open myself up to a critique of my answers. While I would like to apply for something like "Nationality in the Japanese Empire" because that was the topic around which I focused my undergraduate thesis and further studies on modern Japanese history in general, there haven't been many questions I've seen about that and so I feel it would be best to apply for something like "Imperial Japan and its Colonies" given some of the following questions I've answered:

How did the Japanese establish a puppet state in Manchuria after the Mukden Incident?

Did Japan try to implement part of its legal system in other countries, mainly China, during its imperialist phase?

Why did early 20th century Japan want to annex the Korean Peninsula?

After Japan’s surrender in 1945, what happened to the many Japanese nationals who had settled in China, Taiwan, and Korea? Did they largely integrate into society or leave for Japan?

​

I also feel like this next post does something to demonstrate how I've been able to use my knowledge to answer more historiographical questions that ask less about concrete events:

What did Leon Trotsky mean when he talked about the "privilege of historical backwardness"

Hello, I've written quite a few times on British India over the years, and am often messaged by you to answer on this topic. I was first interested in British India at school, read for a degree in History and French at Oxford, where I focused almost entirely on British India in the period 1857-1947. The flair I would probably aim for would look like: "Imperialism & independence in British India 1857-1947".

You first started messaging me for British India answers after this comment I made in response to:

"Suppose I'm the son of a Maharaja studying at Oxford in the 1890s. Will I be excluded in anyway socially excluded because of my race, or does my high class insulate me from that kind of thing?"

Since then I replied also to:

"Was India the reason for British dominance in the Victorian Era?"

*"It seems that especially around the 19th century, under British rule, an impressing amount of Indian monarchs reigned for so long. Is there a specific reason to this?"

*"I have been told that the caste system in India was an invention or serious distortion of pre-colonial practices. Is it true that the caste system is the fault of the British?"

On another topic in which I am interested, history of language, and in which I have a bit of expertise as I taught English and History of English at a French university for a while, and am still a French tutor as a 'side gig':

*"English has a series of obscure collective nouns ostensibly used to describe groups of animals e.g. "a murder of crows." What is the background to these words? Were they ever in common use?"

I have asterisked the 3 that are in the last 6 months. I was unable to write for a long time after the first comment that got you messaging me, as my job was pretty full on, but I have 'rebalanced' my life and would love the chance to write more answers. I appreciate that not all my answers initially contained sources, as I often was writing whilst travelling, but I think you can see that everywhere I was asked for sources I was able to provide a breadth of literary references for where my information has come from.

I look forward to hearing your response, and how I might improve my application if it is not successful!

Hello,

I would like to apply for the flair, "Intellectual History, Medieval and Early Modern Christianity."

Here are some of my answers on the topic:

• Evolving Christian Attitudes towards Classic Literature and Philosophy (made today's Sunday Digest)
• Dante's (Lack of) Influence on the Protestant Reformation (made last week's Sunday Digest)
• The Limits on Aristotle's Authority to Medieval Christians
• Philosophy as "Science" (this one only partially touches upon early modern intellectual history, but it made today's Sunday Digest)

Hello!

I would like to apply for the flair and I believe 'Medicine and History' should be a proper one, as I usually try to cover not the history of medicine and hygiene (that is the most common topic I happen to provide responses for) but also to provide some insight into historical events and issues from the perspective of modern medical knowledge, whenever applicable. As my entries are being selected for the Weekly Digest on a regular basis for some time now, I believe it is a good time to issue this application.

​

Here follow selected entries from the last 3 months:

How was scabies treated before the invention of antiparasitics?

Why didn’t they amputate Henry VIII’s leg?

Antibiotics and sir Dr Fleming!

Pregnancy Before Modern Tech

Is depression a relativly new illness? Or has it be always been a thing?

​

Selected entries older than 3 months:

I just found out one of the Chernobyl reactors remained operational until 2000. How could people keep going to work there every day, post 1986? Especially given that there’s an exclusion zone and visitors (even now) have to be extremely careful while there?

Field Marshall Mikhail Kutuzov was shot through the temples on two seperate occasions and survived. How is this possible given the caliber of firearms of the time and the near sureity of a gunshot wound to the head being fatal?

Did any of the historical treatments for syphilis actually work?

I slipped and fell, and broke my shoulder. I can't lift my right arm anymore. By modern standards I would have to stop working for 6 weeks and maybe even get surgery. What are my options as a medieval peasant? Can I rely on family, or some early form of "welfare" from my liege lord?

People who ate mostly white rice would often get Vitamin B deficiency. However, white rice is more expensive than brown rice. Why would someone be able to afford white rice but no sources Vitamin B?

Were there a lot of issues with skin cancer back in medieval times with serfs spending often times all days outdoors in the sun without modern amenities such as sunscreen?

​

Responses related to the general topic of medicine in history, but more focused on various associated fields, such as history of hygiene, folk medicine, diet, psychology etc.

The Hashish/Vodka Line

Copper pipe fitters & the Black Plague

Did people really "develop faster" in the past?

When did insect repellent first become widely available? Were people prior to insect repellent just getting eaten alive by mosquitos non-stop?

Birch tar as all-purpose remedy: Why did people stop using it?

How did Medieval people deal with Acne?

Were European medieval hygiene habits and beliefs really as terrible as we’ve been commonly led to believe, or were they, at least in some cases, better than most would think?

What was snake oil, what was supposed to make it so great, and why has it become the catch all phrase for a dubious medicine?

Was lead acetate used as an artificial sweetener?

​

Best regards!

Hi there,

Hoping to get my flair reactivated for Newfoundland History, recently I have answered the following questions. About Confederation

Short answer about harbours

and a question about the Spanish flu

Thanks!

In the spirit of transparency, I'd like to announce the following: since I have not answered any questions regarding either International Relations or Geopolitics in quite some time, and since my main focus has shifted elsewhere, I've decided to forgo the IR & Geopolitics portion of my flairs. Instead, I will now have "Moderator | Argentina & Indigenous Studies | Musicology" as my flairs.

I've contributed here for a while and personally never totally been convinced I was profound enough to seek a flair, but it's a niche that few people fill regularly, so I'll see how it goes:

How did Royalty and Nobility Serve in WW1 (Austro-Hungarian view)

How did the Central Powers react to the collapse of Russia

How does Eastern Europe remember WW1

Why was Austro-Hungary so unimpressive in WW1 battles

What was the Ethnic mix of the Austro-Hungarian military and related matters

I am actually a career finance professional with an MBA and over 15 years in the banking industry (maybe one day I can get flaired in banking history!), but my passion is history and I've definitely dug a niche in my brain for Austria-Hungary in the early 20th century. I hope one day (once kids don't require so much of my money) to depart finance and "do the history" as a teacher. I have been learning German for about a year now with the long term goal of being able to access WW1 source materials in their original German and to visit the Austrian archives for original research.

I would think something like "Austro-Hungary in WWI" would be appropriate, if granted.

Hello! I'd like to apply for flare. "Medieval Myth & Legend | Premodern Monster Studies" encompasses most of my answers, but I'm happy to alter that or make it more specific.

Here are five recent answers on an assortment of topics:

How exactly did Arthurian tradition take off to such a large degree in France?

How common were wolf and bear attacks in prehistoric Europe?

Average size of medieval dragons?

Owain Glyndŵr and King Arthur

How much did the Sassanids, and subsequent Iranian dynasties, know about the Achaemenids?

And one that's a little less in-depth but hit the topicality jackpot, and so has the most engagement of any of my answers:

The Chinese and Persian zodiacs are identical, except the latter swaps the dragon for a whale. What is the origin of this cultural link?

Thanks for your consideration!

Hello!

I would like apply for the flair: Ancient Chinese History

Here are some of my recent contributions:

As the first de jure female ruler of China, who did Wu Zetian planned to succeed her? Did Wu Zetian intend to have either her son, daughter or nephew take over the throne?

Why did two syllables given names become popular in 4th century China?

Qin Liangyu was a prominent military leader and regional governor of the Late Ming. She was also a woman. Did this excite any comment?

How did the Chinese source and make gunpowder?

Thank You!

Requesting a Flair Change.

Currently as "Rural Russia and the Soviet Union" however through my graduate work I have significantly shifted my focus to more broadly looking at the Soviet Union, perceptions and fears, and the Cold War. My previous comments have pointed towards this shift as seen here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/j6a1rk/marxs_communism_has_never_been_tried_how/g7xe035/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ix1qnc/what_prompted_the_shift_away_from_the/g64xbbj/

And my participation in the AskHistorians Digital Conference: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/itf6ze/how_i_learned_to_stop_worrying_and_love_the/

I would request the flair be: "Soviet Union and the Cold War" to more broadly encompass my knowledge.

Here’s my flair suggestion: Holy Roman Empire, Brandenburg, Diplomatic History

Here are my comment proofs (sourced the main question):

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ke6w0g/according_to_wikipedia_apparently_the_title_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/klxdti/why_were_interregna_on_the_holy_roman_empire_so/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kid3fa/does_anyone_still_identify_as_prussian_within_or/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/j2khgy/did_the_thirty_years_war_make_todays_eastern/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/j1j3e1/help_with_grad_school_advice/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/i7z7ns/if_the_peace_of_westphalia_established_a_new_way/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Hi! I would like to apply for some flair. Here's my background, along with the associated links to comments in r/AskHistorians. I'll leave the specific title of the flair up to you all since my work ranges from antiquity to ~1800.

BA, Cornell University - Latin & Ancient Greek

MA, University of Kentucky - Classics (+ certificates in Latin Studies and Social Theory)

MA w/ distinction, Johns Hopkins - History (my field exams were in:)

• Intellectual history of the Italian Renaissance and Neo-Latin (major, w/ Chris Celenza)
• Medieval historiography and historical theory (minor, w/ Gaby Spiegel)
• Intellectual history of England and Early Modern Europe (minor, w/ John Marshall)
• Embodiment and Reception (minor, w/ Shane Butler in Classics)

PhD, Johns Hopkins - History (anticipated 2022?)

• Diss: Feeling Ancient: Pasts Present in the Quatrocento (w/ Celenza & Marshall)

I argue for the importance of (embodied) affect and emotion in humanists' study of antiquity as a corrective to an overly intellectualized historiography laboring under post-Cartesian and post-Kantian epistemic assumptions which did not hold for the period in question.

Here are some of my comments:

• On Medieval Universities and a second
• On Erasmus and dirty floors (noted in Sunday Digest)
• On premodern sexuality/gender (noted in Sunday Digest)

My contributions to other groups (e.g. r/AskLiteraryStudies or r/classics) should also demonstrate my suitability for this.

Happy New Year! I'd be happy to apply for a flair as a historian of modern Europe at Yale University: Private Life | Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe Europe

Some answers:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k2wfea/the_british_factories_act_of_1833_banned_children/gdygqea/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k2h7pt/why_did_the_rise_of_islam_diminish_the_eastwest/gdu7jpi/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k2elm9/although_people_were_blissfully_unaware_of_the/gdu53d1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kt71xb/was_it_common_for_most_1920s_to_1960s_working_men/gikzolv/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Hi, apply as: Slovene History | Continental Legal tradition

Though the nature of primary focus on Slovene history, during my engagement with the site, questions relevant to it has been rather scarce, so it might be lacking on that front.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kjdahh/what_is_the_history_of_the_presidential_pardon/ ( The question has sadly been deleted. )

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kny0il/revisionist_history_arround_the_collapse_of_the/ghz9s8l/?context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kl2wjs/how_important_where_title_claims_during_medieval/ghc5efb/?context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kkk7xz/im_a_latefirst_or_second_century_christian_and/gh45q3c/?context=3

EDIT: To be more precise, added "Continental." And added supplement:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ku44hh/is_it_true_that_catholic_church_was_against/girzd47/?context=3

And this exchange;

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ktb2jo/in_the_high_middle_ages_some_towns_had_sumptuary/gioy161/?context=3

Dia daoibh a chairde,

Now that I have got a few answers under my belt I figure I may as well apply for a snazzy flair. The first few posts didn't include a bibliography/citations, but since then I've made more of a point to add them going forward. Let me if know if you want me to go back and add to the earlier answers. I would be applying for a flair in European History, something simply like 'Late Medieval and Early Modern Ireland' would work? Open to suggestions of course. If not then at least some feedback on what to improve would be helpful.

Here's four answers connected to the flair itself -

In Richard Kee's "The Green Flag", he considers the concepts of "Irishness" and Irish nationalim as products of the Enlightenment and the 1798 Rebellion. Was there really no sense of Irish national identity prior to this

How complicit was the man, Oliver Cromwell, in the subsequent mass deaths that resulted from the 'conquest of Ireland'?

In his biography of King John, Marc Morris states that Ireland was medieval England's "Wild West". Did English people at the time view Ireland as a lawless frontier, similar to the American West? Was there a similar attitude of adventurism towards it?

How did the Irish counties come about

and my first answer, just as an additional example -

Is the Irish struggle against England considered a revolution?

Greetings AH Moderators!

Following on a few months from my first attempt at a flair application, I believe I have taken the feedback provided then and have worked on addressing it consistently in my more recent responses on the sub.

I would therefore like to submit this application for a flair titled: "Diplomatic History of the World Wars and Origins of World War I", which would most likely fall under Military History as a heading.

Here are the 5 comments which I hope not only show improvement on the feedback from the previous application, but also merit the awarding of the flair:

• Why did the "Special Relationship" develop with Britain rather than France?
• Why did Belgium 'only' get Eupen-Malmedy after the Versailles Treaty and not a (much) larger piece of the Rhine Province?
• Did countries use WWI as an excuse to invade other countries and continue imperialism within their own continent?
• Colonial war treaties in the 19th century (2-part response due to text limits on Reddit)
• Was the treaty of Versailles after WWI overkill?

Many thanks Mods!

Hello!

I would like to apply for a flair. If I must choose from an existing flair, the closest one I can see is "Gender, Crime, & Law," specific to North America. I hold a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice & Criminology. While this is not a history degree, I am an avid learner of all-things-crime, especially within my specific areas of expertise. Happy to directly message evidence and publication history to the mods (or a mod), if needed.

My areas of expertise do not come up very often (and sometimes when they do, I'm swamped with other work!!! Don't stop sending me notifications!!!). Here are two threads from the past six months:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k39olf/what_are_the_causes_of_american_societys_fear_of/ -- in this thread, I have several well-cited comments, and I also consistently responded to further questions in the thread. I hope that qualifies as more than one comment, for the purposes of your counts!
• https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/krjnq0/why_did_prison_uniforms_used_to_be_striped_and/
• edited to add this link: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/m5fruf/though_it_was_not_criminalized_in_most_countries/gr2chga?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

I also made this comment about a year ago (has it really been a year??) as further evidence of my quality of work over time. I know you specifically said within the past 6 months... rules are social constructs :)

• https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ee16in/what_happened_in_a_lunatic_asylum_during_the_19th/

Hello! I thought I might try my hand at getting a flair based on some of the contributions I've made regarding the history of macroeconomic thought and policy:

1. Discussion of the economic drivers of the collapse of Yugoslavia
2. Review of the economic and political reasons for abandoning the gold standard
3. Determining whether "trickle down economics" has been a successful policy compared to public perception, and a subsequent delineation of Ronald Reagan and Paul Volcker's economic policies

If approved I would love to have a flair along the lines of "History of Microeconomic Thought" or just "History of Microeconomics," whichever you find more appropriate. And in the event that I don't meet the standards for getting a flair at this time, I'm open to any and all suggestions to make my posts better in the future!

Hello! Given my recent spate of answers and shifting interest, I realise my current flair may be a bit inaccurate.

I was hoping I could have it changed to: "Austrian Habsburgs & the HRE | Interwar Imperial Japanese Politics" ? Here are some recent posts evidencing that:

Did Japan's Imperial Government have control over its military?

Why did Nazi German and Japan ally?

If WW2 was primarily about oil, why couldn't Germany and Japan get what they needed via trade?

Thanks!

Hello! I would like to apply for a flair in: "Early Modern Iran and the Ottoman Empire." Here are a few of my relevant posts:

Before the founding of the Safavid Empire, where were the largest concentrations of Shiites found?

Why aren't Turks Shia despite adopting Islam from Iranians?

The Safavid empire in Iran was unusual in having Shi'a Islam as its state religion, while surrounded by Sunni states (the Ottomans, the Mughals and Bukhara). Why was Shi'a Islam so prominent in Iran, and how did the Savafid state manage to avoid being overrun by its Sunni neighbours?

And, for a change, some questions which aren't about Shi'ism:

Did Timur see himself as the true successor of Genghis Khan?

I am a 16th Century Persian merchant and I want to travel to Constantinople to live. Will I be able communicate in Persian and easily assimilate into Ottoman culture?

Thanks!

Hello again!

I do apologise, as I had applied for a flair a few days ago before realising the comments I submitted didn't contain 3 within the last 6 months as I hadn't checked the dates on them and time flies when you're in a global pandemic.

But, luckily for me, I've had the pleasure of answering some questions in the mean time and have a more recent comment that I'll substitute for one of the older ones.

As before, I think my flair would be best as Early Irish Philology/Early Medieval Ireland, to encompass my exact specialty and my more general area of expertise, within the European History section.

Onto the comments:

1. My recent Best-Of winner about Scribal practice and possible scribal error in an early Irish context

2. St. Patrick and the origins of the 'pagan genocide' myth/incorporation of pagan elements into Christian teachings for the purposes of conversion

3. Caesar's depiction of the Celts

4. The answer of mine that got little attention but that I'm quite proud of, on the Homes of early Irish kings

5. My most recent comment on Impotence as a legal justification for divorce in early medieval Ireland, which I am substituting in for an older comment on difficulties with the term 'Celtic.'

Cheers, and sorry for the earlier confusion!

Hi there,

I would like apply for the following flair: Ancient Chinese History

Here are some of my recent contributions in this community:

In the introduction to Penguin Classics' translation of the Shang Shu, Martin Palmer makes the case the I Ching/Yi Jing originated as an epic account of the Zhou dynasty's overthrow of the Shang. Is this the conventional approach to it's origins, or is Palmer's claim unorthodox in Sinology?

Did the Han Dynasty have a banking and credit system like the Roman did?

Xunzi was widely regarded as "heretical" or seriously mistaken (compared to Mengzi) for large swathes of Chinese history. How come his work has survived?

Thank you!

Hello! My own research has been broadly centered around the history of the religious-secular dichotomy (MA in US religious history), but war seems to be one of the more popular topics here, so that's what I've answered the most on.

I would say my expertise is in US Religion and Politics for flair, but, if my linked answers make that too broad, maybe US Religion and War would be fitting? And I would put it in the North American History category. Thanks!

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/gyyys8/how_did_the_american_churches_respond_to_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/h0203w/why_is_america_one_of_if_not_the_only_nations/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/hqjwg9/to_what_extent_did_enslaved_black_americans_view/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/je0syg/learning_about_muscular_christianity_and_its/

Hello, I'd like to apply for the flair: The Isma'ili Da'wah Period 765-1270 CE / 148-669 AH

Here are some of my answers with regard to Isma'ilism:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mjgiub/how_did_saladin_treat_shiite_muslim_communities/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/lmlkcg/how_did_the_shia_dynasty_of_the_fatimid_come_to/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/lhxire/in_1192_conrad_of_montferrat_king_of_jerusalem/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

I've also provided some less elaborate answers:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/jse5m8/what_happened_to_the_fatimid_caliph_alhakim_in/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k7ow0s/are_there_references_to_the_ikhwan_alsafa_outside/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

If I am unsuccessful I'd love to hear how I can improve

Hi! I'm a Master's student (both the degree, and my age when I went back to school) at Central Michigan University. I've spoken here about how this subreddit made me decide to finally finish school and move on to a MA and possibly a Doctorate. I'd also like to apply for flair. My focus is Atlantic and early US History (up to 1865, though I like the decades between 1876 and 1914 as well), and I've posted on topics in and around the area before:

Benjamin Lay

Noah Webster and the simplification of American English

The History of Popcorn

And, while this is slightly outside my current historical focus, it's still history, even though I might have had this song on 8-Track...

Let me know if there is anything else I could provide, or anything I can add to my next application, should you decide I'm not ready yet.

EDIT: I'd meant to say that my focus was on Atlantic and early US History. My current plan for my thesis is a topic on the early Republic, from an Atlantic-history perspective.

-- bovisrex

Hello,

I would like to apply for a flair "Medieval to Early Modern Indian Military History"

Here are a few contributions I've made to this subreddit recently :

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mrtv6a/in_the_new_age_of_empires_game_the_delhi/guov33o?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mqv85v/how_rigid_was_the_social_hierarchy_in_the/guptvma?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/liwf92/i_am_an_indian_sepoy_soldier_employed_by_the_east/gn5repk?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mmf0e5/how_did_the_rajputs_go_from_being_the_principal/guyfu13?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mtwuir/were_there_any_tactical_advantage_to_firing/gv2rp5z?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

Thank you!

u/Georgy_K_Zhukov pestered me, so I'm putting in an application for a flair in Middle East History. (I also do the history of medicine, but I seem to be more Middle East focused here on Reddit).

• This comment on education in Ottoman and British Egypt got me my first Reddit award! Who knew it was going to be that one ...
• This one, on sex work in wartime Egypt, did not -- sad trombone.
• Why wasn't there much focus on A'isha's age at the time of her marriage to Muhammad before the 20th century?
• Short answer on why so many jihadists seem to come from Egypt.
• Why didn't Umar ibn al-Khuttab pick Ali as his heir, anyway?
• Why is Egypt no longer the breadbasket of the Mediterranean?

And thanks once again for consideration :)

I have come a-wondering if I could ask for my flair to be changed to Slavery in the US and British Caribbean | Early Mormonism, which I think is within the character limit.

I only have two answers to contribute on early Latter Day Saint history but I am hoping that I can be cheeky, and trade off their length and the $500,000 I'm wiring to your bank accounts my track record. These answers are:

• A five part answer on how the Latter Day Saint movement handled the question of succession after the murder of Joseph Smith Jr in 1844;
• A two part answer on Joseph Smith Jr's practice of polygamy and the age of some of the women and girls involved, plus this three-part exposition in follow-up.

If you'd like a third proper answer, we don't get many Mormon questions, so I may need a question to mysteriously appear on the sub.

Hello! Happy New Year! I would like to apply for the flair: Latin Literature | European Women's Histories | History of Feminism

Here's some answers I've provided:

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/l52i91/contraception_menstral_cycles_and_reproduction_in/gl56g2d/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/izhgph/im_a_welldo_roman_aristocrat_in_rome_during_the/g6jp7hr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/iywu0k/what_was_married_sex_life_like_before_birth/g6hh0br?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/eq3set/empathy_for_animals_in_antiquity/fenwd8r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

I've posted on the sub only from last week, but I have read tons of posts here. I think only a few of my posts qualify anyway. Am not expecting to get a flair this time, just testing my skills here and looking for feedback.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/jevaut/why_didnt_italy_and_japan_equip_all_of_their/gf41uqf/?context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/jy3icl/dday_tanks/gf25fa2/?context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k65ue7/how_often_were_captured_enemy_weapons_used_in/gf243gf/?context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k7x5c1/why_did_the_british_tanks_use_mainly_solid_shot/gf22v20/?context=3

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I was a volunteer tour guide at the Taiwan Armored Forces Museum for around 4 months and have read countless articles on armored warfare on Wikipedia. I'm an editor in Tank Encyclopedia, which is a huge collection of articles about almost every motorized vehicle from WW1 to - present day. English is not my first language so it makes take me longer to reply but I can still write it fluently with my factual information correct and by linking articles to OP for further reading.

Flair is something along the lines of "WW1 - Present day armored warfare" if the chance comes.

I figured that I would try my hand at getting some flair. My area of focus is on Finnish History post independence and their relations with the US (and more broadly World War II), so I've tried to answer questions related to that period, although the questions have been few and far between, so I've only gotten a chance to provide 3 comments over the past few months.

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Hi, former flaired user here, I believe under the name massdisasterblast, 5+ years ago.

I think my flair should be "African Literature/Sub-Saharan Society & Culture" if that is not too long or too vague.

Here is my most recent answer in my specialty:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/n27cvw/the_science_fiction_genre_in_africa_supposedly/gwitutk?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

This is my first attempt to apply for flair. I am a long-time subscriber/lurker, but contribute when I can. Usually I won't write major comments to topics that are not as well-known to me (even if I have some basic understanding). In addition, I almost always need to be at a computer, given that good posting here requires easier access to sources and typing for me.

I am an adjunct history professor for two different colleges, teaching general education courses and one on the Civil War.

My suggested flair is: United States Presidency/20th Century History

Here are specific posts:

Why is JFK considered to be a good president?

Vice President Replacements

Why did President Cleveland keep his mouth surgery a secret?

Any feedback would be great!

Hi, I would like to attempt a flair application under the category of Asian History, with specific area of specialisation being “Medieval and Colonial Maritime Southeast Asia”. Here are some recent questions I have answered (edited because I suck at formatting):

How come Christian missionary work was unsuccessful in Indonesia?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/no28mf/how_come_christian_missionary_work_was/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Did Asia experience any “Golden Age of Piracy”?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/n2bja5/did_asia_experience_any_golden_age_of_piracy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

What's the History of Overseas Chinese in Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/muw6s8/whats_the_history_of_overseas_chinese_in_thailand/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Why did the Khmer Empire collect human gallbladders?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nd6v5q/why_did_the_khmer_empire_collect_human/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

Why was the Khmer Empire and the Kingdom of Champa influenced by Indian culture despite being much closer to China?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/nh1625/why_was_the_khmer_empire_and_the_kingdom_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

Did South East Asia (both Mainland and Maritime) ever use metal armor? How would metal armor be used in hot, humid climates?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/n5oiyh/did_south_east_asia_both_mainland_and_maritime/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Thanks!

If you have questions about the Application process, please post them only as a reply to this stickied top-level comment. Thank you!