I have a feeling this might fall into the "Other" category but I'd like to apply for "History of Freemasonry". Here are some relevant and recent answers:

My German great-great-grandfather refused to evacuate Poland at the end of WWII as he believed there would be fellow Freemasons in the Red Army who would recognise him. Was this a common belief among Masons in WWII?

Were any secret organizations (e.g., the Knight's Templar, the Illuminati, etc.) active in Italy (or, more broadly, Europe) during the 14th - 16th centuries? If so, what were their aims?

Anti-Masonic sentiment seemed to be extremely prevalent in the early United States. How was this reconciled with the fact that many Founding Fathers were Freemasons?

In War and Peace, the Freemasons are "displeased" with "perceived illuminism" of one of their peers. Why would they be displeased? Weren't Freemasons also into similar ideas?

Fingers crossed..

Southern NW Coast Warfare and Society

• In polygamous societies where men marry multiple women, such as Zulu's and Mormons. Are there a large group of men who have no one left to marry, as for every extra wife there is another male who has no wife?

• Why didn’t civilizations in the Americas develop castles, catapults, and the general medieval sieges we saw in Asia or Europe?

• The abortion debate is often viewed entirely through the lens of popular Abrahamic Religions such as Christianity. What did Native American religions think of abortion?

Hi! Would like to apply for a flair, please. Either the more general Roman Archaeology, or Pompeii & Herculaneum as that is where the majority of my answers have fallen so far.

Recently, I discussed what happened in the aftermath of the AD 79 eruption in Pompeii, as well as why pre-1800 maps show Pompeii, some issues around the excavations of the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, and also why some believe another, possibly Latin library, could exist at the Villa of the Papyri.

I've also discussed the historicity of the kings of Rome, and I'm looking forward to more questions regarding the early city of Rome and pre-Roman Italy.

Thanks for your consideration!

(Edited to add that I've just posted an answer discussing defensive walls used by Roman and non-Roman settlements & this answer about the shape of transport amphorae)

(ETA three more answers: a discussion of how damnatio memoriae does/does not affect what we know about the past, an answer about books on pre-Roman Italy so long I had to break it into two separate parts (guess I had a bit to say!), and a brief one on the use of strigils in Roman bathing culture. Also, a bonus answer that'll have nothing to do with my flair, but some history of the Nottingham Forest kit, for fun!)

I think it's time I finally give it a try. For a flair, I was thinking something like "Derg Rule In Ethiopia" or more broadly " Post-WW2 Ethiopia".

My answers:

Here I talk about the relationship between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Derg regime

Here I discuss the famous Ogaden War. Specifically, whether or not the superpowers switched sides during the conflict.

Here I talk about the rise of Tigrayan nationalism and the rise of the TPLF

While technically not an answer, I'll still include my post on Tuesday Trivia where I go through the sequence of events that led to the rise of the Derg

Bonus

And this is my first answer on the sub. While technically not about the Derg, it's nevertheless still important in order to understand the civil war during their rule

Hi, I would like to apply for a flair. My field of expertise is in the European Early Modern History, specifically Cultural History.

1. Here I answer a question about how today's usage of italics came to be.
2. Here I debunk an amusing literary topic regarding Simplicissimus
3. Here I more broadly explain the genesis of Sci-Fi. At the point of writing, another user already answered the question more specifically, so I took the opportunity to shed a broader light onto the topic.
4. Here I explain what "German" as a concept of a shared identity means, and how it evolved.
5. Here I explain in detail how the ruler of the HRE ruled, or didn't rule, a realm far away from his actual residence.

My strategy of answering questions is to include images and try to make the reader find the clues themselves, e.g. in the italics [1] answer. I believe, including maps and images improves the experience on /r/AskHistorians by a large degree.

Hi mods, I'm back! I am applying for my flair to say "Eastern Europe 1300-1800 | Notorious Noblewomen".

Edit to add: my category would be European History.

Everything you know about Elisabeth Báthory is wrong.

Was Elisabeth Báthory innocent? And Can we assume infamous pre-modern serial killers like Elizabeth Báthory or Gilles de Rais were guilty of at least some of their crimes?

How was Elisabeth Báthory able to get away with so many crimes for so long? Posted yesterday.

How much do we know about what the Ottoman Sultans got up to when they visited the harem?

Why is the lower Danube a national border (politically and linguistically/culturally speaking) while the lower Rhine isn't?

Why didn't the Reformation in the XVI century spread to Eastern Europe?

What language did Eastern Europeans speak circa 1600?

Has killing a vampire with a cross always been part of the mythology?

Were there any influential women during the Age of Enlightenment?

Hi! I'd like to apply for a flair for "American and European History | Food and Cooking." My interests are mostly in the culinary exchange and developments between America, France, and England from Columbus onwards. (Edit: I think the category would be NA History but it seems like more of my answers apply to England so European History may be more appropriate)

In the HBO series "The Gilded Age" the fictional Russell family is asked to prepare a luncheon in the "English style". When the chef and butler are told this they rattle off stereotypes of English food being bland. Was this already the case in the public eye, or is it just used to poke fun?

For a country that had a huge Empire and access to all kinds of seasonings and spices, why is traditional British food so bland?

Why are ancient and medieval recipes so vague? Often lacking amounts, instructions, or times, they seem quite vague. Were they intended to be some sort of inspiration, rather than direct instructions?

Hi there, I was encouraged to apply for flair, so I am! The flair I would like to apply for is on the subjects of "Rock & Roll", "Popular Music", and "The Beatles" (or something like that).

Here are some of my answers in this sub:

• How was the Beatles' rooftop concert perceived by the Londoners back in 1969? Did it even sound okay? Were there complaints and grumbles in the papers later?

• Why didn't any of the Beatles attend Mal Evans, their road manager) funeral?

• What is the earliest African-American music for which we have a recorded melody?

• Why was Woodstock's festival such an iconic moment in history ? How was it any different?

• A lot of the greatest albums of all time in music now seem to be rock/pop/rap albums. What works would have been considered the greatest 50 to 60 years ago?

Why not. I'd like to apply for "Middle Byzantine Literature" or something in that area.

• Are there any love stories set during the crusades? Are there any love stories or tales between a Christian man and a Muslim woman and vice versa?

• Constantinople would have had lots of previous Roman monuments with Latin Inscriptions... Did they have a good connection with Latin even after Greek became their official language?

• In 979, the general Bardas Phocas ended the rebellion of the usurper Skleros by defeating the latter in personal combat. How common and important was personal combat in Byzantine warfare?

• Did the Byzantines recognize the title of 'Emperor' unlike the Romans of the early and late empire?

• What was the byzantine view on ancient greek, pagan monuments, such as the Parthenon?

I'd argue that you need a solid understanding of classical literature to analyze Byzantine literature, so here are some answers in more traditionally classical questions:

• Did the ancient Greeks, especially in Athens, see any contradiction in their city be dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, but women in their city weren't able to vote and go to schools? How they justified that, or to them, simply there wasn't a problem?

• I read on reddit a few days ago that the 300 richest people in Athens would be the only people to pay taxes. Is this true, if so, were there any perks or social or otherwise? Was there a lot of turnover as to who belonged. It's a fascinating concept and I would like to learn more.

• What caused the Flavian hairstyle for Roman women to be so different from previous and future styles?

Hello, I have been a long-time lurker going back to my undergrad days but now, as a (relatively new) contributor, I'd like to apply for a flair.

Requested flair text: "Imperial Examinations and Society | Late Imperial China"

All of my relevant, top-level history answers so far:

Literacy in imperial China

The purpose of a Chinese-style Censorate

Silver and gold in Ming China

Motherhood in elite, late imperial families

Last stands in Chinese history

Single/widowed mothers in late imperial China

I have also have two answers which reference Chinese history but are more related to the historical method than historical events themselves, although these two answers are admittedly scant on sources:

Fact checking your sources

Historical records in modern history

Lastly, the two lower level answers I gave which are related to the time period:

Integrity problems with the Imperial Examination system (no sources)

Mandarin phonology

Finally, to show that I have breadth, only a slightly related answer but which was still featured in the Sunday Digest along with the above mentioned comments:

Sun Yat-Sen and the nascent Chinese Communist Party (at least it's China...)

Hello, I would like to apply for a flair, perhaps something like "Islamic World" or "History and Culture of the Islamic World".

1. Here is my answer (almost a month ago) for Tuesday Trivia on the history of vegetarianism in the pre-modern Islamic world.

2. Here is my answer on the impact of the anti-religious Medieval poet al-Ma'arri.

3. Here is my answer on the concept of "Abrahamic religions," answering a question about potential examples beyond Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

4. Here is my answer on the impact of African Islamic musical traditions on American musical history (particularly on the blues).

5. Here is my answer on the history of lesbianism in the pre-modern Islamic world.

Hello, I would like to apply for a flair for New Deal | Great Depression | Civilian Conservation Corps

How effective was the New Deal

Segregation in the CCC

Why the Dustbowl is taught at such a young age

Hello. I'd like to apply for flair - something like "20th Century Western Food and Dining"

Here is a recent post talking about the origin of the three-course meal.

Here is a post talking about the movement to fresh foods in 20th century America.

Here is a post about chickens and chicken consumption.

Here is one about street food in the US.

Here is one about food at Delmonico about a hundred years ago.

I also have been a mod at /r/askculinary for a long time and have done my level best to uphold standards.

Hello,

I'd like to apply for the flair "18th Century Military History | American Revolutionary War | Material Culture & Preservation”

Here’s link to some of my answers:

How can I take care of/preserve a Civil War hat?

Gun Position of British Soldiers in the Revolutionary War

Was there any Revolutionary War propaganda that kept the British soldiers going?

Was the Penobscot Expedition about the colonization of Native American lands? And what does Paul Revere have to do with it?

Subthread for leftover applications from last time

Hiya, I'm hoping to apply for a flair for "Legal History" and/or "Roman Law". The latter is my area of expertise, but I suppose it is properly speaking part of legal history!

The Roman law of water usage/aqueducts (please could you consider both the parent comment and my follow-up reply; I think they go well together as a two-part answer)

The historical basis for the treatment of spies under public international law

The colonial roots of anti-LGBTQ+ laws in certain African countries

Jesus' liability in Roman law for the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac (less recent but well-received)

Many thanks!

Is it finally time? Has the day come, or am I premature in trying and should shoot for more variety like I initially planned? I dunno, but I'm in the mood, so I guess I'm going for it now. Makto ko!

I'd like to apply for a flair in "Invented Languages (Conlangs)". Here's some stuff I've written on the topic:

• Why is Esperanto the most widely spoken conlang? What accounts for its dominance among constructed languages?

• In the past hundred years, fantasy conlangs like Sindarin and Klingon have been created to enhance their respective worlds. Do we know of any civilization or person pre-1900 that invented or used conlangs to enhance their storytelling?

• Did people try to replace Esperanto in Nazi Germany with another IAL? and also How were Esperanto speakers treated in the USSR?

• My diatribe against Tolkien loving exposé on MAR Barker

• April Fools post: Tolkien discusses Klingon

(Plus some more stuff about conlangs and languages in general can be found on my profile.)

Hi,

I'd like to apply for a flair in Oceania History and Asian History, and suggest "Maritime Southeast Asia and Australia (early modern period to present)"

Here's four examples:

On the history and oppression of people of Chinese descent in the Indonesian archipelago.

On British and Dutch attitudes towards the Australian continent prior to British settlement.

On contact and trade across the Papua, Northern Australia and the Malay archipelago before the modern era.

On Timor-Leste's independence and the broad historical context behind it.

I'd like to apply for a flair. The text would be "History of Indian Culture|Medieval Kerala". I am studying history at the undergraduate level at the moment, although I have also independently read several texts on Indian history. My expertise is in cultural developments in the Indian subcontinent, and since I'm from Kerala state, I know more specifically about the medieval history of this place, although I don't think I'll have much of an opportunity to use that knowledge. Here are my answers:

did the untouchable people of india ever have seperate temples/shrines they could go to? or did they know next to nothing about their own gods, having never stepped foot in any place of worship? (with 2 follow-ups)

What was the influence of China on the Indian subcontinent during ancient times ?

When & why did the characteristics that modern people find most odious about the Indian varna paradigm (noncomensality/"dirtiness" concepts, compulsory endogamy except via anuloma, contempt for lower classes and their work) begin to appear? (follow-ups)

Did Hinduism try to move to Monotheism?

In a recent interview with Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson claimed: "Now, in many ways, the first book was the Bible. I mean, literally." To what extent (if at all) is this true?Under this question, user doodoopop24 asked Not directly your field, but, any quick comments on notable Chinese or "Indian" specimins? to which I replied.

I have a few more answers, but these are the most indepth ones.

Hi, my area of knowledge focuses to the history of Chinese Medicine, with specific knowledge of the early texts, acupuncture, styles of literature, schools of thought and translation. I also dabble in some philosophy Han and Pre-han dynasty (mostly related to the philosophy of CM).

Here's an answer regarding the standards of medicine and whether it worked.

Here's an answer discussing infectious diseases in China.

Here's an answer discussing women's diseases in history.

I have other responses in my profile as well.

Hello! I would like to apply for a flair in "Ancient Greek History." If you want me to be more specific, I'm especially interested in ancient religion, mythology, and folklore; gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; historiography; and interactions between Greek cultures and cultures of the Near East. I understand that there is a sixty-four-character limit, so I would be willing to have a flair that says something like "Ancient Greek History | Religion, Gender, and Ethnicity."

I am currently expected to graduate from Indiana University Bloomington in May 2022 with a BA in history and classical studies (Latin/Greek), with an honors thesis in history about the Galloi (i.e., self-castrated devotees of the Phrygian mother goddess Kybele) and their religious practices in Hellenistic Asia Minor in the third and second centuries BCE. I have been accepted to an MA program in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at Brandeis University and that is most likely where I will be going in fall of this year.

As evidence of my expertise, below are links to five relatively recent answers I have written. I believe that all of these answers demonstrate my expertise in ancient Greek history and some of them demonstrate my expertise in specific sub-areas:

• My answer to the question "How were eunuchs viewed socially? Were they derided? honored?" (Notice that this one is quite long and broken into several parts.) I believe this answer clearly demonstrates my expertise in ancient religion and gender and possibly also ethnicity, since I talk about the Greek and Roman association of eunuchs with foreignness and cultures of the Near East.
• My answer to the question "Athens regularly held 'unpopularity contests;' the winner was exiled for a decade. Athens sent away dozens of leading citizens and war heroes. Did ostracism stabilize the democracy? Was it useful? Did the frequent recall of exiled citizens mean ostracism was counterproductive?"
• My answer to the question "Were any Greek cities particularly devoted to the worship of Ares, similar to how Athens emphasized the worship of Athena? Was the Athena-Athens level of worship specialization seen elsewhere?" I believe this answer demonstrates my expertise in ancient religion and possibly also ethnicity, since it slightly touches on the role of religion and belief in divine patronage in the formation of polis identity.
• My answer to the question "In a 1920 English translation of Philogelos, a collection of jokes written during the Late Antique, it uses the word 'pedant' throughout, what kind of stock character or stereotype is it trying to invoke?"
• My answer to the question "In Disney's 1997 Hercules, he calls Meg 'More beautiful than Aphrodite.' Would this be acceptable in Ancient Greece or heresy to compare a mortal to a godess? What was Ancient Greek courtship like?" I believe this answer demonstrates my expertise in ancient religion and gender.

If you need more evidence of my expertise, I have plenty of other answers I've written in this subreddit that I can cite. For now, though, I'm limiting myself to these five, since the directions above only say to list "3 to 5 answers."

Hello!

I already have a flair, I just wanted to have it updated to better reflect my current area of study. Can I have it changed to "Romano-Byzantine Military History & Archaeology"?

Although please keep me tagged on posts about the Xiongnu/Huns too.

Hello, here to apply for a flair! I've recently become active in this sub, and hoping to keep contributing with a flair!

My area of expertise is the institutional history of the Ottoman Empire- specifically the bureaucratic and diplomatic history of the empire. Not as involved in social history or military history, then, but I can answer questions about taxation, payment, promotion, social mobility, and similar topics.

Here are my examples of answers I've given so far:

1. Here is a thread where I wrote about the reward of soldiers and military officers in the early empire;
2. Here I wrote about the elite expectation that Jewish immigrants would contribute to the growth of trade in the Ottoman empire;
3. Here I explained how Turkic dynasties were formed in so many diverse cases, drawing on histories leading to the Ottoman Empire as well as Ottoman institutions
4. Here I wrote about the reasons behind greater Turkic as opposed to Mongol influence in lands conquered by the Mongolian invasions.

While not all my answers above are directly on theme, they all connect to the broader historical context that Ottoman history must be understood within, especially when considering the transfer and transformation of institutional traditions.

I would request my flair to be "History of Ottoman State Tradition" or "Institutional History of the Ottoman Empire", whichever is seen more fit (if no preference on behalf of the mods, I would prefer the former), and this would be under the broader category of "Middle Eastern History".

I will continue contributing to the sub wherever I can- I look forward to hearing back!

I want to apply for April Fools

I know a lot about the 16th century, the Mamluk Sultanate, the Ottoman Empire, the Renaissance, the 100 year war in Japan, the mercenary organizations, the use of guns, crossbows and arrows.

I haven't give any answers, I asked a question and got the answer from an author who wrote a book on crossbows. Kind of short on time here..

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