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  • Jan 28, 2006

    Saturday News

    by Cliopatria

    Joe Ellis looks at where to place 9/11 in the context of American history.

    An odd suggestion to do away with letters of recommendation in academic searches. Letters have their limits--no professor should, say, rely solely on a letter of recommendation to evaluate a candidate's scholarship. But they seem to me important tools in nar

  • Jan 27, 2006

    NCH WASHINGTON UPDATE (Vol. 12, #4; 27 JANUARY 2006) by Bruce Craig (editor)

    by Cliopatria

    1. SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATIONS JOIN PATRIOT ACT SUIT
    2. STATE OF THE ARCHIVES
    3. JUDGE ISSUES RULING ON CLASSIFICATION LAWS
    4. BITS AND BYTES: CRS Report ­ Rules and Procedures for Protecting Classified Procedures; NHPRC Editing Institute Announced; Library of Congress Issues Book on President’s Wives
    5. ARTICLES OF INTEREST: “Former Professor May Be Doomed to Repeat History” (JS Online)

    1. SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATIONS JOIN PATRIOT ACT SUIT Several scholarly o

  • Jan 27, 2006

    Robert Dreyfuss: Why Hamas's Victory Is a Disaster

    by Cliopatria

    Robert Dreyfuss is the author of Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam (Henry Holt, 2005). In this interview he explains that the Hamas victory was a disaster. He notes that Israel is in part responsible howev

  • Jan 27, 2006

    Around the Web

    by Cliopatria

    Inside Higher Ed reports on an Ohio State proposal to revamp its general education requirements. Among the components: creating large thematic interdisciplinary courses, while eliminating the current requirements that students take 6 credits in US history. Most unfortunate.

    Excellent piece in Slate on"the power madness of King George."

    As promised by NYU president

  • Jan 26, 2006

    The Historian as Soldier: Shadows and Fog (3)

    by Cliopatria

    Chris Bray is a member of the HNN blog Cliopatria, currently on extended leave from graduate school at UCLA to serve in Kuwait with the US Army. This blog entry is one in a series recording his reflections on his experiences. Click here to read the introduction to this series. Click here to read part one. Click here to read part two.
  • Jan 26, 2006

    Thursday News

    by Cliopatria

    Hamas wins. It's hard to see how this result will not benefit Netanyahu in the Israeli elections.

    Contrasting views on how the internet will affect the Islamic world: Joseph Braude cautions against complacency;

  • Jan 24, 2006

    quantitative history humor!

    by Cliopatria

    For those of you dying to see quantitative history humor represented in the public sphere, look no further than Wiley Miller's "Non Sequitur" for today, below the fold.

    Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the epistemic status of historical facts can be funny!

    My personal favorite bit of highbrow wit about the uncertain status of facts comes from John Coatsworth:
  • Jan 24, 2006

    Additionally Noted Things

    by Cliopatria

    Hindutvaism: Nalini Taneja's"A Saffron Assault Abroad," Hindunnet, n.d., looks at resistance by historians and other scholars to the Hindu Right's efforts to rewrite California's textbooks on India and Hinduism.

    Googlism: John Lancaster's"The Global ID," London Review of Books, 26 January, review

  • Jan 23, 2006

    A Handful of Desperate Rejectionists

    by Cliopatria

    U.S.A. Today:
    The number of attacks against coalition troops, Iraqi security forces and civilians increased 29% last year, and insurgents are increasingly targeting Iraqis, the U.S. military says. Insurgents launched 34,131 attacks last year, up from 26,496 the year before, according to U.S. military figures released Sunday. Insurgents are widening their attacks to include the expanding Iraqi force
  • Jan 23, 2006

    Tanks vs. Letters

    by Cliopatria

    In a recent post, I noted a situation described by John Robb on his blog, Global Guerillas: Insurgents have successfully shut down oil industry operations in southern Iraq by sending threatening letters to industry employees. For the cost of some stamps, insurgents caused serious economic disruption in Iraq -- and serious harm, theref
  • Jan 23, 2006

    History Carnival

    by Cliopatria

    The next History Carnival will be hosted on 1 February by The Elfin Ethicist.

    Email nominations for recently published posts about history (a historical topic, reviews of books or resources, reflections on teaching or researching history) to JonathanWilson[at]letu[dot]edu, or use the submission form provided by
  • Jan 22, 2006

    With Only God Left as a Witness

    by Cliopatria

    ... The film, "September Dawn," stars Jon Voight, Lolita Davidovich and Terence Stamp (Dean Cain, the director's son, makes a cameo appearance). Two newcomers, Trent Ford and Tamara Hope, play a frontier Romeo and Juliet in a romance played out against a drama of a mass murder that continues to engender controversy almost 150 years after the fact. Financed independently by September Dawn and Voice Pictures, it is currently being screened for distributors.

    An early look at
  • Jan 22, 2006

    Godwin, American Style?

    by Cliopatria

    This morning, Tim Russert asked whether references to slavery should be considered inappropriate, like references to Nazi Germany, because they are both too unique. Of course, he raised the question in the context of Sen. Clinton calling the leadership style of the Congress a 'plantation system.' I'd say no--slavery is not unique, it was (and is) a crime committed by many societies, with a variety of economic systems.

    What's interesting about 'Godwin's Rule' is that it reflects th
  • Jan 22, 2006

    More Noted Things

    by Cliopatria

    Unfortunately, the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans is unable to host the Fall 2006 convention of the Southern Historical Association. I'd been hoping for the SHA's early return to the Big Easy. The Fall convention has been moved to the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. The new dates for the convention are Wednesday 15 November through Saturday 18 November 2006. It looks like the SHA will not get back to New Orleans unt