More Noted Things ...
Cliopatria Takes Another Step Toward World DominationOthers, like Brian Ulrich of Brian's Study Breaks, have had intuitions of it, but Eric Muller at Is That Legal? ripped the veil from Cliopatria's designs on global dominion. Apparently, it was the designation of Chris Bray as Vicar General of Her Majesty's Imperial Guard that tipped her hand. But, we are history; and you cannot escape our domain!
According to this story from the Times, John Donne intended at least some of his poetry to be sung. After the discovery of some settings in London's British Library and Oxford's Bodlian, four pieces by Donne will be heard for the first time in 400 years in a concert at St. Paul's Cathedral on 9 June. Thanks to Moby Lives for the tip.
Forget the Freedom Fries. The Library of Congress and the French National Library have joined forces to create an extra-ordinary bilingual website,"France in America," on the French presence in North America from the 16th to the 19th centuries. It includes more than 100,000 images from the rare book collections of the two libraries. Thanks to Sharon Howard of Early Modern Notes and Dale B. Light of Light Seeking Light for the link. But, did you know that France still has colonial territory in North America? Eb at no great matter knows.
Abdul-Walid of Ascerbia has a very interesting five-part series about black America. Sepoy at Chapati Mystery especially recommends this part. You may not agree with Abdul-Walid, but his series is thought provoking.
Over 2800 of us have now signed Jeff Weintraub's on-line petition in support of the American Association of University Professor's condemnation of the British Association of University Teachers' boycott of the Israeli universities, Haifa and Bar-Ilan, and blacklisting of their faculty members. Consider joining us. Here's an up-dated short list of some of us who have signed it. Ordinarily, I think professional organizations should hesitate to take public policy positions on controversial issues, but I am joining Jon Wiener of the University of California, Irvine, in asking the executive committees of the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians to support the AAUP's position.
After reading my"Were There Blog Enough and Time" and Manan Ahmed's"Blogging: It's Easier Than You Think!" in Perspectives, Nadia at Chapati Mystery said:"I can see it now: hundreds of crusty historians, rolling up their elbow-patched sleeves, and diving in." Well, that was the idea, but what's with the" crusty"?
At Crooked Timber, Kieran Healy points out that John Lott, American Enterprise Institute scholar-in-residence, Federalist Society lecturer, and sock puppeteer extra-ordinaire, is at it again. Once caught praising his own scholarship and his teaching on-line, Lott initially tried to blame it on his son, but was finally forced to admit that he was, indeed, Mary Rosh. Check out that link. If I'm not mistaken, John's been plucking his eyebrows again. He certainly has been praising himself again, this time as the ungendered"Economist123". So, what John learned from his first exposure as a sock-puppeteer was"Don't post in drag." This is creepy, John. Get some help.
Congratulations to Horizon's Ben Brumfield. Josephine Marie Brumfield was born on 9 May.
Finally, Cliopatria surpassed 250,000 pageviews yesterday. That's a benchmark of sorts. Thanks to Jon Dresner for the nudge about it and to you for being here. Come back often.