The New, New Old*

I'd almost trade in my four earned degrees to be an upper class student at Swarthmore this semester. Have a look at Tim Burke's syllabus for his"History of the Future, Spring 2006." It's hard to imagine a more interesting course.

If you haven't checked Cliopatria's History Blogroll lately, you may not know that it continues to grow. It includes about 300 history blogs, including a dozen that post primary sources and another dozen in Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Portuguese. As a sampler of its rich diversity, here are some of the most recent additions:

1947 Project concentrates on crime in Los Angeles in 1947.
America's Suburb focuses on the history of California's San Fernando Valley.
Civil War Memory, Kevin Levin, who was on the program at the recent AHA convention, blogs from Charlottesville about his passion.
The Hedgehog Review reflects on early modern philosophy.
Land of Lime, a blog on south Asian history and culture.
Miscellany is K's livejournal.
Past Tense, Arjan van der Gaag blogs in English from Holland.
Patrimonios is a Portuguese history blog.
Podesta is a British blog about teaching and learning history.
Travel on the Gravel attends to the history of the western America's Great Plains.

If that's not a sufficient taste of the New New Old for you, Dave Davisson at Patahistory reminds me to call your attention to one of Caleb McDaniel's recent projects: a massive list of sites compiled for Johns Hopkins' history department at del.icio.us. No need to be intimidated by its size. You can call them up by Areas, Countries, Periods, Topics, and Types.

*With apologies to Rob MacDougall.