A Few More Noted Things

Manan Ahmed will host History Carnival XXXIV on 1 July. Send nominations of exemplary history posts since 15 June to him at manan*at*uchicago*dot*edu or use the form. Jonathan Dresner is seeking hosts for the Asian History Carnival and the Carnival of Bad History. If you are interested in hosting either of them, contact him at dresner*at*hawaii*dot*edu .

There will be no public auction of the Martin Luther King Papers by Sotheby's on 30 June. Late yesterday, a coalition of interests in Atlanta confirmed a purchase of the papers for $32,000,000. Mayor Shirley Franklin forged the coalition of contributors and local institutions. Title to the collection will be held by King's alma mater, Morehouse College, and it will remain in the city.

Jonathan Wilson and Nathanael Robinson are discussing Latin as the language of empire; and Tim Burke and Rob MacDougall are discussing comic book heroes.

You can access Roy Rosenzweig's important article,"Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past," Journal of American History, June, directly at that link. Thanks to Manan Ahmed for the tip.

Foreign Affairs, July/August, features"What to do about Iraq? A Roundtable" with contributions by Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, Chaim Kaufmann, Leslie H. Gelb, and Stephen Biddle. Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for the tip.

Finally, Barista's David Tiley has been having a bad time of it and Nathanael Robinson suggests we wish him well."Coming Back Slowly" is an amazing account of it. David sick is a better writer than I am well. And, farewell to Hubert Rudolf Georg Schwyzer, the father of our colleague, Hugo. Cliopatria sends our best wishes to the family.