Things Not Yet Noted

Foreseeing another healthy job market in Middle Eastern history, some graduate students have established Middle Eastern History Academic Jobs (The Rumor Mill). Departments can be brutally indifferent about notifying candidates about the state of a job search. Candidates can help each other by sharing what they know.

Peter Jones,"Britons Never Shall Be Slaves," Literary Review, n.d., reviews David Mattingly's An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54BC - AD409. Perhaps the best line is still the one that Tacitus gave to Calgacus:"Perverting language, they call robbery, butchery and extortion ‘government', and when they make a desert, they call it ‘peace'."

Sylvia Hochfield,"Rembrandt: Myth, Legend, and Truth," Art News, summer, surveys the state of Rembrandt studies in the 400th anniversary year of his birth. Thanks to Arts & Letters Daily for the tip.

Mark Brady, Anthony Cormack, Brett Holman, Tony Keen, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, George Simmers, and Dan Todman debate a British proposal to pardon 306 men who were condemned to death for cowardice in World War I.

Niall Fergusson,"The Next War of the World," Foreign Affairs, September/October, anticipates another world war – one that the United States could, but might not be willing to forestall. Thanks to Manan Ahmed for the tip.

Finally, farewell to Victoria Gray Adams, one of the civil rights movement's many heroines."Well done, thou good and faithful servant."