Friday Notes

Robert Darnton,"The Library in the New Age," NYRB, 12 June, makes the case for the continuing centrality of libraries.

Edward Rothstein,"Antiquities, the World Is Your Homeland," NYT, 27 May, builds on the argument of James Cuno's Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage that current interpretations of the cultural properties movement threaten the preservation of antiquities.

Eric Ormsby,"Geniuses and the Men Hidden Inside Them," NY Sun, 21 May, reviews Silvan Schweber's Einstein & Oppenheimer: The Meaning of Genius. Hat tip.

Ronald Radosh,"Ronald Reagan's World," NY Sun, 29 May, reviews Sean Wilentz's The Age of Reagan.

Finally, our colleagues, Rob MacDougall and Bill Turkel, and lots of other kool kids will be participating in the Center for History and New Media's THATCamp this weekend. It's a Summit Conference of the Axis of Digital Evil. I wouldn't understand a word that will be said, but I expect Rob and Bill to report back to us.