If you're staring down a writing project and kind of dreading working on it this morning, you can join my online writing group of historians. We meet on Zoom for about two hours (Thursdays 9am Eastern this semester). Email, DM, or reply for a link. No commitment; come for as much or as little suits.
Alongside "who built Hadrian's wall?", another great example of knowledge falling foul of 'common understanding' is scurvy. The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
I am so sorry to learn that Dennis McClendon passed away this summer. Anyone who cared about Chicago's geography and history knew and admired his work.
I was wondering about Tim Walz's 2006 election and went to Electing the House of Representatives (ETHOR), which has the district's electoral history. He flipped it from a 59-60% R district + held it until he ran for governor in 2018; it narrowly flipped back to R. dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/con...
Hey, gang -- if you're looking for a Zoom writing group of mostly historians on Thursday mornings, you can join the group I've been running since summer 2020. Numerous books and articles have come out of this group! Reply, DM, or email (lwinlingATvtDOTedu) for the Zoom link and email list.
Breaking: Spiderweb inscribed with the word ‘HUMBLE’ found outside the doorway of Minnesota governor’s residence