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Propose a Paper for the PNW History Conference 4 Aug 2013 | 04:56 am
Here it is--the official Call for Papers for the 65th (!) annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest History Conference. The theme this year is “Citizenships in the Pacific Northwest.” Like all good con...
The Toughest Historical Reenactment you will ever see 29 Jul 2013 | 02:16 am
What sort of events are suitable for first-person historical interpretation In July of 1946, two black couples were lynched by white vigilantes near Moore's Ford Bridge in Georgia. One of the men, Ro...
Charlie LeDuff Canoes the Rouge River 12 Jul 2013 | 03:14 am
This video is a terrific little piece of local reportage and public history. Charlie LeDuff is a legend in Detroit, where he is known for such reporting as Waiting for the Detroit Police and Meals on ...
Free "Hippie Happening" Tonight in Spokane 9 Jul 2013 | 11:54 pm
This just in. I am sucker for old hippies and will be there.
Open Letter to the Historians of the 22nd Century: Sorry for All the Stuff 17 Jun 2013 | 12:05 am
So today I read one of the sillier posts I have ever seen on an academic blog, in which the author bemoans an imagined decline of diary-keeping in the present era. Future historians will have nothing ...
Hozomeen: A Story about Chert, Identity, and Landscape 11 Jun 2013 | 11:23 am
How did I not post this before? This beautiful and interesting film features some of the work National Park Service archaeologist Bob Mierendorf has done in the North Cascades, with a focus on the fli...
Cats: Getting their Stupid Paws in Your Stuff Since 100 A.D. 3 Jun 2013 | 09:35 pm
Here is a fairly cheesy local news spot about a fascinating artifact--a Roman brick found during excavations at Fort Vancouver. And it has paw prints! This article from the Atlantic, 1 Kitty, 2 Empir...
Hacking the Academy--Now in Print 30 May 2013 | 02:45 am
Hacking the Academy is now available in print. Hacking is the product of a digital humanities experiment to write a book in a week, on the theme of "hacking the academy." The volume includes an essay ...
Stanford to Pay Humanities PhDs to Go Away 28 May 2013 | 05:34 am
Recent history PhDs trek to the Ed department Once upon a time, I worked with an old man who had a sad secret. When the man was young, he had fallen deeply in love with a girl whom his rich parents ...
"Thanks for the info on your blog, but . . ." 25 May 2013 | 11:39 am
Well, you cannot please everyone! From the morning electronic mailbox comes this missive: Dr. Cebula: I found the "Patrick Henry Said What?" entry on your blog while searching for the origin of the ...
