25
Nov
Correspondence Course
During the depths of the lockdown in March, I imagined a course for our times that would be completely free
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Tom Scheinfeldt
Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
24
Nov
Briefly Noted for November 24, 2020
I just finished Alan Mikhail's God's Shadow, an excellent history of the Ottoman Empire told through
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20
Nov
Farming in the Suburbs
I write bad poetry from time to time. I use this space to record it. I wrote this one in
09
Aug
Rethinking ROI
This semester I'll be co-chairing our President's "Life-Transformative Education" task force, a signature initiative
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24
Oct
Briefly Noted for October 24, 2018
Caitlin Flanagan's eloquent description of how histories, true or false, operate in families (e.g. Elizabeth Warren'
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26
Sep
Collaboration and Emergent Knowledge at Greenhouse Studios
Crossposted from Greenhouse Studios
Since the 1970s, scholars in fields as varied as sedimentology, ornithology, sociology, and philosophy have come
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20
Aug
Briefly Noted for August 21, 2018
Test everything; retain what is good.
1 Thessalonians, Chapter 5
10
Aug
Briefly Noted for August 10, 2018
Hugh Trevor Roper on specialization in history...
Today most professional historians ‘specialise’. They choose a period, sometimes a very brief
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29
Jun
In their own words: How tech leaders can help you argue for the humanities
I firmly believe the case for the humanities is best made on its own terms. Rather than bending pretzel-like to
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09
Jun
The Pseudoiterative Academic
With the semester having just ended, many of us are settling into new summertime routines and hoping those routines supports
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