Alan Baumler: Best History Blog Writer, 2006
It’s official: Best Writer: Alan Baumler at Frog in a Well Of all the nominations, the judges felt that Alan Baumler’s writing for Frog in a Well is...
Author: Jonathan Dresner
The Wall Is Great!
One of these days we’re all going to get tired of Great Wall metaphors for China…. I hope. For now, it’s being over-visited by tourists and st...
Grading Finished; Blogging Resumes
She really has no conviction to her writing. It seemed merely argumentative and she was just trying to prove her points through facts. That’s alright to m...
AHC #10 is up
Gracchi at Westminster Wisdom has put together a fantastic 10th AHC. The material ranges from the Russian Near East to Japan, Mongolia to India, and closes out ...
Pearl Harbor and the longue duree
In honor of the 65th anniversary, HNN has a Pearl Harbor extravaganza this week. There’s a little recap, and the obligatory zombie error smackdown, which ...
Love and Inspiration
My aunt, Alice Schlossberg, passed away on Sunday. She was the first Asianist and history teacher in my family, and I will miss her terribly. Perhaps my first r...
Someone’s class project….
Apparently, some English class at a Japanese university is exploring the Anglophone Blogosphere in search of pen pals and practice. (This is the closest thing t...
Monthly Miscellany
The carnivals roll on: Nathanael Robinson hosted the last AHC, and did a very nice job. The next edition will be hosted by our very own Owen Miller in a week or...
Monthly Miscellany
The carnivals roll on: Nathanael Robinson hosted the last AHC, and did a very nice job. The next edition will be hosted by our very own Owen Miller in a week or...
Monthly Miscellany
The carnivals roll on: Nathanael Robinson hosted the last AHC, and did a very nice job. The next edition will be hosted by our very own Owen Miller in a week or...
Asking Stupid Questions… so you don't have to
My father, in his brief teaching career, used to say to his students “If you have a question, you have to ask it. Odds are good that other people have the...
Remiss in my duties…. yours, too!
Mea maxima culpa. Due to a regrettable lack of focus on bloggerly things, I’ve let my carnival friends down. First, I never congratulated Roy Berman on a ...
I can’t wait until they have calendar implants….
Mea maxima culpa. Due to a regrettable lack of focus on bloggerly things, I’ve let my carnival friends down. First, I never congratulated Roy Berman on a ...