The changing world of scholarship
I got a box of books in the mail yesterday. This book to be exact I’m not really interested in reading it, as I assume I already know what’s ...
Category: China
Some China News
The 11th Asian History Carnival is up, and the next host will be this blog’s own Alan Baumler! In spite of new evidence regarding Japanese war crimes, a J...
Does learning Chinese bring about world peace?
China Law blog asks an interesting question, and as they specifically call us out for a response, I thought I would say something. The question they asks is ...
Han Dynasty Pig Sty-Latrine
Courtesy of the Minneapolis Museum of Art
Pigs, Shit, and Chinese History, Or Happy Year of the Pig
The intriguing pig map in Alan Baumler’s post, “Pigs” (January 11) reminds us that 2007 is the Year of the Pig. Wikipedia informs us that a person born in the y...
Luoyang shovel
This is the famous 洛阳铲, or luoyang shovel, one of the most important tools in Chinese archeology. The basic idea is that you take it and shove it in the ground ...
Classes started today
And, as is something of a tradition here at the Frog, I am posting links to my syllabi for comments and suggestions. Actually we usually do this early enough to...
Bo Yibo 1908-2007
Bo Yibo has died He is probably best known today for being the father of one of the leading members of the so-called Prince’s faction and current Minister...
Bad History: Mongols good, US bad?
Jack Weatherford’s piece reprinted in the latest edition of (the increasingly inaptly named) Japan Focus argues that the US occupation of Iraq is a failur...
Pigs
How many pigs were there in China during the warlord era? I came across the wonderful site Strange Maps, and one of their offerings was a 1922 map of world hog ...
The uses of the past
I have been thinking about public history and the uses of the past a bit lately, and reading Craig Clunas’ Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social...
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...
Charles W. Hayford Member Introduction
First, thanks for allowing me into the Frog in a Well project. You’ve set a high standard. I promise not to call it “Frog Blog” or “Frog in th...