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Blog CCVIII (208): Ten Greatest Television and Film College Professors
The most previous post got me to thinking about the portrayals of college professors in film and on television. I suppose one could write a serious, scholarly article on the topic, but that also seems...
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I have never really believed that faculty unions will solve the problems facing history. With that said, while I am a bit skeptical, I am open-minded. The Organization of American Historians has...
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Blog CCX (210): People News
A couple of new developments in the history business have transpired of late that are worth taking note of. Here they are:Benjamin H. IrvinThe Journal of American History has a new editor. Benjamin...
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Blog CCXI (211): Patton as an Academic
Mark GrimsleyMark Grimsley of The Ohio State University is one of the leading military historians in the profession. He writes primarily on the Civil War time period. His first book was: The Hard...
View ArticleBlog CCXII (212): Writing in History
In previous posts--Blog XXII and Blog XXV--this blog has stressed the importance of writing well. As I have argued, this skill is a factor--more indirect than direct, but significant nonetheless--in...
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Blog CCXIII (213): Life in Hell Again
The best parody has an element of truth in it. Here is another cartoon from Matt Groening's Life in Hell comic strip. I never dropped out of grad school, but everything else has the ring of truth to...
View ArticleBlog CCIV (214): Writing in History Some More
What does it take to be a good writer in the profession of history? That is an issue that does not get discussed much in graduate programs—at least not at the schools I attended. Despite that fact it...
View ArticleBlog CCXV (215): The Mechanics of Trade Book Publishing Revisited
In the early days of this blog, I wrote several essays on the publishing process. Three focused on what it took to get a book into print:Blog XXII (22): Book PublishingBlog XXIII (23): The Mechanics...
View ArticleBlog CCXVI (216): More Writing Roundtables
The roundtable listed in Blog CCXV was not the first one to discuss the importance of writing well in history in recent years. There was a session at the 2014 American Historical Association Annual...
View ArticleBlog CCXVII (217): What is Your Purpose?
Several of the recent posts have focused on writing and publishing--the two are different things. One issue that has not been discussed much is the purpose of the historical writing. Another way of...
View ArticleBlog CCXVIII (218): What to Do with the "Systematic Inequality" Findings
This essay is from the better-late-never department. This essay was intended as a follow up to Blog CLXXIX, where I basically endorsed the findings of the article "Systematic Inequality." I am going...
View ArticleBlog CCXIX (219): "The History Ph.D. as..." Series Revisited
"The History Ph.D. as...." series never died officially. (In fact, you might see two new entries fairly soon.) I just ran out of contacts and good ideas on how to structure some of the articles....
View ArticleBlog CCXX (220): An Open Letter
In 2011 Larry Cebula of Eastern Washington University became something of an internet sensation when he wrote a hilarious post on his blog: "Northwest History." The original essay turned into a three...
View ArticleBlog CCXXI (221): The History P.h.D./Major After Graduation
This blog started as a forum on which a dude in mid-career could give advice to junior scholars about some of the things I have learned on the job; that was not part of my formal grad school training....
View ArticleBlog CCXXII (222): The Logevall and Osgood Debate
Earlier this year, Fredrik Logevall of Harvard University and Kenneth Osgood of the Colorado School of the Mines started a public debate about the status of political history. They published an...
View ArticleBlog CCXXIII (223): The Quit Litters
Apparently there is a whole new genre called "academic quit lit." Basically these are essays from college professors--usually younger ones--who have decided to leave the profession in which they...
View ArticleBlog CCXXIV (224): Reflections on a Blog
When this blog started in 2009, I never thought I would be going into my eighth year with this endeavor. The start of this new year is also a good time to reflect on what we have done and where we...
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Blog CCXXV (225): Author's Corner
John Fea has an interesting series on his blog called the "Author's Corner" For the record, I should note that Fea states, "The Way of Improvement Leads Home is more than just a blog (or a book). It...
View ArticleBlog CCXXVI (226): Blast from the Past
It is a bit of an odd thing, but historians are basically clueless about the history of their own profession. In graduate school, we are taught the historiography of our field--the history of the...
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Blog CCXXVII (227): Debate Prequel
This post is one that I really wish I had written before Blog CCXXII (222): The Logevall and Osgood Debate. In May of 2011, Perspectives on History had a special issue on political history "Political...
View ArticleBlog CCXXVII (227) More of the Logevall and Osgood Debate
There has been more on the debate that Fredrik Logevall and Kenneth Osgood started last August on the pages of The New York Times. I suspect this debate will go on for quite a while and will probably...
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Blog CCXXVII (228): The State of Military History (Part 1)
Editorial Note: This posting is part of an exceptionally long essay on the status of military history. Since it is over 5,000 words in length, it has been divided into four parts. Click here to read...
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Blog CCXXIX (229): The State of Military History (Part 2)
Editorial Note: This posting is part of an exceptionally long essay on the status of military history. Since it is over 5,000 words in length, it has been divided into four parts. Click here to read...
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Blog CCXXX (230): The State of Military History (Part 3)
Editorial Note: This posting is part of an exceptionally long essay on the status of military history. Since it is over 5,000 words in length, it has been divided into four parts. Click here to read...
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Blog CCXXXI (231): The State of Military History (Part 4)
Editorial Note: This posting is part of an exceptionally long essay on the status of military history. Since it is over 5,000 words in length, it has been divided into four parts. Click here to read...
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