history
The past, the present and the future walk into a bar…
It was tense.
Historians are a lot like Shakespeare…
Historians are well known for mish-mashing words together because they are too lazy to explain in a full sentence haha
‘It was them versus me, and I was terrified.’
This is a very interesting take on Officer Wilson's testimony provided by legal scholar Patricia Wiliams: Wilson aired a series of stereotypes that pluralized Michael Brown. In the Renisha McBride case, Theodore Wafer, who was convicted in her killing, kept saying “them,” kept talking about “them.” It was them versus me, and I was terrified. … Continue reading ‘It was them versus me, and I was terrified.’
‘Tell me how I’m supposed to breathe with no air, Can’t live, can’t breathe with no air’
To what extent can the anti-Semitism common in fin-de-siècle Continental Europe be regarded as a vehicle of social and political protest?
Although by the late nineteenth century most European countries had emancipated their Jews, legal equality did not convert into social equality. Despite religious anti-Judaism being prevalent since as early as the Middle Ages, the growth of anti-Semitism in fin-de-siècle Continental Europe occurred largely as a vehicle for social and political protest climaxing in the close … Continue reading To what extent can the anti-Semitism common in fin-de-siècle Continental Europe be regarded as a vehicle of social and political protest?
Whenever you feel stupid…
Summary of Stefan Berger’s “History and national identity: why they should remain divorced”
(One of my first university pieces) Stefan Berger’s article is intrinsically critical of historiographic nationalism in its description of the development of this over the past few centuries. It explores the ideas of patriotism and implores that a separation between national history and national identity is key, though this is often confused or ignored. Berger … Continue reading Summary of Stefan Berger’s “History and national identity: why they should remain divorced”
Aren’t Victorian jokes just the finest?
Why is the devil riding a mouse like one and the same thing? Because it is synonymous. Another little Victorian wordplay courtesy of historytoday.com
The Historian's Apprentice 