@scaliger

Grandfather, teacher of history, historian of scholarship and reading

 Princeton
Joined January 2009
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This is probably true also for colonial Latin American jobs like mine. And also true for most early modernists. And if you are a specialists of Ancient or Medieval history, then forget about it. Basically all pre- modern fields are screwed. It’s horrible.
Jonathan B. Field (he/him)@ThatJBF2 Mar 2024
It is kind of wild to think that if you are a tenured or tenure-track early American lit prof, you are almost certainly the last person who will have that job in the history of your institution.
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Great piece by Richard Ovenden on the attack on the BL, ongoing efforts to restore services and the abject failure of government to provide necessary support. standard.co.uk/comment/briti…

The British Library hack is a national outrage – the Government must pay to save it

It is a national outrage that the British Library has been unable to fulfil its function over the past three months following a savage cyberattack – and that its functioning is likely to be severely...

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A fine essay on two great historians of science. intellectualhistory.web.ox.a…

Jim Bennett and John Heilbron as Historians of Science and Intellectual Historians

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Not to mention your terrific piece in tje Chronicle on Omer Bartov.
Jacob Mikanowski@JMikanowski20 Dec 2023
Julia! This is so unbelievably, extraordinarily generous, I don't know what to say. Thank you!
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A classic
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The eternal Hyde Park question.
Ada Palmer@Ada_Palmer1 Jul 2023
Is there anywhere in/neat Hyde Park Chicago that does normal New York type pizza? Neither deep dish nor thin & crispy?
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Go Emily!
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A day to remember
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Excellent treatment of some hard issues by David Bell
Anthony Grafton@scaliger23 Aug 2022
Two Cheers for Presentism chronicle.com/article/two-ch…

Opinion | Two Cheers for Presentism

An essay by the president of the American Historical Association generated a firestorm of criticism — but got some things right.

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Two Cheers for Presentism chronicle.com/article/two-ch…

Opinion | Two Cheers for Presentism

An essay by the president of the American Historical Association generated a firestorm of criticism — but got some things right.

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Thank you so much, David. This is really helpful.
David A. Bell@DavidAvromBell18 Aug 2022
James Sweet has started a pretty predictable Twitterstorm with his critique of “presentism,” and of “read[ing] the past through the prism of contemporary social justice issues—race, gender, sexuality, nationalism, capitalism.” But what is presentism? /1 historians.org/publications-…

September 2022

This issue explores legacies of colonialism.

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Oy.
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They always ask me for ID, despite my grey locks and beard. But the beer in my case contains alcohol.
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WWCS (what would Cardano say?)
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Woot!
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The poetry of NJ in summer
Anne Margaret Daniel@venetianblonde14 Jun 2022
Replying to @profrhodrilewis
Our front yard is the same. Just came in with the dogs, dazzled. Gnight.
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Always listen to your writing partner
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Because if you are from Philadelphia, you’ve gotta have it.
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So sorry about the COVID. Feel better soon.
Madeline McMahon@madmcmahon10 Jun 2022
Back in Austin! I marked the end of the semester with a mostly wonderful trip to Germany & London (unfortunately I did encounter the dreaded covid at the end—apologies to those I owe emails). Getting back on my feet and looking forward to seeing folks in ATX before long.
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