Sexual Difference and the Anglo-Saxons – November 12
It’s been something of an Anglo-Saxon long weekend here at the University of Iowa! On Friday, of course, we had Hilary Fox’s lecture on mental …
Eadswith’s Madness – November 9
Image above: London, British Library MS Cotton Cleopatra C. VIII, f. 11. Ira (Anger), holding a shield, strikes with a sword at Patentia Yesterday we …
The Past in Colour
Photo colourisation by Sanna Dullaway / Original image from the Library of Congress Crossposted from my HASTAC blog; you can find my original post here …
DIY History?
Crossposted from my HASTAC blog; you can find my original post here at the HASTAC site. The University of Iowa Libraries have recently launched a …
The Troubles of Vilanera – October 24, 2012
On Wednesday afternoon, the Iowa Forum for Graduate Medievalists was host to its first guest lecturer—which meant that I, as the IFGM’s current president, was …
The Importance of the Humanities – October 13
On October 13, I was back in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol, this time to hear a talk given by Jim Leach (pictured right), …
A World of Citizens: Women, History, and the Vision of Linda K. Kerber
For the past two days, the Old Capitol here has been host to A World of Citizens: Women, History, and the Vision of Linda K. …
GHS Website Relaunch; First HASTAC Post
The Graduate History Society is is an official University of Iowa student organization which represents all graduate students in the history department. I’m one of …
HASTAC and the Digital Humanities
I’m really pleased to be one of this year’s HASTAC (Humanities, Art, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) Scholars at the University of Iowa, working in …
De mes aventures parisiennes
Above: View of the Archives from the Rue des Francs Bourgeois I’m now about a quarter of the way through my stay in France, carrying …