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On this day: the role of anniversaries | teleskopos

teleskopos.wordpress.com - Rebekah Higgitt

Newspapers, magazines, blogs and Twitter are awash with anniversaries. Today’s Birthdays, On this Day in History, #OTD and so on greet me every morning. I know a handful of famous people or events that share my birthday, and I am usually aware of forthcoming anniversaries for the people or institutions that I study. It cannot have escaped your attention that this year sees a Dickens anniversary and a royal jubilee. But why should it be in any way meaningful? There is, of course, a meaningful hi… »

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@rmathematicus: New post in which @beckyfh asks if anniversaries are bad for history | On this day: the role of anniversaries http://t.co/RPdTIPrv #history

21.02.2012 03.06.52

@sharon_howard: New post asks if anniversaries are bad for history | On this day: the role of anniversaries http://t.co/WZVYE4ik #history

21.02.2012 01.55.15

@beckyfh: New post asks if anniversaries are bad for history | On this day: the role of anniversaries http://t.co/WZVYE4ik #history

21.02.2012 01.17.57

@history_punk: How do we choose what/when to remember? Great blog post by @beckyfh – On this day: The role of anniversaries http://t.co/jNLZx3KG

20.02.2012 18.00.33

@beckyfh: New post | On this day: the role of anniversaries http://t.co/WZVYE4ik #history #twitterstorians

20.02.2012 14.44.42

@mia_out: I read MT @beckyfh: New post asks if anniversaries are bad for history | On this day: the role of anniversaries http://t.co/rYIq7EZK

21.02.2012 01.43.12

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The way we live now? Follow the money back to Anthony Trollope… | Books | The Observer

guardian.co.uk - Alex Preston

A new wave of writers are modelling their state-of-the-nation novels on the model pioneered by a great Victorian With all the current noise about Dickens, it would be easy to miss the fact that another Victorian is casting his shadow over today’s literary landscape. Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now remains the supreme example of the state of the nation novel, a sprawling tour de force with a huge cast of characters and a labyrinthine plot. The shifting viewpoints, keen engagement with con… »

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@HistorianLaura: Trollope triumphs in the year of Dickens http://t.co/6DQfc3kf

15.02.2012 02.19.11

@HistorianLaura: "@victoriansecret: Trollope triumphs in the year of Dickens http://t.co/lmk1vnDw" @clairemaxim1

15.02.2012 02.19.01

@History_Hub: The way we live now? Follow the money trail back to Anthony Trollope… | Observer http://t.co/yFLeuD4D

15.02.2012 02.12.02

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BBC News – Stonehenge design was ‘inspired by sounds’

bbc.co.uk

Music could have had a big influence on the design of Stonehenge, according to an American researcher reporting at an annual science meeting in Canada.

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@Crafthole: I have always known that Stonehenge is Hawkwind’s first ever sound stage: http://t.co/XhIpsbXq

17.02.2012 04.37.15

@HistoryExtra: BBC News – Stonehenge design was ‘inspired by sounds’ http://t.co/aja002Xd

17.02.2012 02.08.22

@HistoryNeedsYou: Fascinating article about the acoustics of Stonehenge http://t.co/gKGHNrLE

17.02.2012 05.40.43

@mocost: Ancient monuments designed with acoustics in mind? http://t.co/WxwelQPV Stonehenge design was ‘inspired by sounds’ http://t.co/licicqhv

17.02.2012 05.29.54

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The ‘Undue Weight’ of Truth on Wikipedia – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education

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@jondresner: US labor historian tries to rectify errors on Wikipedia and loses http://t.co/L5hdw44E

14.02.2012 22.43.05

@rchops: US labor historian tries to rectify errors on Wikipedia and loses http://t.co/L5hdw44E

14.02.2012 22.23.15

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The Art of the Book | Wonders & Marvels

wondersandmarvels.com - PamelaToler

By Pamela Toler Image courtesy of the Walters Art Museum The Islamic world created illuminated manuscripts that rivaled anything that came out of a medieval monastery: Qu’rans, historical chronicles, stories of the prophets, the deeds of kings, lyric poetry, heroic epics, philosophy, scientific treatises, and romantic tales. Caliphs, courtiers, and wealthy merchants commissioned manuscripts from the ninth century until well into the seventeenth century, when the Islamic world reluctantly acce… »

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@ChirurgeonsAppr: NEW at WONDERS AND MARVELS: The Art of the Book http://t.co/pp3727X3 via @history_geek

19.02.2012 11.12.17

@rmathematicus: NEW at WONDERS AND MARVELS: The Art of the Book http://t.co/pp3727X3 via @history_geek

19.02.2012 11.06.02

@history_geek: NEW: The Art of the Book http://t.co/CkoTJv7Z

19.02.2012 10.52.24

@OliLag: NEW: The Art of the Book http://t.co/CkoTJv7Z

19.02.2012 12.57.53

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History: The Everyman Discipline? | Paul Lockhart: Past in the Present

pastinthepresent.com - Paul Lockhart

I imagine that this will be a recurring theme for a while – I had thought that one single post would address it sufficiently…until the discussion about reenacting and living history blossomed (well, maybe that’s a tad hyperbolic … but it did get some discussion). The notion of what I like to call “history as everyman discipline” came up, and I think it merits some discussion. Plus I’d like to hear what you think, in particular about a very elementary (and deceptively simple) question: What, pre… »

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@dhayton: “What makes someone a historian?” A thoughtful blog post http://t.co/a5Y4z8Af RT @beckyfh @IHRHistoryLab <=Is answer different for #histsci?

17.02.2012 04.06.58

@rmathematicus: Love this says @beckyfh: "What makes someone a historian?" A thoughtful blog entry: http://t.co/YeSpi7hx #twitterstorians via @IHRHistoryLab

17.02.2012 03.44.45

@UEA_History: RT "@sixteenthCgirl: What’s a historian? Essential reading on the subject from @paul_lockhart77 via @usesofhistory http://t.co/1bh2lkR2"

17.02.2012 02.16.53

@sixteenthCgirl: What’s a historian? Essential reading on the subject from @paul_lockhart77 via @usesofhistory http://t.co/XGAurulr

17.02.2012 02.03.44

@sarahemilyduff: This is really good – History: The Everyman Discipline? http://t.co/3D0Znu2P via @beckyfh and @IHRHistoryLab #twitterstorians

17.02.2012 01.25.13

@hckGGREN: Love this: "What makes someone a historian?" A thoughtful blog entry: http://t.co/G2sbJgO7 #twitterstorians via @IHRHistoryLab

17.02.2012 01.23.31

@beckyfh: Love this: "What makes someone a historian?" A thoughtful blog entry: http://t.co/G2sbJgO7 #twitterstorians via @IHRHistoryLab

17.02.2012 01.14.28

@usesofhistory: The media don’t seem to know what a ‘real’ historian is says @paul_lockhart77 http://t.co/RanApDWU Really worth a read HST3000 students.

17.02.2012 00.28.31