A discussion and collaboration forum for Humanities Commons historians. If this group is too general for you, make one for your subfield!
Dima Hurlbut deposited “The History of Christianity in Nigeria: A Bibliography of Secondary Literature,” Working Papers in African Studies, no. 269 (2017): 1-46. in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 week, 4 days agoThis is a working paper published by the African Studies Center at Boston University.
Robert M. Kelly deposited Selections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR. PDF 3: The Scenic Revival of the Twentieth Century in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 weeks agoSelections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR: Pour une histoire matérielle du papier peint 1770-1914 (From the Workshop to the Wall – Toward a Material History of Wallpaper 1770-1914) a thesis by Dr. Bernard Jacqué, University of Lyon, 2003. Translated by Robert M. Kelly.
PDF 3: The Scenic Revival of the Twentieth Century
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Robert M. Kelly deposited Selections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR. PDF 2: Zuber’s “Indépendance” (1853), a hand-painted restatement of “Scenic America” (1835) in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 weeks agoSelections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR: Pour une histoire matérielle du papier peint 1770-1914 (From the Workshop to the Wall – Toward a Material History of Wallpaper 1770-1914) a thesis by Dr. Bernard Jacqué, University of Lyon (2003). Translated by Robert M. Kelly.
PDF 2: Zuber’s “Indépendance” (1853), a hand-painted restatement of “Scenic…[Read more]
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Robert M. Kelly deposited Selections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR. PDF 1: A Historiography of Wallpaper in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 weeks agoSelections from DE LA MANUFACTURE AU MUR: Pour une histoire matérielle du papier peint 1770-1914 (From the Workshop to the Wall – Toward a Material History of Wallpaper 1770-1914) a thesis by Dr. Bernard Jacqué, University of Lyon (2003). Translated by Robert M. Kelly.
PDF 1: A Historiography of Wallpaper
Roger Gillis deposited Historic Nova Scotia: Bridging the Gap with Digital Storytelling in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 weeks agoHistoric Nova Scotia is a digital humanities and public history project that aims to bring community histories to life online (https://historicnovascotia.ca/). This paper will explore how collaborative, digital-storytelling can help bridge the gap between heritage theory and practice. We will provide an overview of the project followed by specific…[Read more]
Chaokang Tai deposited Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Science in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 1 day agoAnton Pannekoek (1873-1960), prominent astronomer and world-renowned socialist theorist, stood at the nexus of the revolutions in politics, science and the arts of the early twentieth century. His astronomy was uniquely visual and highly innovative, while his politics were radical. Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society collects…[Read more]
Koca Mehmet Kentel deposited Call of Duty: Empire Mapped and Played in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 4 days agoThe genealogy of board games in Britain is also an expression of its imperial past. Built on colonialist and orientalist tropes that reinforce a hierarchy of race, their legacy is still discernible in the worlds created for the games played today.
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An updated version of my Portolan piece from 2018.
Martin Munke deposited Sachsens Glanz – Preußens Gloria – Polens Niedergang. Zum Bild der sächsisch-polnischen Union bei Józef Ignacy Kraszewski in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 6 days agoThe chapter deals with the image of the personal union between Saxony and Poland as portrayed in the novels of the Polish writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, who emigrated to the Saxon capital of Dresden in the 19th century. His so called Saxon Novels are an important source for popular conceptions of history until today.
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Martin Munke deposited Vom Scheitern eines Experten. Georg Leibbrandt im Nationalsozialismus in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 weeks agoGeorg Leibbrandt (1899-1982), one of the leading figures in the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs and the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, claimed his status as an expert for questions concerning Eastern Europe on the basis of his origin: Born as a Volksdeutscher in the Ukraine, he devoted himself early to racial thinking and to…[Read more]
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Dima Hurlbut deposited “LDS Materials for the Study of Postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa,” International Journal of African Historical Studies 52, no. 2 (2019): 301-310. in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 5 days agoThis is an article published in the International Journal of African Historical Studies 52, no. 2 (2019): 301-310.
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Martin Munke deposited Monarchie – Republik – Diktatur. Der Landkreis Görlitz zwischen 1900 und 1939 in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 6 days agoMonarchy – Republic – Dictatorship. The District of Görlitz between 1900 and 1939
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Martin Munke deposited Freiheit und Gleichheit? Zur Wahrnehmung und Deutung von Paris und London bei Joachim Heinrich Campe und Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz in the group
History on Humanities Commons 4 weeks, 1 day agoThe article deals with the images and perceptions of Paris and London as seen by German intellectuals in the era of the French revolution. It discusses the key concepts “freedom” and “equality”, using the examples of Joachim Heinrich Campe and Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz.
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Martin Munke deposited Georg Leibbrandt, Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete. Ein gelehrter Radikaler in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month agoThe chapter gives a biographic account of Georg Leibbrandt (1899-1982), one of the leading figures in the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs and the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories. It deals especially with his involvement with the infamous Wannsee conference of 1942.
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Martin Munke deposited Deutsche und Polen im und nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month agoThe articles of the volume deal with the German-Polish relations in and after World War I until the first years of the Nazi regime.
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Martin Munke deposited Russlandbilder im Nationalsozialismus: Hitler, Goebbels, Rosenberg in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month agoThe article deals with the different images and perceptions leading figures of the Nazi regime made themselves of Russia, and with their political consequences. A special focus lies on those of Adolf Hitler, Jospeh Goebbels, and Alfred Rosenberg.
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Dima Hurlbut started the topic CfP: 2nd Rocky Mountain Workshop on African History (August 7-8, 2020) in the discussion
History on Humanities Commons 1 month ago2nd Rocky Mountain Workshop on African History
BYU Salt Lake Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
August 7-8, 2020
This is a call for papers, panels, and discussants for the 2nd Rocky Mountain Workshop on African History. Inspired by the success of the North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa, the Rocky Mountain Workshop is designed to provide an…[Read more]
Natascha Mehler deposited Investigating the Norse Harbour of Igaliku (Southern Greenland) Using an Integrated System of Side-Scan Sonar and High-Resolution Reflection Seismics in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks agoThis study presents the results of a marine geophysical survey performed in the Igaliku fjord in southern Greenland in order to understand the harbour setting of the former Norse settlement Garðar (modern Igaliku). The aims of the survey were (a) to reconstruct the former coastline during the first centuries of the Norse settlement period (c.…[Read more]
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Koca Mehmet Kentel deposited Assembling ‘Cosmopolitan’ Pera: An Infrastructural History of Late Ottoman Istanbul in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 months agoThe abstract of my doctoral dissertation, which I defended on December 2018 at the University of Washington, with distinction.
Jennifer Way started the topic Cfp – Craft and War session at the Association of Art Historians in the discussion
History on Humanities Commons 2 months, 2 weeks agoCall for papers – Craft and War session at the Association of Art Historians annual conference, (Newcastle, UK, 1-3 April 20)
This session investigates relationships of craft and war and considers how they compel a reappraisal of central themes in craft history. Although we may not readily identify craft as a cultural form associated with w…[Read more]
Grégoire Espesset deposited Editing and Translating the Taiping Jing and the Great Peace Textual Corpus [Review article] in the group
History on Humanities Commons 3 months, 3 weeks agoA literary and historical introduction to the printed and manuscript materials composing the Great Peace (Taiping 太平) textual corpus, with a critical assessment of several modern Chinese editions thereof, followed by a revised review of THE SCRIPTURE ON GREAT PEACE: THE TAIPING JING AND THE BEGINNINGS OF DAOISM, translated by Barbara Hen…[Read more]
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