tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222953832009-11-08T00:18:22.887-06:00Jeremy Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862169376352388965noreply@blogger.comBlogger709110progressivehistorianshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-7114457408310771262009-11-06T12:01:00.003-06:002009-11-06T12:01:00.410-06:002009-11-06T12:01:00.410-06:00This will be a relatively short entry. It's that time of the semester, when grading comes crushing down, and conferences serve to distract. I'm at the Southern Historical Association annual meeting...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/4xP734zcEPs" height="1" width="1"/>AndrewMchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076067336411087037noreply@blogger.com0http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/11/friday-ramblings-november-5.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-3114293924861122192009-10-30T12:01:00.001-05:002009-10-30T12:01:00.703-05:002009-10-30T12:01:00.703-05:00I consider myself an environmentalist, despite having once eating whale meat. I was a vegetarian for more than 10 years, and a strict vegan for some of those. And while I again eat meat, I do so...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/NPLV4Slx4Lw" height="1" width="1"/>AndrewMchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076067336411087037noreply@blogger.com0http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/friday-ramblings-october-30.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-80958433361434495532009-10-29T21:38:00.000-05:002009-10-29T21:47:21.774-05:002009-10-29T21:47:21.774-05:00Columbus’s first voyage in 1492 combined with his religious motivations for making it led Pope Alexander VI to issue a Papal Bull in 1493. Pope Alexander VI ordered Ferdinand and Isabella to...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/3mI92fk6vLM" height="1" width="1"/>Winter Rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473709737940124398noreply@blogger.com0http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/lord-places-people-in-this-or-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-88919910711432451102009-10-27T06:00:00.000-05:002009-10-27T06:00:08.850-05:002009-10-27T06:00:08.850-05:00My colleague Elizabeth Nelson and I are in the opening stages of putting together a conference panel proposal for the AHA conference in Boston in 2011 (submission deadline: February 15 of next year)....<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/5xr3fDixf84" height="1" width="1"/>Jeremy Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862169376352388965noreply@blogger.com0http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/looking-for-aha-panelist-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-59917005492305798222009-10-26T05:00:00.001-05:002009-10-26T07:50:05.729-05:002009-10-26T07:50:05.729-05:00This topic is neither exclusively progressive, nor particularly confined to historical study, per se. But is it important. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the fourth Monday in...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/2l5SGoALGlA" height="1" width="1"/>AndrewMchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076067336411087037noreply@blogger.com1http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/breast-cancer-awareness-day_26.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-41535853881378299002009-10-23T12:01:00.011-05:002009-10-23T13:41:00.821-05:002009-10-23T13:41:00.821-05:00As my seventh birthday approached, my parents asked me what I wanted. There was only one thing. I wanted to be hit in the face with a pie. So, my dad caught me as I came out the door to our place...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/_mbKotYpdmM" height="1" width="1"/>AndrewMchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076067336411087037noreply@blogger.com0http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/friday-ramblings-october-23.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-34353201276971151952009-10-21T13:11:00.002-05:002009-10-22T05:50:13.774-05:002009-10-22T05:50:13.774-05:00John Montgomery Ward was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. He debuted with the Providence Grays on July 15, 1878, as a pitcher. He won 164 career games with a 2.15 ERA. He...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/0Vgq2pV62RU" height="1" width="1"/>midtownghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901028626297198188noreply@blogger.com1http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/spartacus-of-baseball.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-30609612464575236802009-10-17T03:41:00.006-05:002009-10-17T07:32:19.646-05:002009-10-17T07:32:19.646-05:00As we were saying... What is there to think about stories like the one below? Ahmet Davutoglu, the Foreign Minister of Turkey, stands up before a microphone and says something so totally, so...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/v5XVFEAvVn4" height="1" width="1"/>Gordon Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03653661471478630086noreply@blogger.com3http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/news-from-hypocristan.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-62573998680636849342009-10-16T12:01:00.001-05:002009-10-16T12:01:00.900-05:002009-10-16T12:01:00.900-05:00Four to six years of college, tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and whaddaya get? Nothing. Bright, eager—and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/4j-LzVuI9ag" height="1" width="1"/>AndrewMchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076067336411087037noreply@blogger.com0http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/friday-ramblings-october-16.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22295383.post-13861779929507011802009-10-15T07:00:00.003-05:002009-10-16T06:08:56.947-05:002009-10-16T06:08:56.947-05:00I'm a fan of social media, for all kinds of reasons. Facebook is a good distraction, and I probably play chess on Facebook more than I actually communicate with people. But I also think that social...<br/> <br/> (Read the full post at ProgressiveHistorians.)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/progressivehistorians/~4/8YMTqEUU-xE" height="1" width="1"/>AndrewMchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076067336411087037noreply@blogger.com1http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2009/10/historians-and-social-media_15.html