FtG #2: Thirty Ships Project
Greetings & Salutations. In my first blog, I spoke of how I started my post-secondary education as a computer scientist rather than a historian. Despite my in hindsight appalling skills at math and...
View ArticleCollaboration
Lately, I’ve been thinking quite often about history as a social process, as a collaboration. Truth be told, this has been a recurring theme in my approach to history for years, but it is only in the...
View ArticleA (Nearly) Post-PhD Blog: Problems, Some Not Solved.
The ‘Digital World’ is drastically changing what a PhD can be, and with the conclusion of the main phase of my PhD, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the issues that I encountered. While some I hope...
View ArticleEpisode 1: What Is History?
In this first episode of The Academic Podcast, Sam and Sara discuss ‘What is history?’. It ranges from discussion of the discipline, historical practice and other topics....
View ArticleTEDx: Stevenson University–My Experience
A few months ago a call came across our university Portal asking for TEDx speakers. For those unfamiliar, TEDx is a way for local, independent organizers to host TED style events. The students,...
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