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Political Jokes Under Stalin

Posted on August 14, 2021 by jgood

From Pushkin House, a blog post about Stalinist humor (hat tip: Ron Good):

Stalinism. The word conjures dozens of associations, and ‘funny’ isn’t usually one of them. The ‘S-word’ is now synonymous with brutal and all-encompassing state control that left […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Humor, Soviet Union

Susan Reynolds

Posted on August 14, 2021 by jgood

I quite liked this remembrance of Susan Reynolds, by Jonathan Jarrett:
In celebration of the life of Susan Reynolds

It has become all too frequent a thing, as I get older and those who have helped me along my career remain the […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Historians, Medieval Studies, Obituaries

Donald Kagan, 1932-2021

Posted on August 11, 2021 by jgood

From YaleNews:

Donald Kagan, celebrated historian of the ancient world and revered teacher

Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Classics and History, prominent for his scholarship, teaching, and social and political commentary, and a longtime colorful figure at Yale, died Aug. […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Historians, Obituaries

The Haitian Revolution

Posted on August 6, 2021 by jgood

From Julia Gaffield in the Washington Post (hat tip: Dan Franke):
Five Myths About the Haitian Revolution

This month marks the 230th anniversary of the beginning of the Haitian Revolution. In August 1791, enslaved people in the French colony of Saint-Domingue […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Haiti, Myths and Legends, Slavery

The French on the Mississippi

Posted on August 2, 2021 by jgood
Arms of Bourbon France, above the main entrance to Fort de Chartres, Randolph County, Illinois.

The City of St. Louis, founded on the west bank of the Mississippi River just south of its confluence with the […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Colonial America, Early American Republic, Eighteenth Century, New France, Nineteenth Century, Travels

Some Historic Flags

Posted on August 1, 2021 by jgood

A day out yesterday in Illinois and Missouri allowed us to see some interesting things, including some historic flags. As is my habit, I carefully collected them for display here!

At the Fort de Chartres museum, […] Continue Reading…

Posted in American Revolution, Anniversaries, Colonial America, Early American Republic, Flags, New France, Travels

Susan Reynolds, 1929-2021

Posted on August 1, 2021 by jgood

Sad news: the great Susan Reynolds has died, per Pauline Stafford on Twitter. Susan was the author of Kingdoms and Communities in Western Europe 900-1300 (1984), which I found very useful for my work. She was most famous for […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Historians, Medieval Studies, Obituaries

“Indian Territory”

Posted on July 31, 2021 by jgood

The former director of Reinhardt’s Funk Heritage Center, Joe Kitchens, has penned an interesting post on Longleaf Journal:
Most of us have a tendency to “conflate” what we learn about specific periods of history so that we often fix in our […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Funk Heritage Center, Native America

U.S. Grant

Posted on July 24, 2021 by jgood

Another nineteenth century presidential home and museum is the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Grantwood Village, St. Louis, Missouri. This one is run competently by the National Parks Service. (Grant’s papers are at Mississippi State University in […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Museums, Nineteenth Century, Presidents, Travels

Jackson and Polk

Posted on July 22, 2021 by jgood

A recent trip through Tennessee allowed us to see two presidential museums: Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage in Nashville and the President James K. Polk Home and Museum in Columbia.* Both are quite enlightening in their way.

The Hermitage, first acquired by […] Continue Reading…

Posted in Museums, Nineteenth Century, Presidents, Slavery, Tennessee, Travels, United States

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