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Early Modern European Archaeology
While the archaeology of the early modern period differed substantially from modern archaeology, many in the West practiced archaeologyâthe study of material cultureâin the technical sense
Riots, Revelries, and Rumor: Libertinism and Masculine Association in Enlightenment London
Comparing the CalvesâHead riot of 1734/5 and with John Wilkesâs exposure of the âMedmenham Monksâ in 1763, this essay formulates an historical anthropology of gossip and rumor, offering insights into the nature of London social life and political controversy during the Enlightenment. The histories of the CalvesâHead Club and Medmenham Monks show how the practices of gossip and rumor converged with, diverged from, and helped articulate discourses about class and masculinity in eighteenthâcentury London. In a period in which âpolite associationâ was increasingly challenging âmasculine libertinismâ as a symbol of status, the practices of rumor and gossip were important to negotiating the boundaries of proper conduct. These two events offer insight into how ideas about class and masculinity shaped eighteenthâcentury associational life. In the âclubbableâ world that was eighteenthâcentury London, individualsâ reputationsâand the gossip and rumor that surrounded themâaffected their association with the multiple organizations of which they were members. This meant that the reputations and, consequently, the activities of any one club or societyâeven those with fundamentally different purposesâcould be influenced by that of the others. Because of this, gossip and rumor in any sector of oneâs life had the possibility of wideâranging consequences for the âassociational worldâ of eighteenthâcentury London
Reading list: the role of arts and literature in developing creative societies #LSELitFest
Providing a historic look at how society has understood the value of the arts and humanities, Jason M. Kelly argues that todayâs scholarship has largely framed itself around the context of the neoliberal commodified university. But there are other ways to understand scholarly value. By drawing from the Community Capitals Framework, he demonstrates how the arts and humanities play a critical role in the civil ecology of vibrant communities
Howard Zinn and the Struggle for the Microphone: History, Objectivity, and Citizenship
Every year, historians in the United States attend the American Historical Association (AHA), a conference that has met annually since 1884. The AHA draws scholars from all specializations, and it is the primary organization through which the profession is represented. In 1969, the conference met at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. At the business meeting on the evening of 28 December, the radicals sought to take control of the organization. The minutes demonstrate the dangers of trusting narratives--even (or especially) those proffered as neutral accounts. They do not document the moment entirely, nor do they capture the participants' experiences of it. On the central event, the records are silent. What actually happened speaks to the issues of power, neutrality, and knowledge that were central themes in Howard Zinn's career. In those moments, Zinn, representing the Radical Historians' Caucus, sought to present a resolution to the members of the AHA. He grabbed a microphone and attempted to introduce it before the meeting's close. It denounced the twin evils of "the physical and cultural destruction of the Vietnamese people" and the "Black community at home". Before he had a chance to speak, John K. Fairbank intervened by wrestling the microphone out of Zinn's hands. The episode became known as the "Struggle for the Mike". In this article, the author talks about this episode and focuses on history of the profession, notions of objectivity, and citizenship
The Evolution of Renaissance Classicism
The term "Renaissance classicism" refers to a fundamental attribute of the period that scholars refer to as the European Renaissance, roughly 1400â1600. Renaissance classicism was an intellectual movement that sought to mimic the literature, rhetoric, art, and philosophy of the ancient world, specifically ancient Rome
Society of Dilettanti
The Society of Dilettanti was founded by a group of gentlemen who met each other in Italy while on the grand tour. Thus travel to Italy, and later Greece, became a requirement for membership. The word dilettante is of Italian origin and its adoption by the society to refer to a lover of fine arts is its first recorded use in English
Transdisciplinarity, Human-Nature Entanglements, and Transboundary Water Systems in the Anthropocence
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