Rachel Laudan

A mess of links

Don’t rely on your doctor for nutritional advice.

And new evidence pushing back the domestication of maize.

And fresh recipes from different parts of Africa.

Good background on academic history careers.  And while we’re on the subject, how the past generation of historians became historians.

“I have been struck by how much chance rather than design has shaped the lives of this generation, born just before or after World War II. All were inspired by liberal arts educations that opened the world to them. They arrived at graduate school eager and enthusiastic, though unfocused, and were almost universally disappointed by the specialization they found awaiting them. All around them, the world seemed to be coming apart at the seams; and it was not long before they were challenging the conventions in and outside academe, changing their chosen fields, often inventing whole new fields of historical endeavor. Many included in this volume became recognized pioneers in their respective fields.”

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2 thoughts on “A mess of links

  1. Kay Curtis

    THX4 the links, Rachel.
    I’ve held for many years that the fact that a person has studied disease for a number of years and can diagnose many types of illness, in no way qualifies that person to offer nutritional advise.

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