Historian, ex-Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
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Jim Wald
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Hampshire College may be gone, but life in the Commonwealth continues
"How do you outdrink St. Patrick’s Day in Boston?
Inviting Scots to town is a good start"
"Pubs & liquor stores sold out of many popular beers during the World Cup’s opening weekend"
Endpapers of Rackham’s Ring
#OTD in 1520, Pope Leo X threatened Martin Luther with excommunication in 'Exsurge Domine'.
The 2017 Wolfson shortlist book 'Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet' by Lyndal Roper examines the life and legacy of the founding father of the Protestant Reformation.
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An academic debate on the printing of the Mainz Psalter.
Jim Wald
To mark the end of Hampshire College, I created an eclectic little playlist. It is a work in progress and I will continue to edit.
Colleagues may wish to make and share their own.
Meanwhile please enjoy:
Hampshire College Closing Soundtrack
So, it's official now. We got our formal termination notices, and normal operations of Hampshire College cease, and the "teachout" of the remaining students begins. (The great circle of life, or, . . .something)
I'll still have a couple of things to share
We'll always have Paris, thought the Germans, as they entered the French capital unopposed on June 14, 1940.
The Daily Mail reports on the preceding hours:
Scientists use surface metrology to spot Fake Van Goghs. Topographical maps "1 zoomed on a representative brushstroke, & another accounting for the entire composition" yield an "artwork’s fractal dimension value—essentially a measure of its complexity"
When I was a kid, I so loved reading about "The Turtle" in the American Revolution. I was delighted to see a reproduction in the Spy Museum last year.
Fine overview here:
David Bushnell’s Secret Submarine of the American Revolution
Wolfson History Prize
#earlymodern #bookhistory
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Steven Van Impe
Dr Andrew McInnes
Pubs and liquor stores are reporting busier-than-normal weekends. Scottish visitors drank a lot of beer, and businesses are preparing for the week ahead.
In celebration of America 250, we’ll take a quick dive into how David Bushnell designed and built his submarine, known as the Turtle, which was the first vessel to be used to attempt an underwater attack. Learn how he solved the immense challenges of making a working submarine using the technology available in 1776, even though things didn’t go entirely according to plan.
