On this day in 1801, Mary Ledwith Higgins died aged 72. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Ballymore, Co. Westmeath, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/higgins1801
Deadline approaching: December 13 is the last day to make hotel reservations through the housing service for #AHA24 in San Francisco. To learn more about attending, follow the link. @histodonshttps://www.historians.org/annual-meeting
Das Jahr neigt sich dem Ende zu und damit sind wir auch schon beim vorerst letzten Vortrag des #DigitalHistoryOFK 2023 angekommen:
Wir freuen uns Miriam Schirmer (Uni Regensburg) begrüßen zu dürfen, die ihr Promotionsprojekt vorstellt, in dem sie verschiedene #NLP-Verfahren für die Genozidforschung einsetzt und mit qualitativen Ansätzen kombiniert.
On this day in 1772, Mary Mickanany McDermott died aged 52. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Dunmanoge, Co. Kildare, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/mcder1772
The concert band at my high school performed Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland tonight, and I got to read the narration. Very cool experience! Something both Dr. J and Tom Hanks have done, although they did it much better than me
From the AHR in March 2023: In #AHRHistoryLab, a forum “On Transnational and International History” asked, “what should we make of the transnational turn?” A dozen scholars reflected on "the challenges and satisfactions in working on a transnational canvas." @histodonshttps://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhad138
Some lucky paper conservator will get to figure out how to remove light weight oil from tracing paper. Quite the conundrum since oil is used to make tracing paper transparent. Also, big dimensional changes if treated with water.
Please don't store your architecturally significant plans in a basement beneath paint tins and cleaning/mechanical repair supplies (before being accessioned).