Dr. des. working in 18th-19th century history @ University of Erfurt
Social history, Inter-connectivity of social systems/structures, Data analysis, Labour contracts. Southern US and British colonies. he/him
At the moment still on twitter as well @julwindhoevel
RE: https://mastodon.social/@julwindhoevel/115435308888278595
735 pages (489 in the main body, 248 in the appendix)
227,158 words
1,531,049 characters (with spaces)
ca. 400 tables
ca. 110 graphics
and 24 separate Databases
and I'm sure I forgot to count something :)
This week this... became this...
Seeing Dr. Windhövel written down has yet to stop looking weird (well, Dr. des. till publication, but still), but I'm euphoric nonetheless. Thank you to my friends @sfb294.bsky.social and beyond for your support + help.
#history #ushistory #phd
Who teaches #19thCentury #handwriting?
After the completion of a successful #transcription #crowdsourcing project, our colleague asked the volunteers what she could do to thank them. To her surprise, most of them requested that the #archives hold a class on 19th-century handwriting, as the volunteers had become very interested in the different hands and scripts they'd encountered during the project.
I'd like to know if there are any instructors willing to conduct such a class--probably 1-2 hours long, either online or in the Boston area--but am not sure where to look. Were the request for #palaeography from a few centuries earlier, there would be plenty of options, but I'm really at a loss for experts on 19th-century (and perhaps early 20th-c?) #cursive.
@lafayettepod @[email protected]
The Australians seem to be doing something similar, using inch in clothing etc.
In Germany we weirdly use inch when measuring screen sizes, as in the diagonals of PC monitors or TVs and phone screens, BUT we say Zoll.
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such things are really persistent. Many of my mum's generation still translate Euro prices to Deutsche Mark (without adjusting for inflation of course^^) and that's just ONE measurement in their life. The British mix is interesting. They tend to use Fahrenheit when it's hot and Celsius when it's cold...
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The best thing about that is, the the US is technically on the metric system. All current US measurements are based on metric units and then translated back and forth^^
Workshop 2023 - Commodities of Empire
Call for Papers
Fur, Fin and Feather: Commodifying Wild Animals
Commodities of Empire International Workshop, University of York [6th and 7th July 2023]
It World be great to see some North American topics at this workshop: bison, beavers, seals, whales, etc.
Ah, writers of the 18th century 📜 Why would you simply say 'brothel' when you could say 'seminary for initiating youth in the mysteries of the Paphian Queen' ... ?
(Public Advertiser, 2 Aug 1791)
Ben W. Brumfield
Prof Foluke Adebisi
Jim Clifford
Emily Brand