Friday Varia and Quick Hits
It is supposed to hit 75 today here in North Dakotaland and I’m too exhausted from cleaning up leaves yesterday to enjoy it (and the 20 mph winds make it seem less like an “Indian Summer” and more like the end of days). That being said, the clear blue skies and the mottled sunshine through the falling leaves certainly makes me glad to live here on the Northern Plains.
This Sunday, I’ll be down in Ellendale, North Dakota enjoying the hospitality of the folks in that fine community at their annual book fair. If you’re around, come on out and say “hey!” This means that my new book, The Bakken: An Archaeology of An Industrial Landscape (NDSU Press 2017) is out. Get it here or here. Here’s what’s going on:
Many of my friends and colleagues will by at the Institute for the Ancient World at New York (which is, often called, the Ellendale of the Empire State). I think this event is all fulled up, but I’m looking forward to following the backchannel on twitter via Eric Kansa, Sebastian Heath, Eric Poehler, and co. The hashtag is #DPMA17!
For those of you who can’t be in New York City or in Ellendale (and everyone else too), here’s a little gaggle quick hits and varia:
There has been a good bit of buzz, largely negative, about this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the Digital Humanities “bust.” Here’s Sarah Bond’s response.
Dumbarton Oaks releases all 6 volumes of Irfad Shahîd’s Byzantium and the Arabs for free.
How publishers have taken control of the scholarly infrastructure.
What I’m reading: Timothy LeCain, The Matter of History: How Things Create the Past. (2017).
What I’m listening to: Ray Brown Trio, Soular Energy.
I’m singling “The Barge” out for a little special attention. Not only does he have a hurt leg, but the vet told him that he was fat. He’s not feeling the love lately…
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