I’ve been tweaking my blog a bit, posting some papers and picking out some of my favorite blog posts. I also recently decided to create and post some teaching handouts. I have yet to teach my own class and there isn’t one in the near future (need to complete comps first) but if I wait [...]
Archive | February, 2012
Succombing to the Semester
by Brian Sarnacki on February 13, 2012 in Housekeeping
I had noble goals of blogging every week, but it appears my schedule has not been very conducive to weekly writing. However, I am a firm believer of deadlines, even imaginary ones like those I make for my blogging, so I will still strive for a blog post every two weeks. I’ll shoot for Fridays, [...]
Am I a Historian?
by Brian Sarnacki on February 5, 2012 in Academia, Digital Humanities
The question “am I a historian?” first bothered me after reading a blog post written by colleague Jason Heppler, in which he writes: I am a young historian — heck, I barely even qualify for that title when I have no book to my name and don’t hold a PhD yet. But as a researcher [...]