Friday, February 8, 2013

Friday's Links to the Past - 8 Feb '13

What is the American Historical Association reading this week? 

They feature readings related to Black History Month, cherry-picking our history, an article from Ed Ayers on ways research and teaching can be brought together through digital technology, and a Downton Abbey plot line gets diagnosed

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Reconstruction of his face from bones found
from The Guardian

Hearing all about Richard III and want to know a little more about him? check out this article which outlines his life. 

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One scholar has created a link to a distribution map of individuals from Italy documented in the Roman Republic [created by Saskia Roselaar]
In this map, you can search for an individual person: 


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The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be posting an episode every Wednesday on their site 82nd & Fifth which will look at 100 works and how they have inspired those who work at the Met. 

The first 8 episodes are up!