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Load More...got an email from senior scholar talking about the ancient PTSD debate and said he was on Team Rees- I seem to have become a brand, not sure what that means and where my 'Team' stands in the debate. Either way, I like it, come join the 'Team'! #twitterstorians #Classics #GoTeam
the pitfalls of retrospective and historic diagnoses! @hagenilda is at it again, great stuff. Martin Luther, John Bunyan, Charles Darwin, all the big guns are on show it seems!
It can be comforting to know that your suffering has a history. But as Dr Joanne Edge reveals, diagnosing mental disorders in the past, using the frame of the present, can be a tricky and potentially unethical enterprise. https://t.co/fHWTXutGUr
Category Archives: Tangents
Writing Popular History: Between History and Myth
Book being read – No books being read today, just an awful lot of academic papers on the Amazon myths. In keeping with the new format of sporadic blogs that contain very little information about anything specific, I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research, Tangents
Tagged Amazons, Ancient Warfare, Historian, Medieval History, Owen Rees
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Female Warriors in History
Book being read: J. Sadler, Bannockburn: Battle for Liberty, (2008) I am doing a lot of work at the moment which, for one reason or another, seems to focus on female participation in war. It is an interesting topic really … Continue reading
Book being read: Ah, you have caught me between books! At the moment my thesis is taking up most of my time so reading, per se, takes a back seat. The only books you ‘read’ are for references, clarification of … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research, Day-to-day, Tangents
Tagged Blog, Historian, History Source, Owen Rees, PhD, UCL
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The Last Bookshop
Needless to say, studying history, I have a deep love and appreciation for books and bookshops . . . not always booksellers, but they don’t ruin the experience too much. A good friend of mine was part of the team … Continue reading
Posted in Tangents
Tagged Alaric King, Blog, Books, Bookshops, Historian, Owen Rees, The Last Bookshop, UCL
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The silence is over
Book being read: J. Crowley, “The Psychology of the Athenian Hoplite” (Cambridge, 2012) Right, I have finished restructuring and I am now back in the full flow of historical work – thanks for your patience! Since my last post I … Continue reading
