So! [claps hands] Where were we? After Friday’s debacle, I’m pretty relieved to be on Spring Break right now. Spring Break as a grad student is so very, very different from Spring Break as an undergrad. To wit: I’m on Spring Break Day Two and there’s nary a beach in sight. I’m in Florida, sure, [...]
I think the hardest thing about writing a dissertation is that it takes so damn long. I know, right? After six and a half years of graduate school, that’s my great revelation: writing a dissertation takes a long time. I’ll be accepting my Nobel Prize any minute now for this great contribution to knowledge. But [...]
So I’ve been researching the Oneida community for my dissertation and WOW, was that some weird shit! I mean, I know as historians we’re trained to be impartial and to not make value judgments, but WHOA. WHOA is what I have to say about that. I’m currently reading My Father’s House: An Oneida Boyhood at [...]