Jon Dell Isola

"college isn't right for everyone" I see deployed all the time to shift blame away from defunding higher ed

History is just about how evildoers toppled those great empires, clearly

the emphasis on "order then chaos then order again" also seems to be doing some rhetorical work here

Needs to be stated: this isn't how it works.

What is an Academic Field? Some Positive Reflections Hello! I received my PhD in Medieval History in May 2025 and am using my expertise to educate interested people in the Middle Ages and the process of creating history. Subscribing as either a free or ...

Things in the academic world (and elsewhere) are pretty grim currently. I wanted to write something a bit more positive, and personal, about what an academic field can be. Partially inspired by a moment of existential terror when I opened a journal and didn't recognize any of the names. #medievalsky

There is so much great looking stuff, it is both a blessing and a curse that I find all periods of history fascinating

This looks good, gonna treat myself by ordering it from my local bookstore

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Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire Abstract. Man is part of nature, we say, and perhaps for most of us nature includes all that exists (at least in a tangible way—i.e. if we want to exclude

My latest book, on open access!

Ottomans and the Supernatural: Nature and the Limits of Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire url: academic.oup.com/book/61617

Tapping the @mcopelov.bsky.social sign: "Performative public lying is hallmark of far right authoritarian parties"

We know it isn't good for you, that won't stop real New England PatriotsTM from getting an iced coffee when it is -10 F outside

The classics are classics for a reason, just look at it

Just breathtaking levels of disregard for normal people, but only Dems need to "win the working class"

I think its largely focused on like surveillance/privacy things but yea

They are probably more left-leaning but they do have that sort of anti-government streak too

I used to follow them a bit more in the early 2010s but haven't been keeping up much. I think I've seen odd things here and there but they are mostly anti-war and a sort of open-tech kind of group. At least from what I remember

Definitely, Cambridge is such an exception to everything I think

agreed! We can build new models, its just hard!

oh for sure, I don't think it *has* to be that way, but when I look at the future it isn't clear how I'll get to keep doing what I was doing before

It is the most depressing part of finishing into the apocalypse job market of 2025/2026: the idea that the best is already behind me

Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas and Beyond | Home Adrian Blau is Professor of Politics at King’s College London. His research interests include the history of political thought and other issues in political theory/philosophy, including corruption, democracy and rationality.

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Woof, a race to the bottom

Red States: Only teach approved christian nationalist content
Blue States: Teach anything you like as long as you hire an adjunct to do it cause you ain't getting faculty lines in the humanities lol

This is an often submerged element of historical work: the sources in the past mean different things to each of us, and at different times of our lives. I never expected to resonate with the dynastic and familial stuff in the diss, but it often reminded me of how I felt about my place in my family

Was reminded that exactly one year ago today I submitted my PhD dissertation. In a lot of ways it still feels weird to think of myself not as a student but as a full-fledged historian™

Important book for #medievalsky

Its aged very badly, I basically won't rewatch it because it can exist as a piece of nostalgia

tbf I remember shockingly little of the movie besides Yaphet Kotto, but when the intro hits, it hits

Agreed the Moore bonds probably not my favorite, but I love Live and Let Die more than I should

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