Friday, January 26, 2007
Fun, Historian-style
Right before the semester started, I went to the American Historical Association meeting in Atlanta. It's a great way to start the semester, aside from the jet lag: seeing lots of new scholarship and historical friends.
¶ Friday, January 26, 2007 
 | I don't know if it was deliberate, but I thought the hotel's choice of toiletries was very appropriate |
 | There was a small international incident on the first day of the conference: an English historian was arrested for jaywalking (and not responding to police orders). My picture of the incident was picked up by the Associated Press and has appeared in at least one English newspaper. |
 | I was in Atlanta: I had to have ribs. These were pretty good; actually, the rich cornbread and fried mushrooms were what made the meal, for me. |
 | One of the high points, of course, was having lunch with some of my blogging historian friends, people I've rarely (never, in most cases) met in person but have great relationships with. The gentleman standing with me is Ralph Luker; the folks in front are Rob McDougall, Tim Burke, Kevin Levin and Rebecca Goetz. |
 | The last morning of the conference is "fire sale" time at the book exhibit, with many publishers cutting prices to avoid having to ship books back to their warehouses. It works, too: I've already assigned one of these books for this semester! |
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The AP, huh? How cool is that? I see that I'm going to have to start hanging around with belligerent academics if I want to become an accidental photojournalist.
My man wants to know if you historians are the rowdy ne-er-do-wells of the academic community.
My man wants to know if you historians are the rowdy ne-er-do-wells of the academic community.
I think your odds would be better at most sporting events: as far as I know, it's the first arrest at an AHA convention in years.
You might have better luck with the MLA, or the APA....
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You might have better luck with the MLA, or the APA....
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