What have I got for historical highlights today?
I’m intrigued by this opportunity for undergraduate students to spend two weeks in guided research at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The blog post includes descriptions of this year’s six students’ research projects, all on the theme of “Media, Materiality, and Meaning.”
What is an anchorite? Read about these devout people (mostly women) who shut themselves up in small rooms attached to churches. I feel claustrophobic just thinking about this lifestyle.
This month the US National Archives announced a six-month pilot project called “History Hub.” In the words of David S. Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States: “This new platform may be thought of as an external collaboration network, a place where subject matter experts from the National Archives can engage with researchers and the public, to share information, work more easily together, and find people based on their experience and interests. The platform offers discussion boards, blogs, profiles, and other interactive tools for communication and collaboration.” Would you check it out?
If you like maps, you’ll want to take a look at the National Library of Scotland’s collection of over 130,000 high resolution, zoomable maps. There are several ways to browse (e.g. by mapmaker or category) and you can even view two maps side by side.
And just for fun… “The 19 Types of Selfies at Museum Selfie Day” — this article is two years old but amusing all the same.