Conversations about History, Volume 2.

By: Burton, HowardMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Ideas Roadshow CollectionsPublisher: Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021Copyright date: �2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781771701563Subject(s): Byzantine Empire | Constitutions | Derveni papyrusGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Conversations about History, Volume 2DDC classification: 909 LOC classification: D6Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Textual Note -- Preface -- Apocalypse Then -- The First Crusade -- A conversation with Jay Rubenstein -- Introduction -- I. Becoming a Medievalist -- II. Guibert of Nogent -- III. Armies of Heaven -- IV. Considering Impact -- V. Moving On -- Continuing the Conversation -- The Derveni Papyrus -- A conversation with Richard Janko -- Introduction -- I. A Great Discovery -- II. Derveni Details -- III. An Ancient Culture War -- IV. Rose-coloured Glasses? -- V. Summing Up -- The Passionate Historian -- A conversation with John Elliott -- Introduction -- I. Beginnings -- II. In Search of Objectivity -- III. Past and Present -- IV. Circumventing Obstacles -- V. Doing History -- VI. The Power of Imagination -- VII. Decline -- VIII. The Impact of Technology -- IX. Going Global -- X. History's Due -- Continuing the Conversation -- Constitutional Investigations -- A conversation with Linda Colley -- Introduction -- I. Personal History -- II. Constitutions, Part 1 -- III. Constitutions, Part 2 -- IV. Implications and Applications -- V. Marching Onwards -- Continuing the Conversation -- Byzantium -- Beyond the Clich�e -- A conversation with Maria Mavroudi -- Introduction -- I. Becoming A Byzantinist -- II. Historical Background -- III. The High-School Narrative -- IV. Recovering Truth -- V. Building Knowledge -- VI. Annotated Discoveries -- VII. A Translational Discovery -- VIII. Arrows of Causality -- IX. Decline -- X. Extracting Meaning -- XI. Ever-Moving Targets.
Summary: Conversations About History, Volume 2, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading historians with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. Linda Colley, the Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University;2. John Elliott, Professor of Modern History at University of Oxford;3. Richard Janko, Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan;4. Maria Mavroudi, Professor of History at UC Berkeley;5. Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Premodern World at the University of Southern California.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.
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Intro -- Textual Note -- Preface -- Apocalypse Then -- The First Crusade -- A conversation with Jay Rubenstein -- Introduction -- I. Becoming a Medievalist -- II. Guibert of Nogent -- III. Armies of Heaven -- IV. Considering Impact -- V. Moving On -- Continuing the Conversation -- The Derveni Papyrus -- A conversation with Richard Janko -- Introduction -- I. A Great Discovery -- II. Derveni Details -- III. An Ancient Culture War -- IV. Rose-coloured Glasses? -- V. Summing Up -- The Passionate Historian -- A conversation with John Elliott -- Introduction -- I. Beginnings -- II. In Search of Objectivity -- III. Past and Present -- IV. Circumventing Obstacles -- V. Doing History -- VI. The Power of Imagination -- VII. Decline -- VIII. The Impact of Technology -- IX. Going Global -- X. History's Due -- Continuing the Conversation -- Constitutional Investigations -- A conversation with Linda Colley -- Introduction -- I. Personal History -- II. Constitutions, Part 1 -- III. Constitutions, Part 2 -- IV. Implications and Applications -- V. Marching Onwards -- Continuing the Conversation -- Byzantium -- Beyond the Clich�e -- A conversation with Maria Mavroudi -- Introduction -- I. Becoming A Byzantinist -- II. Historical Background -- III. The High-School Narrative -- IV. Recovering Truth -- V. Building Knowledge -- VI. Annotated Discoveries -- VII. A Translational Discovery -- VIII. Arrows of Causality -- IX. Decline -- X. Extracting Meaning -- XI. Ever-Moving Targets.

Conversations About History, Volume 2, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading historians with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. Linda Colley, the Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University;2. John Elliott, Professor of Modern History at University of Oxford;3. Richard Janko, Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan;4. Maria Mavroudi, Professor of History at UC Berkeley;5. Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Premodern World at the University of Southern California.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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