Clik here to view.
Gold in Them Thar Hills
Dear manic Monday dreaders, Think your week is tough? Imagine digging for gold in the heat and hills of California! (Or maybe that sounds like fun to some of you writing dissertations.) Calisphere...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chickens and State Fairs
Dear lethargic readers, It’s one of the regrets of my life thus far that I’ve never been to a county or state fair—to my knowledge, there weren’t many (or any) on Long Island where I grew up. Thanks to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AIDS Artwork and Activism
To those of you blaming tryptophan for your Monday morning lag, Tomorrow, December 1, marks World AIDS Day, which seems like a good moment to point to some online resources about the history of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Divided States #2: South Dakota Sojourn
Dear online wanderers, Today, I bring you the second installment of “The Divided States,” my small effort to uncover the digital archives of each and every American state, from sea to shining sea....
View ArticleClik here to view.
African-American Portraits, Black and White Photographers
Dear deadline dodgers, Regular readers may have noticed my online output has slowed lately, for which I can only blame the short days, the rainy weather, and that fine art some call “dissertating.”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Corsets and Cross-dressing, or the Joys of Theater
Dear Prodigy pioneers, This week and next, the undergrad dorm where I’m a resident tutor is putting on their annual musical—this year Guys and Dolls. And complete Carrie Bradshawesque narcissist that I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cal Coolidge’s Go Kart and Other Wonders of Western MA
To anyone who’s ever read an academic monograph on the beach, The fiancé and I have relocated to Northampton, Massachusetts for the summer. For the moment, I’m still trying to find my bearings, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Divided States #3: Connecticut Connections
Many who like procrastination like this blog, Today’s post, number three in the Lazy Scholar’s ongoing Divided States project, comes to you from Brian Distelberg, a historian of twentieth-century U.S....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Old News: Ice Cream, Gay Marriage, Stamps!
Dear regular readers, Today the Lazy Scholar is experimenting with a new feature called Old News, in which current news items are paired with archival finds. Let me know if you like it! • The New York...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Old News: Advertising, Globetrotting, Fishing
Dear weekend awaiters, This is the second installment of a new Lazy Scholar feature, pairing news items with historical archives. • Slate‘s TV Club is diligently following and debating the new season...
View Article
