A new early modern edition of Carnivalesque is up at Siris! Very carnivalesque — food, drink, violence, and a very topical reference to early modern earthquakes.

Two months and six days is quite long enough for this little miracle of an invention to feature at the top of this blog. The date of my last post, the 1st of February 2007, points the finger at the cause of my silence: teaching. The spring semester started on that exact date.
Now, a lot [...]

As seen on Culture Cat — a great idea for a meme. My workspace at home is at one end of the living room. I don’t have a separate room to work in, although I would like to, because usually a lot more books and paper lie around on and under the table, which rather [...]

I set out this morning to find a new outfit for my poor neglected blog. I had in mind something like Sribblingwoman’s crisp design, but then I stumbled on this cosy wallpaper theme called “warm and dry.” I fell in love with it, and decided to rename the blog after this serendipitous find. If you [...]

So many essays to grade, lectures and seminars to prepare, and here are two great carnivals to distract me (and you?) from the work:
Teaching Carnival XVI at Ancarett’s Abode brings together such intriguing questions as how can you juggle all your work and teaching responsibilites? When to stop reading? Why do students hate groupwork? [...]

I was really planning to return to blogging when I wrote here last - and I am still planning to. Unlike Sharon however ;-), I do have lots and lots of classes to prep and teach. I started teaching on the 4th of September, and frankly, I just didn’t have the time to even [...]

A roundup of the best of this summer’s blogging on the early modern period can now be found at Early Modern Notes. Thanks to Sharon for another wonderful edition!