Two surprises with Kielce: the best (i bardziej twórczy) kotlet schabowy I’ve ever had and the strongest wind — “wieje jak (na dworcu) w Kielcach” no doubt.
Συμμετοχή του καθηγητή Γ. Στείρη @gsteiris στο κλειστό Συμπόσιο (Ρώμη, 13-15/5) της διεθνούς ερευνητικής ομάδας που συγγράφει το "Cambridge History of Platonism in the Modern Age: Platonism and the Italian Renaissance" (Cambridge University Press, 2027).
https://t.co/ATyxl3Pfjd
Basic point one: maybe political scientists still do, but no historian today would personalize a country as a person. Point two: this kind of searching for freedom sentiment indeed existed in certain eras (Brian Porter-Szűcs may concur), but not true throughout its entire history. No the book will not be sold in mainland China.
In Chinese, the book is rather titled “Poland that Rejects Vanquishing: From a Non-Existing Country to Back to Europe, A-Thousand-Year History in Search of Freedom,” followed by the blurb: “Partitioned by the Superpowers, twice Conquered, Polish People just wants their own State!”
@pdabrow Haha. Ironically, the analogy does not work as Taiwan has never been partitioned, nor did it have a thousand year of history (not even a Sarmatian myth). But not way to criticize much since historical writing in many EE and Asian countries fails in the same way.
@DullClayCutter@antiwestoid1 You can always trust the Zhonghua Shuju editions, it’s like the Chinese Loeb/I Tatti/TEAMS. “A Book to Burn” 焚書 is just a perfect title. It also works anaphorically well with his 藏書 “A Book to Keep Hidden.”
Completely agreed! I tried to offer a short course on John Lukács seven years ago, but nobody recognized him. His Student’s Guide to the Study of History should be the history 101 text for all, then The Remembered Past, The Future of History, and We at the Center of the Universe.
Another example of a great historian that ‘elite’ academia had no time for. In a functioning meritocracy he would have been teaching in the Ivy League.
“自古以来” “不可分割的一部分” “境外势力” “帝国主义亡我之心不死” If you look at the author’s affiliation, you will find this contemporary, ideology-laden political rhetoric all too familiar. I suspect this part was drafted by a local student or requested by the university. @MidEastCritique
Exciting new book by Christopher S. Celenza @CelenzaChris on rewriting the premodern history of Western Thought! Curious to see if anyone would like to write a review essay on this book alongside James Hankins' The Golden Thread @JamesWHankins1.
https://t.co/ecYL6NtJ9l
AAS Vancouver. Saturday at 2pm. On Utopian history in ancient and medieval China. Drop by and have some fun! @AASAsianStudies#AAS2026
(Taking an Asian retreat from European history)