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Tim’s Light Reading (5-26-2011)

[edited and updated, 9:30 am, CST] 1. Another Potential USIH Conference Panel Idea This one is not for me, but on behalf of a colleague who’s curious about mutual interest. The topic is “narratology,” which is the general study of narratives in all their forms across varied disciplines and media. The topic could be summarized as: what does it mean to say that history is, or is made into, stories, by historians, whose work typically takes narrative form, or gives signals that it should be taken in that way, etc. There is interesting work being done on narratology in Europe Read more