If you’re getting the idea that what I mean by “playful” historical thinking is better known as “bad” historical thinking, go to the head of the class.
Entries Tagged as 'History@Play'
Would You Rather
March 13th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: History@Play · Teaching
Who Would Win?
March 10th, 2010 · 15 Comments
Vikings vs. Samurai!
Tags: Alternate History · History@Play
Survival of the Funnest
March 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments
In the world of historical texts, good stories win. What wins in the world of history games and play?
Tags: History@Play
Playful Historical Thinking
March 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments
History is too important to take seriously.
Tags: Academia · History@Play · Teaching
Discover Kymaerica
February 2nd, 2010 · 6 Comments
Build your own alternate universe.
Tags: Alternate History · Found History · History@Play · Old Weird America
She Blinded Me With History
January 25th, 2010 · 16 Comments
As history is awesome, it deserves an awesome shirt.
Tags: History@Play · Science!
The Great Golem Uprising
December 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments
“I, Robot meets the Risorgimento,” says my man Mike G. From a humongous thread of alternate geography at alternatehistory.com.
Tags: Alternate History · Asides · History@Play
Now Go Fight Your Brothers
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments
“Joe Kennedy Trains the President:” Another history comic from Kate Beaton–she just keeps hitting them out of the park.
Tags: Asides · History@Play
Angels and Octopodes
September 22nd, 2009 · 24 Comments
Was Cthulhu a railroad? The wires–or tentacles–connecting the Ghostbusters, H.P. Lovecraft, Aleister Crowley, Frank Norris, BLDGBLOG, AT&T, and me.
Tags: Alternate History · Favorites · Gilded Age · History@Play
Department Enrollment Committee, FYI
June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
Survey: History undergraduates at Oxford more sexually active than any other undergraduate major.
Tags: Academia · Asides · History@Play