Todd Webb
@rtoddwebb.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at Laurentian University, author of ‘Transatlantic Methodists’, and Jacobin cat person.
As the fall term rolls into October, this relatively unknown section of the Bayeux tapestry seems relevant...
October 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As the fall term rolls into October, this relatively unknown section of the Bayeux tapestry seems relevant...
Slightly diminish a book.
The Apprentice and Margarita.
The Apprentice and Margarita.
September 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Slightly diminish a book.
The Apprentice and Margarita.
The Apprentice and Margarita.
Ancient history joke!
December 5, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Ancient history joke!
Reposted by Todd Webb
"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."
A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester
Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:29 PM
"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."
Reposted by Todd Webb
Marc Bloch to be interred at the Pantheon. Medievalists should punch Nazis #medievalsky
Emmanuel Macron annonce l'entrée au Panthéon de l'historien et résistant Marc Bloch, fusillé par la Gestapo en 1944.
L'annonce est intervenue lors du discours du président pour commémorer le 80e anniversaire de la libération de Strasbourg.
www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/deba...
L'annonce est intervenue lors du discours du président pour commémorer le 80e anniversaire de la libération de Strasbourg.
www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/deba...
Emmanuel Macron annonce l'entrée au Panthéon de l'historien et résistant Marc Bloch, fusillé par la Gestapo en 1944
Engagé dans la résistance, Marc Bloch est arrêté à Lyon le 8 mars 1944, emprisonné et torturé à la prison de Montluc, puis fusillé le 16 juin avec 29 de ses camarades.
www.francetvinfo.fr
November 23, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Marc Bloch to be interred at the Pantheon. Medievalists should punch Nazis #medievalsky
Rowan Williams's review of Jordan Peterson's latest foray is a wonderful example of a learned man responding respectfully but with devastating learnedness to a fanatic.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth
The popular psychologist’s blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Rowan Williams's review of Jordan Peterson's latest foray is a wonderful example of a learned man responding respectfully but with devastating learnedness to a fanatic.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
It is a strange old world we live in, after all...
November 14, 2024 at 1:33 PM
It is a strange old world we live in, after all...
A new course that I’ll be teaching in Winter 2025!
June 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM
A new course that I’ll be teaching in Winter 2025!
Exploring that final frontier…behind the television.
February 3, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Exploring that final frontier…behind the television.
What are 5 topics you can talk about unprepared for 5 minutes?
1. Methodism
2. French Revolution
3. Cats
4. Laurentian University's disastrous insolvency (it's the three-year anniversary of its CCAA filing today!)
5. Pre-1900 Canadian history
1. Methodism
2. French Revolution
3. Cats
4. Laurentian University's disastrous insolvency (it's the three-year anniversary of its CCAA filing today!)
5. Pre-1900 Canadian history
February 1, 2024 at 2:34 PM
What are 5 topics you can talk about unprepared for 5 minutes?
1. Methodism
2. French Revolution
3. Cats
4. Laurentian University's disastrous insolvency (it's the three-year anniversary of its CCAA filing today!)
5. Pre-1900 Canadian history
1. Methodism
2. French Revolution
3. Cats
4. Laurentian University's disastrous insolvency (it's the three-year anniversary of its CCAA filing today!)
5. Pre-1900 Canadian history
Officer Kitty is prepared to report for duty...more or less...unless there's a snack somewhere...or a warm blanket...actually, never mind.
January 18, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Officer Kitty is prepared to report for duty...more or less...unless there's a snack somewhere...or a warm blanket...actually, never mind.
I’ve been told it’s a good idea to start as you mean to go on: so here’s my cat, Christabel, named for the radical English suffragette, hanging out in her cave…
January 8, 2024 at 7:59 PM
I’ve been told it’s a good idea to start as you mean to go on: so here’s my cat, Christabel, named for the radical English suffragette, hanging out in her cave…