David M. Whitford
davidmwhitford.bsky.social
David M. Whitford
@davidmwhitford.bsky.social
European Reformations historian. Cultural history. Making of a Reformation Man: Martin Luther and the Construction of Masculinity. Routledge, 2025. Gender. Embodiment. (The pic is me, just fyi. I found it tucked among my mom’s things. c. 1978)
Once on a journal editors panel with STEM editor. He was utterly shocked that as a doctoral advisor I did not put my name on my students’ articles. “Didn’t you read them?” “Ofc” “well you need to be on the article then” “umm no. Not how it works” he was simply stunned.
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I feel like I really win.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The opening paragraph (as a writer) is simply a joy. Iranians and mayonnaise. Did not see that coming.
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
That is awesome. I had a senior class last year create new wikipedia pages for women from history who deserved a page but did not have one yet.
August 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
All I get is a guy who writes (well) about sports for Esquire, and Naomi is out here being a superhero!
a man in a yellow and black jacket is pushing a cart
ALT: a man in a yellow and black jacket is pushing a cart
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August 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Do not mess with Germans and their dogs!
July 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
That’s like a toddler win, a mom win, and a gramma win all wrapped up in one little dress!
June 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The memorial sessions at SCSC will be out in either ARG or CHRC (I forget which). They were magnificent. Mack Holt and MWH won the day though. I would put a decal on my computer. I’m looking for an Andor one now! She’d have liked Andor.
June 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I feel like there is a market out there for Team NZD tshirts or stickers for laptops.
June 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A long time ago, the Brit M had a Durer show. They made a giant copy of that as you were about to enter the show. My then 5 yo nearly climbed up my body to get away from it. Absolutely terrified. Needless to say, did not see the exhibit. We went back to ANE wing.
May 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
After F was elected, a B16 guy came and spoke. He gave a discourse on how as a prof he was called to rebuke the pope to come back to orthodoxy. He framed it in terms of Aug's City of God. I said during Q&A, that he may have used CG, but gave an excellent summary of ML's Bab Cap. No friend made. =)
May 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Should come with a footnote that says, “The candidate did not sufficiently recognize the brilliance of my second book!”
April 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I would absolutely go to that paper!
April 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Natalie Zemon Davis The Return of Martin Guerre
March 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
38 of mine.
March 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Promotion to full deserves the full Brunello treatment.
March 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nero had some competence. Think Caligula or Caracalla.
February 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM