Dexter Fergie
@dexterfergie.bsky.social
The Nehru portal (which contains the catalogue for his papers) elicits this
December 15, 2023 at 9:54 PM
The Nehru portal (which contains the catalogue for his papers) elicits this
This is one of the first google results--and perhaps the site that has this information--but my browser says the site contains malware and is a known security threat.
December 15, 2023 at 9:52 PM
This is one of the first google results--and perhaps the site that has this information--but my browser says the site contains malware and is a known security threat.
Had to download a PDF of an academic book to check a reference. Turns out that my copy, which may or may not have been acquired from a less than reputable website, also came with a copy of this book.
December 8, 2023 at 10:25 PM
Had to download a PDF of an academic book to check a reference. Turns out that my copy, which may or may not have been acquired from a less than reputable website, also came with a copy of this book.
Wertheim on the pathology of primacy.
December 8, 2023 at 5:33 PM
Wertheim on the pathology of primacy.
I'm thinking about Refaat Alareer--a Palestinian poet, translator, literature professor, and dad. Israel killed him, along with his family, in a bombing earlier today. My heart hurts for him, his family, and the other 17,177 Palestinians that Israel has murdered since Oct. 7.
December 7, 2023 at 8:30 PM
I'm thinking about Refaat Alareer--a Palestinian poet, translator, literature professor, and dad. Israel killed him, along with his family, in a bombing earlier today. My heart hurts for him, his family, and the other 17,177 Palestinians that Israel has murdered since Oct. 7.
The second question is one that I truly can't figure out. Why did the CCP make this very small change to its flag and logo?
November 24, 2023 at 8:31 PM
The second question is one that I truly can't figure out. Why did the CCP make this very small change to its flag and logo?
This exchange between Dean Acheson and Harry Dexter White at Bretton Woods made me laugh.
November 22, 2023 at 2:21 PM
This exchange between Dean Acheson and Harry Dexter White at Bretton Woods made me laugh.
Probably not going to apply to this posting at "a highly selective, innovative liberal arts institution."
October 16, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Probably not going to apply to this posting at "a highly selective, innovative liberal arts institution."
Another example.
October 14, 2023 at 6:53 PM
Another example.
people weren't kidding. this book goes hard.
October 5, 2023 at 4:16 PM
people weren't kidding. this book goes hard.
how badly do i need this book from the currently closed-off fifth floor of the library?
October 4, 2023 at 7:48 PM
how badly do i need this book from the currently closed-off fifth floor of the library?
trying to quiet quit but
September 29, 2023 at 8:33 PM
trying to quiet quit but
This book does some of this. Cemil Aydin happens to be one of my favourite historians. His other book "The Idea of the Muslim World" and this one do such a great job toggling between ideas and the international system.
September 26, 2023 at 4:33 PM
This book does some of this. Cemil Aydin happens to be one of my favourite historians. His other book "The Idea of the Muslim World" and this one do such a great job toggling between ideas and the international system.
Congratulations to "Billy Wellman" on his very productive year of publishing.
September 25, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Congratulations to "Billy Wellman" on his very productive year of publishing.
primary source of the apocalypse: Offshore Magazine
September 22, 2023 at 8:38 PM
primary source of the apocalypse: Offshore Magazine
if anyone was wondering, undergrads love when you lecture about imperialism and bird shit
September 20, 2023 at 4:38 PM
if anyone was wondering, undergrads love when you lecture about imperialism and bird shit
I put a couple chs from Pinker's Enlightenment Now on my syllabus (pairing him with another Montreal-born and -raised, Jewish intellectual, Naomi Klein), so I'm rereading that joyous book.
He repeats this doozy. And then claims that North Korea and South Korea have experienced the same history.
He repeats this doozy. And then claims that North Korea and South Korea have experienced the same history.
September 13, 2023 at 11:22 PM
I put a couple chs from Pinker's Enlightenment Now on my syllabus (pairing him with another Montreal-born and -raised, Jewish intellectual, Naomi Klein), so I'm rereading that joyous book.
He repeats this doozy. And then claims that North Korea and South Korea have experienced the same history.
He repeats this doozy. And then claims that North Korea and South Korea have experienced the same history.
A wild counterfactual that was (relatively) close to happening: In 1953, thanks to support from the USSR, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit becomes the UN Secretary-General–an Indian woman diplomat replacing the unpopular and very pro-US Trygve Lie–and oversees the UN throughout the decolonization period.
September 1, 2023 at 5:32 PM
A wild counterfactual that was (relatively) close to happening: In 1953, thanks to support from the USSR, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit becomes the UN Secretary-General–an Indian woman diplomat replacing the unpopular and very pro-US Trygve Lie–and oversees the UN throughout the decolonization period.
don't worry, this one is in my audible queue
August 30, 2023 at 6:38 PM
don't worry, this one is in my audible queue
Another delightful book I've been reading to prepare for my 20th cent. world history course.
August 30, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Another delightful book I've been reading to prepare for my 20th cent. world history course.
it's profoundly sad that there is a far-right commentator spewing all sorts of non-sense under the name "Mike Davis"
August 29, 2023 at 8:39 PM
it's profoundly sad that there is a far-right commentator spewing all sorts of non-sense under the name "Mike Davis"
This book has been a delight to listen to. I quibble with some of her interpretive tendencies (eg Lovell sometimes leans too much on ideas rather than geopolitics or economics to explain foreign relations) but it's beautifully organized and argued.
August 27, 2023 at 4:28 PM
This book has been a delight to listen to. I quibble with some of her interpretive tendencies (eg Lovell sometimes leans too much on ideas rather than geopolitics or economics to explain foreign relations) but it's beautifully organized and argued.
Currently doing a deep dive into the history of childhood for this ch I'm working on.
August 5, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Currently doing a deep dive into the history of childhood for this ch I'm working on.
finally reading this
August 5, 2023 at 12:56 PM
finally reading this
just absolutely amazed at the tail on the Q in Quinn Slobodian's name here.
August 3, 2023 at 11:24 PM
just absolutely amazed at the tail on the Q in Quinn Slobodian's name here.