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Theo Knights
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PhD Student of early modern Ottoman history. Social historian interested in commerce, customs, and corruption in Ottoman lands.
The Ottomans doing their damndest to follow standard IMF advice on avoiding a wage-price spiral
November 27, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Also in a rather bold move he concludes his exams with some advice for the department: more exams more frequently
November 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM
I don’t have photos of the full essay so I’m not sure if he discusses Gibbon, but he ends up proposing four of which he dismisses the two Greeks:
November 19, 2024 at 2:40 PM
The questions Marshall Hodgson was asked in 1951 for his written comprehensive exam in Social Thought are preserved in his papers. He completed the exam near the end of his PhD and it appears he was rather tired of writing about the Nizaris.
November 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM