Pillars of Un-Discipline

The following are commentaries on the historical profession. Self-serving, no doubt, they have not served me well. Well, they have not served me. They may do the same for you.

1. Narrative is Theft

3. Gatekeping: A Guide to our Profession's Newly-Appointed Officials

5. What’s in a Name: A Reality History

7. Eau Contraire

8. History as Penis Envy

11. Never the Twain

16. Job on the Market

18. Pygmalion

22. Designs Against Historians

23. Mario and the Magicians

31. Of Mummers and Mimicry

37. My Theory which is Mine

38. Educating Gita

44. My Dinner with André

47. Sure, I’m a (Grouchy) Marxist

69. The Gatekeeping Award

71. Afternoon Tea at St. Crispin’s

72. Lionizing the Trickster

75. Non, je ne regrette rien…except

77. The Now Nation