“Scientification”; this world miraculously distills many of the most pervasive flaws of global history-telling. Historians are taught that we pursue the absolute truth of grand, civilizational narratives. This can be seen in innocuous cases like Twitter accounts that highlight common misconceptions about history, such as that medieval people didn’t bathe. But it emerges most prominently, … Continue reading Project Proposal – No Grand Narratives: Re-humanizing History
Category: Europe
City of London v. Strangers: Hanse Merchants and the Changing Political Economy of Elizabethan England
Presented in partial completion of the MA/MSc in International History at Columbia University and the London School of Economics, Thursday May 5, 2022 Word Count: 14995 “We learn that whereas the Hanse Towns have long enjoyed certain privileges in respect of the export of cloth from England… nevertheless certain malicious and envious citizens of London … Continue reading City of London v. Strangers: Hanse Merchants and the Changing Political Economy of Elizabethan England
Europa Universalis IV: An Interactive Idea of Europe [Blog, Webster Review of International History]
I submitted and revised a paper on the historiography of the grand strategy video game Europa Universalis IV to the blog of The Webster Review of International History at LSE. Here's the link: https://lsewebsterreview.wixsite.com/blog/post/europa-universalis-iv-an-interactive-idea-of-europe Aidan Lilienfeld, blog post for The Webster Review of International History at LSE, March 2022
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