I found early modern Latin got a lot easier when I asked myself the question 'what would this mean if it was written by someone who hadn't really been paying attention in Latin class?'

I'm going to save that question for next time a public history student needs a dissertation topic!

I could get behind a selfie ban, but taking photos to go with notes is really helpful if you're a student or researcher.

The no photos rule is such a pain, and entirely out of line with museums elsewhere.

Ah, okay, another good (and more recent) example from my own field is this roundtable on the display of arms in museums: muse.jhu.edu/article/703145

In general, there's a lot less public history scholarship around early modern case-studies, but this by Paula Findlen might be a good place to start: www.jstor.org/stable/10.15...

A classic case-study frequently taught about this is the controversy over the cancelled Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian www.jstor.org/stable/2945111

I stayed in a gorgeous hotel in Mantua once, unfortunately the manager was a fascist (his description) who spent the week trying to chat me up, including with an upgrade to a room that was just across the corridor from his own

To be fair they will likely have similar numbers of women at the top levels of government

yeah, there's a real risk of a Marxist zombie uprising

gotta keep the proles out

Private James Widdle

Back in the day when they could afford to live nearby

Unless you have a siesta first

I guess that was just before we Broke With Rome to Stand Alone as a Proud Island Nation etc etc

Yeah, I mean I think there is a case in the very first term for saying okay, you have four essays due in January and need five days approx. for each, work backwards in your diary and allocate those 20 days. But we shouldn't need to spell it out every time.

Right - I think being able to research and write 400 words a day of in-depth prose is pretty reasonable for someone aiming at a graduate job.