[lit-ideas] Re: Jobs in Maritime History...
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:14:38 -0800
...are currently available in Arizona or Bridgewater.
MARITIME HISTORY / STUDIES
Arizona State University - Assistant Professor, Afro-Atlantic History
<http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=43669>
Bridgewater State University - Assistant Professor
The MA. job needs no explanation. Arizona is different. This, of course, is
where the 1831 version of London Bridge, the one with lights made from
Napoleon's cannon, finished up:
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/arizona/london-bridge
You'll read here that the bridge is flanked by a "Tudor-style Medieval English
village."
Quite when the Medieval period ends is one of those slippery things--fall of
Constantinople, battle of Bosworth Field are both contending closing
events--but it is those who count Spain as the center of things who stretch the
period as far as the death of King Ferdinand II in 1516. Even pro-Plantagenet
historians of Britain would hesitate to call the Tudors "medieval." Thus by
close, scholarly scrutiny, is Arizona demonstrated in its travel copy to harbor
lingering Spanish sympathies. Those who would teach there Maritime
History/Studies/Afro-Atlantic should take note.
Carry on.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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