Hello Historians

[Rob Glass]

Hello, I'm Robert Glass. I'm primarily interested in Ancient History and then primarily the history of the Roman Republic. I'm also very interested in 17th-early 19th century affairs particularly the British Royal Navy, though I am far more general in my studies in that time period overall than I am with the Roman Republic. I think that's about it... I'm sure I could mention more later if I needed to.

[Jamie_Szudy]

Hi, I'm Jamie Szudy.  I'm a doctoral student at the University of Vienna, studying Assyriology (in particular, the Neo-Assyrian period).  My main interests tend to be more historical and archaeological than philological (which is the normal emphasis of my discipline), and I have a particular interest in archaeo-metallurgy.  In order to explore that, as well as the issue of how the Neo-Assyrian state produced and distributed military equipment, I'm doing my PhD on archery equipment from that period.

I have a lot of other historical interests, as well.  My BA was in Classical history, and I have a passion for maritime history (ancient, renaissance, and early steamships), armor (mostly ancient, but also medieval), early technology, and also modern Middle Eastern history.  I've been on a couple digs, both in Jordan (...it was hot...).

Nice to meet you all!   

[Eric Balkan]

Hi, I'm Eric Balkan and glad to be here.  I've had a long-term (non-academic) interest in military history, especially that of areas other than the West.  I've written some (largely unpublished) historical fiction for which I researched medieval Central Asia (Mongol and pre-Mongol periods) and the Third Crusade period in Palestine. 

Besides books on those periods, I have a lot of late 19th and early 20th century atlases and travel books, and a couple of encyclopedias, that I was intending to use for a project for stamp collectors that never got off the ground.   

I'm open to collaborating with others here on some CZ articles. 

[Allred]

My Name is Lance, and I'm a recent PhD in Assyriology and am interested in the Mesopotamian history of the late third millennium. I hope to contribute to various articles on ancient history and Assyriology.

[Robert Winmill]

Hello, I'm Robert Winmill, and Bob to my friends.  I am not so much a historian, but I do enjoy chronicling events.  I'll leave most of the historical perspective to others.  My main interest is in Engineering and specifically Aerospace Engineering and their associated histories.

[Frank W Sweet]

My field of study is the history of the U.S. Black/White color line from colonial times to today. I have added myself to the History, Anthropology, and Law workgroups. History, because that is my major field. Anthropology because I use genetic admixture studies to reveal past gene flow across the endogamous color line by measuring the relative fractions of Euro/Afro genetic admixture within both the Black and the White U.S. populations, and how those ratios vary regionally today. Law because the records of the 300 appealed court cases that decided on which side of the color line someone belonged shed light on how the U.S. view of "racial" membership changed over the past three centuries, and how it varied by region in the nineteenth century.

[Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér]

I am Morten; I work on Russian and Soviet history, literature and language.
My particular interest is The Russian Liberation Movement, a movement of Soviet soldiers joining Nazi Germany to fight the Bolshevik system. Well, that was their official argumentation. Actually, there are many interpretations on [...historian rant].

[Aleta Curry]

Aleta Curry here.  I am apparently one of the last "generalists" around; I think that even my alma mater is making people declare specialities early these days, which seems a bit of a pity. I remember noting in grad school how many people were extremely well-versed in their fields of study but seemed to have little concept of others...even other fields of history. Oh, well.  Anyway, I learned the phrase "Renaissance Man" when I was about twelve and have been working on becoming one ever since.

I was interested to read the blurbs from everyone else here, and particularly dismayed by Kali Tal's post on 28 Nov last year.  I can only hope it was the result of misunderstanding and that the issues have been resolved.

Mr/Dr Sweet:  how interesting.  I recently saw a US documentary--the thesis of which seemed to be that "race" is and was a social construct without any real meaning.

Mr/Dr Johansen: I agree and I'll be interested in reading your articles.  I have just seen your question re sources on another thread and have responded.

Greetings to all

A Curry

[Jason S. Colflesh]

Greetings.  I'm Jason Colflesh.  I'm not a historian by profession, but rather one by interest.  I suppose as that goes, I'm something of a generalist as well.  One of the things I like is to follow trends and flows through history, and see the patterns.  I've been greatly enjoying the articles in the CZ History section so far.  Thanks all!

[Denis Cavanagh]

Hi I'm Denis Cavanagh and I'm in Second year studying history in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. I think its great that there are so many historians out there with their own specialisations. I like specifically the Napoleonic period, the Roman Republic and the English Medieval Kings. I have a lot of work to do, I hope to have all the biographies of all the Plantagenet monarchs by the end of September. (At the moment, in the spirit of the writeathon I'm creating stubs)

[Vincent Garton]

I'm Vince, I'll be working on Soviet and European communist history mainly, with a dash of Hungary thrown in and some other things too. My particular interest is the period between Stalin's death and Khrushchev's rise in 1953. Blah.

[Denis Cavanagh]

I've scrapped a lot of my so called projects... I think its better to work on something with someone already started. But considering that I haven't done much in ages I think I'll stick to editing smallish things here and there.

[Aleta Curry]

Hi Denis, good to see you back.

Do what you can, when you can.   

[Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér]

I am trying to find time to clean up some of my articles. They are... distinctly unimpressive.

[Jay Proctor]

Hello Workgroup-

My primary areas of interest are in the Holy Roman Empire and European History.