Posts by Pamela
What’s in a Name?
Dear Marginalia: I could use a little help from you. Some virtual brainstorming. I’m getting organized to start a newsletter.* The plan is that it will be a way to share– well–news. When there isn’t news to share, I’ll write about research and writing, etc. And maybe give you a peak at what’s on the…
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Supper at Sea in the Age of Sail
This summer I’ve had the pleasure of working with Fen Truitt. Fen is a student at Trinity College in Dublin. She’s interested in art, architecture, literature, music, hiking, and history–just for starters. In short, she fits in well here on the Margins, as you’ll see in the guest blog post below. (Please note that the…
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One House, Five Families and 100 Years of German History
In The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History, Thomas Harding* tells the history of twentieth century Germany through the lens of a small vacation home, located on a lake near the outskirts of Berlin, and the five families who owned it. Harding is not an impartial…
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