After a very helpful and beneficial unconference at the weekend, my project proposal is starting to take shape. It now seems appropriate to start preparing for the short essay. Initially, I was planning on doing a historiographical essay outlining the
“Why do you ask?” Forays into Social Microhistory, and Asking the Right Questions
After finding disparity in general literature with the sources, I have begun to look at another angle of research, interviews (or more formally, Oral Histories). As of today, 2 interviews have been conducted with the family members of friends, asking
The Politics of Language
I don’t think I’d have to put forward that hard a case to get people to agree that language is intrinsically political. The awareness of this over the past few years has grown exponentially: people are now wary of things
Sir William Jones: An Introduction to a Truly Transnational Figure
I thought it would be a good idea to give a bit of background to the main figure of my project as well as present a few of the ways in which Sir William Jones was a truly transnational and