There’s a link to the really neat mini-documentary on the TV program “Galileo,” and also to the nifty conference poster for the 2010 meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. And some thoughtful commentary. Aside from that, this week’s post to the website The History Blog might not have anything all that new for those who have been tracking the ongoing publicity related to history Prof. Greg Aldrete of Humanistic Studies (History) and his fascinating Linothorax Project. In the event you’ve never really heard about his work, however, this is a great, one-stop place to start: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/7628

Craig Lockard, professor emeritus of Social Change and Development, reports that a revised version of the “Last Lecture” that he gave to fellow UW-Green Bay faculty, staff, students and the public just prior to has retirement last December has now been published as the centerpiece essay in a new journal, The Middle Ground: An Online Journal for World Historians. The editors asked various other teachers and scholars of world history to respond to Lockard’s essay titled “Crossing Borders: Disciplines, Cultures, and Histories,” and invited Lockard to reply (his response was “Afterthoughts on Crossing Borders”). The new journal is dedicated to exploring the links between secondary and college-level approaches to studying and teaching world history. See
http://www.themiddlegroundjournal.org/Fall_2010_CONTENTS.html

Congratulations, Craig!