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July 2nd, 2017, 01:43 PM
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#1 | | Archivist
Joined: Oct 2014 From: California, USA Posts: 130 | What history topics do you know the most about?
What topics in history are you most knowledgeable about? (Not that you're claiming to be an expert...though if you are an expert, feel free to say that if you like).
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July 2nd, 2017, 03:17 PM
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#2 | | Lecturer
Joined: Jun 2017 From: USA Posts: 422 |
Probably Roman era and prehistory/archaeology. I don't think anyone should claim to be expert unless they went to grad school in that specific area, so would not call myself an expert even if I thought I was an authority. Though in anything touched by politics there seem to be some pretty dodgy experts out there anyway.
I don't think that anyway, but I have read quite a bit and used to follow anything archaeology related every day. I have grown tired of that though, lately I have been reading WW II books in my spare time. I got a bunch of them on pdf and have been plowing through the whole lot.
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Last edited by Bophis; July 2nd, 2017 at 03:22 PM.
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July 3rd, 2017, 02:06 AM
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#3 | | Historian
Joined: Nov 2010 From: Cornwall Posts: 6,528 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bophis  I don't think anyone should claim to be expert unless they went to grad school in that specific area, so would not call myself an expert even if I thought I was an authority. . | Don't think many of the great historians went to 'grad school' - they just went out there and did it!! Conversely there will be people who qualify in a subject and then never re-visit it for the rest of their lives.
Not really relevant except to give a grounding.
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July 3rd, 2017, 02:13 AM
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#4 | | Lecturer
Joined: Mar 2017 From: Hussletown Posts: 280 | Quote:
Originally Posted by ecarian What topics in history are you most knowledgeable about? (Not that you're claiming to be an expert...though if you are an expert, feel free to say that if you like). | Irish history and I am an expert on certain periods of it. And before people jump all over me they should check out the meaning of expert.
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Last edited by Pilgrim; July 3rd, 2017 at 02:29 AM.
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July 3rd, 2017, 04:02 AM
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#5 | | Historian
Joined: Jun 2015 From: UK Posts: 5,365 |
Ancient history, medieval and early modern eras. Though my exact interest differs per region. Early modern for me in Africa or Asia, since they are critical for understanding more closely how they are today. Medieval for Europe,for the same reasons.
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July 3rd, 2017, 04:21 AM
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#6 | | Historian
Joined: Sep 2012 From: India Posts: 8,308 |
My interests are i ) WW II esp.the Russo-German conflict
ii ) Soviet Russia and Stalin
iii ) Recently Indo- Chinese conflict
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July 3rd, 2017, 04:27 AM
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#7 | | the governed self
Joined: Jan 2007 From: Nebraska Posts: 16,248 |
1914 - 1989
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July 3rd, 2017, 04:44 AM
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#8 | | Historian
Joined: Jan 2017 From: Sydney Posts: 2,078 |
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1952 ....2017 , this is a witness account
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July 3rd, 2017, 04:48 AM
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#9 | | Historian
Joined: Jan 2016 From: India Posts: 1,637 |
Late medieval and early modern period. The regions I'm interested in are Europe, Islamic World and Indian subcontinent.
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July 3rd, 2017, 07:33 AM
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#10 | | Scholar
Joined: Jan 2015 From: England Posts: 822 |
Early Dark Age Britain, roughly from the end of the Roman era to 600 C.E.
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