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"Unvarnished." (Phi Beta Cons)
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Saturday, July 16, 2005

POSTSCRIPT TO THE
‘Bloggers Need Not Apply’
DUSTUP


Academic bloggers can fuss all they want, but in the end I guess this is the only real response to the pseudonymous scold at the Chronicle of Higher Education. It comes from Mark Grimsley, a history professor at Ohio State:


Custer and the Art of the Blog - Addendum

Friday, July 15, 2005, 01:27 PM - Building the Field

In light of a recent article in the online Chronicle of Higher Education, Bloggers Need Not Apply, I thought I would quote from my annual performance review::

Dear Mark,

[In the past year, you published this, taught that, and served on such and such a committee.] Finally, you maintained a very interesting and important academic military history blog, which you have used with skill to develop ideas about the field and also to advance your thinking on important scholarly issues, particularly on your Race and War project . . .

Sincerely yours,

Kenneth J. Andrien
Professor and Chair

Cc: John Roberts, Dean, College of Humanities



[Hat tip to Ralph Luker.]
Posted at: 7/16/2005 07:01:00 AM