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FYI! A *great* review of David Harrisville's "Virtuous Wehrmacht" from @EBWestermann in "German History," noting how it "adds another important voice to the discussion of the manner in which ordinary soldiers became instruments of extraordinary violence..." cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150176…

Season 2 of the pod is underway. Thanks to David Harrisville (morality, motivation and the Wehrmacht in WW2) & Tim Lynch (conscript morale in WW1) for two great interviews y/day. Still open for contributors. DM me.

It's called a donut cake. They seem to be popular here in Rhode Island

After spending over a month assembling the completely insane documentation required, I finally got my Rhode Island license and registration!

I learned the other day that a book came out (Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature, by Charles Puskas) that cites me, my dad, and my grandpa. I think that's pretty cool!

My review of Stefan Kurt Treiber's excellent new book, Helden oder Feiglinge? Deserteure der Wehrmacht im Zweiten Weltkrieg, is now available from German History. It provides new insight into who deserters were and why they deserted. academic.oup.com/gh/advance-art…

Applications for the Berlin Program are due December 1st! I can confirm it's a terrific opportunity for dissertators and postdocs who want to research in Germany fu-berlin.de/en/sites/bprog…

Finally got covid after 2.5 years of good luck =( Doesn't seem like I have a bad case though

Also, I got a super dark fortune cookie!

So this chart, which I made using the numbers in S. Mintz' recent Inside Higher Ed. piece (link and original source below) on the change in permanent faculty for 14 history departments is catastrophic. We, as a field, as a discipline, should be discussing almost nothing else. 1/

The electrician installed some smoke detectors today and now my electric stove/oven doesn't work. Guess they cut the wrong wire.

I just discovered this tool and thought I'd share: you can type in the name of a US school (in the tiny box on the right) and see the level of economic diversity--or lack thereof--of its student body. nytimes.com/interactive/pr…

Just went to an interesting talk about companies that made their fortunes under the Nazis and then tried to whitewash themselves. One takeaway: Fanta is basically Nazi coca-cola

Fun stat: Trump now has 91 felony charges. All other presidents have 0, but because of Trump the average felony charges per president is now around 2

A very positive and thoughtful review of Virtuous Wehrmacht just appeared in the American Historical Review by Ben Shepherd, a historian I greatly admire (and who sadly just left Twitter/X). Made my day!

So my apartment has had no heat for a day now after failing some inspection... Plumbers have been working for hours. Please send prayers to the boiler gods for me

I just recorded a piano piece I've been working on for a long time now (Chopin's ballade No. 1) that I'd like to share with the world! You can listen to it on this page of my website (it's at the very bottom). davidharrisville.com/recordings

Getting on the train soon for #SMH2024 ! It will be great to catch up with colleagues and friends!

I'm not great at math, but I believe US presidents now have an average of .74 convictions each 🙃

I'm looking forward to my first vacation since the pandemic. Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, here I come!