A space for the discussion of the life, works, and influence of British author and academic J.R.R. Tolkien.

The emergence of commercial scale, cross-cultural trade at the start of the Bronze Age required a common language to enable that trade. What gradually emerged was an alphabetic form of Akkadian inspired by the […]

This group has been created for individuals interested in language teaching, environmental humanities, and sustainability studies. It supplements the book Foreign Language Teaching and the Environment (2019) in […]

A group for those interested in ways student gamemaking is incorporated into pedagogy. Rather than simply having students play educational games, what if students make educational games? How can gamemaking be […]

This group is linked to Linked Pasts IV, the annual symposium dedicated to facilitating practical and pragmatic developments in Linked Open Data in History, Classics, Geography, and Archaeology.
For the event […]

This site can be used as a repository for syllabi, projects, and classroom activities related to ancient magic. I am hoping that other colleagues can use the site as a resource for developing a class or adding a […]

The idea is to discuss the origin of the draughts (checkers) game. Most think that it is more than 3000 years, which is not correct.

Essays, articles, reading lists, intellectual histories, and ideas on the Black Radical Tradition

The Cultural Trauma Studies group seeks to bring together scholars in the field by providing a platform where a healthy exchange of ideas can take place. Issues of potential interest and exchange include, but are […]

A group for historians of Mexico since 1810.