Research: India Conquered
To get a better sense of India at the time of modern European colonialism, I purchased India Conquered by Jon Wilson. So far, Wilson has described India, predating the 1600’s, as a region of multiple sovereignties divided by geographic location and social…
Research Proposal Introduction
How is it that through the annals of modern western history classical objects find themselves on the front of modern dialogues deciding issues of policy, politics, and moral governance? It seems there is a common theme throughout the many great…
Research: Classics and Colonialism
In the introduction of Classics and Colonialism, a collection of essays on the Classical Tradition within British-Imperial and colonial politics, Barbara Goff defines the necessary terms for understanding the discourse of “postcolonial” analysis. To better understand what is meant by…
More Research (on Classical Tradition and the British Empire)
In many ways, the revisionary analysis of Alexander the Great by 19th-century intellectuals of Western Europe reflect largely the looming anxiety of a world possessing of great authority and cautious of its own sovereignty. There are three major themes that…
Topic: Western Imperialism (exemplified by the apogee of the British Empire) and the Classical Tradition
My thesis is yet decided, but so far I’ve found great support for the inherent link between 19th-century British politicians and scholars who viewed the status of the British Empire as a continuation of the legacy left from early Greece, particularly…
What do you find interesting about the study of history?
At 21, I read Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. I was instantly mesmerized by the prospect of autonomy and the development of a free-will. I had lived for much of my life unaware to the prospects offered through the study of history….
Introduction
Salve, mi amici! My name is Bryce and I am a third year student at MiraCosta College. I squandered much of my time when I was younger and now hope to make the most of what I have available; hence…
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