Friday's Notes

After only eight months on the job, William H. Worger, a historian of southern Africa, who previously taught at UCLA, Stanford, Michigan, and Dalhousie, has been ousted as dean of the graduate school at Louisiana State. More disturbing news from LSU for historians is the report that reduced state funding could jeopardize the existence of the University Press.

Michael Dirda,"A Journey That's Hard to Take," Washington Post, 7 May, reviews Robin Lane Fox's Traveling Heroes: In the Epic Age of Homer.

Jonathan Keates,"The life of a dynamic Doge," TLS, 29 April, reviews Dennis Romano's The Likeness of Venice: A Life of Doge Francesco Foscari, 1373–1457.

Martin Jacques,"Marx's keeper," Guardian, 2 May, reviews Tristram Hunt's The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels.

Waterboarding in 1902, Life, 22 May 1902."Chorus in Background: Those pious Yanks can't throw stones at us any more." Hat tip.

Sarah Boxer,"Ready, Aim -- Dream!" Slate, 6 May, is a slide show/essay, drawing on"Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West," an exhibit at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art.

Finally, running late? Mary Dudziak,"About that conference paper ...," Legal History, 7 May, offers good advice about your next conference paper.