Another aspect of my work is the attempt to answer historical questions with computers, a concept known as digital history or digital humanities.[1] Before starting my doctorate program, I worked fulltime in Information Technology for twelve years. During that time, I worked in several sectors and verticals and across various subspecialties within the IT domain. So, …
On September 1, the New York Times carried an article about the new Russian history textbook and its descriptions of Ukraine and the ongoing “special military operation.” The next week, The Hill, a US political news site ran a similar piece. Both panned the new textbooks as inaccurate and propaganda. Unless you closely follow US politics or Eastern Europe, it …
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This past week I attended orientation with the Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission which allowed me to meet the other students and scholars visiting Hungary from the US. In addition to crash courses in language, culture, music, politics, economics, higher education, and living abroad, we also had a couple of guided tours. So, it seems an appropriate …
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Patrick C. Leech 