Nancy Wingfield
@nmw1.bsky.social
Habsburg historian, occasionally, some Successor States; fan of cats, good coffee, wine, the Austrian Riviera, NYC, Paris, Prague, & Vienna. Under contract to write a book that stubbornly refuses to write itself. I've been awarded a medal!
Why did I somehow know this? 😂
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Why did I somehow know this? 😂
Or not. These ppl helped create the atmosphere in which the Fascists came to power. With their years of dithering, their what-aboutism, their credulity in the face of fact, imo, they're fellow travelers. I'll be happy to be proven incorrect.
January 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Or not. These ppl helped create the atmosphere in which the Fascists came to power. With their years of dithering, their what-aboutism, their credulity in the face of fact, imo, they're fellow travelers. I'll be happy to be proven incorrect.
Fairly sure he's got that one figured out! 😀
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Fairly sure he's got that one figured out! 😀
ASSASSINATION, imo.
January 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
ASSASSINATION, imo.
OUP-Oxford, my dream publisher, gave me pretty typeface, numerous illustrations, footnotes, and a bibliography. Also, the best pink, black, & white cover ever. You know, like an 1890s ice cream parlor, but sex. Also, pink lettering on white on the spine of the book.
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
OUP-Oxford, my dream publisher, gave me pretty typeface, numerous illustrations, footnotes, and a bibliography. Also, the best pink, black, & white cover ever. You know, like an 1890s ice cream parlor, but sex. Also, pink lettering on white on the spine of the book.
Maybe not on everything & maybe only recently...
January 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Maybe not on everything & maybe only recently...
Harvard did it to me back in 2006 & one of the reviewers called me out for having a heavily noted--end-noted, of course 🫠--book w/o a bibliography. 😀OUP-Oxford, not US, let me have a bibliography & footnotes, bless their hearts!💗
January 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Harvard did it to me back in 2006 & one of the reviewers called me out for having a heavily noted--end-noted, of course 🫠--book w/o a bibliography. 😀OUP-Oxford, not US, let me have a bibliography & footnotes, bless their hearts!💗
Fairly sure we can be expelled...😍
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Fairly sure we can be expelled...😍
Interesting, I've nvr experienced that. 😀 Now I'm going to notice...
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Interesting, I've nvr experienced that. 😀 Now I'm going to notice...
Is this considered some kind of gatekeeping? Notes are gift, a kind of map, from someone in your field. And, if Bozo the Clown has written a huge amount on a topic & is usefully self-citing, thanks! While I'm ranting: OUP & Chicago, Princeton, etc., should never have cut bibliographies! 😘
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Is this considered some kind of gatekeeping? Notes are gift, a kind of map, from someone in your field. And, if Bozo the Clown has written a huge amount on a topic & is usefully self-citing, thanks! While I'm ranting: OUP & Chicago, Princeton, etc., should never have cut bibliographies! 😘
As someone who doesn't much self-cite & enjoys citing others, I'm curious about the problem. If you've earlier published still timely articles/books on a topic you discuss in subsequent work, you're not meant to cite it? Leave it out of the dreaded historiography note? How does this help a reader?
January 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
As someone who doesn't much self-cite & enjoys citing others, I'm curious about the problem. If you've earlier published still timely articles/books on a topic you discuss in subsequent work, you're not meant to cite it? Leave it out of the dreaded historiography note? How does this help a reader?