Herodotus: Wiki for HIST 489

Welcome to Herodotus, the wiki for the Senior Seminar in History. This will be a nexus of communications and and a focus of work in the seminar.

ANNOUNCEMENTS / TRANSACTIONS / HAPPENINGS

About the Wiki

Herodotus is the wiki for HIST 489, the Senior Seminar in History at North Dakota State University. Webbmaster--that's me, Prof. Tom Isern, and if you wonder about the second "b" in the name, then visit the seminar website and you'll figure it out.

The main purpose of the wiki is to establish a knowledge base for the benefit of all in the seminar. Our common subject of research is historical monuments on the northern plains. Every researcher works on an individual topic in line with this common investigation. Still, there are two types of knowledge we will try to build in Herodotus that will be applicable to all the individual topics.

The first of these is knowledge of secondary literature. As background to our research, and as a basis for interpretation of our research, we need to establish familiarity with the main lines of secondary historical writing on historical monuments. Each of us will contribute to the knowledge base of secondary literature.

See: Bibliography of Secondary Literature on Historical Monuments

The second type of knowledge to be registered in the wiki is knowledge of primary sources for research. In pursuit of individual topics, many of us will use some of the same primary sources or same types of primary sources. Each of us will contribute to the knowledge base of primary sources for research.

See: Guide to Primary Sources on Historical Monuments

Besides contributing to the common knowledge base, every seminarian is expected to establish and maintain a home page in the wiki and other pages linked to the home page. The individual home pages are to be linked to names in the roster above.

Your Own Pages in the Wiki

The two pages linked above are ones we will work on together. In addition, you are to establish certain required pages of your own that will document your place and work in the seminar.

The first of these is your own profile page (the one that will be accessible using the "Members" button above). Just delete all the silly questions in the Wetpaint member template and insert what you need for this seminar.

It's a good idea to upload a photo. That helps us become acquainted with one another as a seminar.

Then, there will be two paragraphs you should place in your profile.

1. Your bio.
2. Your paper proposal.
   

Under these, insert links to

• Research Log
• Bibliography
  

There are templates for these two pages. Use the "Add a new page" button at right and select the appropriate template. Establish your Research Log and Bibliography pages, and then keep them updated. I use these to check up on how you're doing.

Credits

Many thanks to Wetpaint, the wiki hosts, for hosting this educational wiki ad-free.