The Cliopatria Awards for history blogs as reported by History News Network:
Here, then, are the winners, short identifications of them, and brief explanations of the judge’s rationale for their decisions:
Best Individual Blog: Mark Grimsley’s Blog Them Out of the Stone Age
“Blog Them Out of the Stone Age is the finest example of the application of a historian’s passion and tradecraft in the new medium of blogging. It combines research, analysis and pedagogy issues with a keen desire to engage with the broader public.”
Mark Grimsley is Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University
Best Group Blog: K. M. Lawson, Jonathan Dresner, and others, at Frog in a Well
“After much thought, the judges chose the Frog in a Well project as a whole, rather than singling out any one of its constituent parts: not only do they feature overlapping personnel and a considerable degree of shared identity and purpose, all have been characterized by diverse contributors, strong historical content and consistently high quality writing. Both individually and as a whole, they represent a great achievement and a model to inspire and challenge in the
future.”K. M. Lawson is a graduate student in history at Harvard; Jonathan Dresner is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. They are joined in Frog in a Well/Japan, Frog in a Well/Korea, and Frog in a Well/China by a number of other professors and students of east Asian studies.
Best New Blog: “PK”‘s BibliOdyssey
“BibliOdyssey has only been on-line since September of last year, but has already amassed a significant following for the dramatic and thought-provoking historical images and books featured there. This unusually visual blog by “PK” brings together a wide variety of on-line materials and original scans, and will provide teachers and researchers and hobbyists alike with rich graphic and bibliographic sources.”
“PK” blogs pseudonymously.
…Best Writer: Timothy Burke at Easily Distracted
“Timothy Burke writes strong, clear prose that advances interesting ideas and moves debates in new directions. His energetic and considered writing stands out even in such a competitive category as this one, and reaches out to historians, other academics and non-academics alike with great skill.”
Timothy Burke is Associate Professor of History at Swarthmore.
Not included in NewMexiKen’s excerpt are the awards for best post and best series of posts.
Link found at Political Animal.