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Henry Colburn commented on the post, The Not-So-Deep History of a Fashion Faux-pas, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 13 hours, 23 minutes ago
I’m so happy to hear that!
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, The Not-So-Deep History of a Fashion Faux-pas, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 20 hours, 24 minutes ago
Anyone who has ever laid eyes on me will know that I have as much fashion sense as a medieval court jester. But even I know not to wear socks with sandals. But the other day, when I went to see the new exhibition […]
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, My Review of Aršāma and His World, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 1 week, 2 days ago
On the whole I prefer not to review books–ever. It is a great deal of work to do well, and there is always the risk of annoying someone by pointing out the shortcomings of their scholarship. If I am going to […]
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, Overheard at Nimrud, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 4 days ago
“Look out, sire! There’s a bug on you!”
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, Yet another review of my book, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 4 days ago
A few weeks ago I saw another review of my book, this time by Christopher Tuplin in the Journal of the American Oriental Society (143.3, 726-8). Like all of Tuplin’s scholarship, it is balanced and thoughtful, […]
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, The Coins from Qasr-e Abu Nasr, Iran, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Now the latest news from the world of shameless self-promotion: my paper on the coins in the Metropolitan Museum of Art excavated at Qasr-e Abu Nasr (Old Shiraz) in the 1930s has now been published in […]
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Henry Colburn's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, On the Importance of Books, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 3 months, 1 week ago
I am very pleased to report that both of our kittens have developed a fondness for books, despite spending their formative weeks at a truck stop in the wilds of eastern Pennsylvania. Here’s Hilda getting into […]
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, Dialing Back the Dial of Destiny, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 3 months, 4 weeks ago
I finally saw Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny last weekend. It quite clearly tried to evoke the look and feel of Raiders of the Lost Ark, with partial success. I won’t review it, because that would be like […]
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, In Search of In Search of Cultural Identities, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 4 months, 3 weeks ago
I am very happy to announce that In Search of Cultural Identities in West and Central Asia: A Festschrift for Prudence Oliver Harper now has a place on the Brepols website. For you visual learners out there, here […]
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, Not the First Pizza, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 5 months ago
I was very distressed to learn yesterday that the recently discovered fresco from Pompeii depicting what some thought to be the first pizza is in fact a pomegranate focaccia (evidently Pompeii was the Roman […]
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Henry Colburn's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 months ago
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Henry Colburn deposited A Brief Historiography of Parthian Art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff in the group
Classical archaeology on Humanities Commons 6 months agoThe early history of the study of Parthian art may be profitably divided into three overlapping phases. The first phase, ‘Ordering’, begins with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s dismissive assessment of Parthian art, at this point known mainly from coins, as derivative and barbaric. The second phase, ‘Exploration’, begins in the mid-ninet…[Read more]
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Henry Colburn deposited A Brief Historiography of Parthian Art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff in the group
Archaeology on Humanities Commons 6 months agoThe early history of the study of Parthian art may be profitably divided into three overlapping phases. The first phase, ‘Ordering’, begins with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s dismissive assessment of Parthian art, at this point known mainly from coins, as derivative and barbaric. The second phase, ‘Exploration’, begins in the mid-ninet…[Read more]
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Henry Colburn deposited A Brief Historiography of Parthian Art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 6 months agoThe early history of the study of Parthian art may be profitably divided into three overlapping phases. The first phase, ‘Ordering’, begins with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s dismissive assessment of Parthian art, at this point known mainly from coins, as derivative and barbaric. The second phase, ‘Exploration’, begins in the mid-ninet…[Read more]
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Henry Colburn deposited A Brief Historiography of Parthian Art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 6 months agoThe early history of the study of Parthian art may be profitably divided into three overlapping phases. The first phase, ‘Ordering’, begins with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s dismissive assessment of Parthian art, at this point known mainly from coins, as derivative and barbaric. The second phase, ‘Exploration’, begins in the mid-ninet…[Read more]
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, My Latest Triumph, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 6 months ago
I am not prone to self-aggrandizement, but this is my website, after all. Therefore, I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest [insert superlative here] article, ‘A Brief Historiography of Parthian […]
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Henry Colburn deposited A Brief Historiography of Parthian Art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff on Humanities Commons 6 months ago
The early history of the study of Parthian art may be profitably divided into three overlapping phases. The first phase, ‘Ordering’, begins with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s dismissive assessment of Parthian art, at this point known mainly from coins, as derivative and barbaric. The second phase, ‘Exploration’, begins in the mid-ninet…[Read more]
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Henry Colburn wrote a new post, I'm in Archaeology Magazine!, on the site Henry P. Colburn on Humanities Commons 6 months, 1 week ago
I’m famous! Well, not really. But I am in the latest issue of Archaeology magazine, quoted in a wonderful article about my old friend Udjahorresnet.
The man himself
The article is by Daniel Weiss, the […]
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Henry Colburn's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 months, 1 week ago
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