The Renat Maps

The following link redirects to my first entry in a new column hosted by the Central Eurasian Studies Society. The … More

Dissertation Writing

Maintaining concentration is a problem on more than one level when writing my dissertation. I cannot know how widely spread … More

Johan Gustaf Renat (1682-1744) was an amazing historical figure, a Swedish man with an uncanny skill for survival in strange … More

First, a digression: several centuries ago, the English language was quite a different beast. I love to look through the … More

I’m hoping to share more translations, but in the meantime I wanted to put together some words to articulate an … More