Karen Carr

About Karen Carr

Dr. Karen Carr is Associate Professor Emerita, Department of History, Portland State University. She holds a doctorate in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan. Follow her on Instagram, Pinterest, or Facebook, or buy her book, Vandals to Visigoths.
24 09, 2019

Congratulations Professor Haley!

By |2019-09-24T06:36:05-07:00September 24th, 2019|blog|Comments Off on Congratulations Professor Haley!

Professor Shelley Haley Delighted to announce that Shelley P. Haley has been elected to be the next president of the Society for Classical Studies. Professor Haley is the Edward North [...]

22 09, 2019

Neptune discovered – on this day

By |2019-09-22T21:17:41-07:00September 22nd, 2019|History|Comments Off on Neptune discovered – on this day

Astronomers have known about six of the planets for at least five thousand years, since the time of the Sumerians. Even the names of the planets we use today are just translations [...]

22 09, 2019

Battle of Salamis – a good idea?

By |2019-09-22T07:19:45-07:00September 22nd, 2019|blog|Comments Off on Battle of Salamis – a good idea?

The Greeks fought the Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis on this day, in 480 BC, almost 2500 years ago (that will be next year!). We tend to remember this battle [...]

21 09, 2019

National Latin Exam frenzy

By |2019-09-21T08:20:07-07:00September 21st, 2019|blog|Comments Off on National Latin Exam frenzy

So, okay, maybe a small frenzy, because only a limited number of people are interested in the National Latin Exam, but if you are, this is what's been going on: People asked [...]

20 09, 2019

Climate strike today

By |2019-09-20T13:58:43-07:00September 20th, 2019|History|Comments Off on Climate strike today

Are you on climate strike today? Quatr.us Study Guides, like most people these days, realizes the tremendous danger facing us today from climate change, and that this climate change is caused by [...]

20 09, 2019

First day of fall

By |2019-09-20T04:55:47-07:00September 20th, 2019|blog|Comments Off on First day of fall

It's not today! You can still enjoy one last weekend of summer! But the first day of fall is coming up Monday, and for why? Why does this happen? Why do the [...]

19 09, 2019

Racism and Anglo-Saxonists

By |2019-09-19T08:20:55-07:00September 19th, 2019|History|Comments Off on Racism and Anglo-Saxonists

This has been a big thing on my Twitter for a few weeks now, but now two big things have happened: the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists has formally voted to change its [...]

19 09, 2019

Scarcity and the Iliad

By |2019-09-19T07:49:47-07:00September 19th, 2019|History|Comments Off on Scarcity and the Iliad

"The Iliad, at one level, is all about scarcity: scarcity of goods, of women, of honor, of life-time, and, ultimately, the scarcity of fame." Are you teaching the Iliad or reading it? Check [...]

23 04, 2019

Medieval Bulgaria – European history

By |2019-04-23T06:53:10-07:00April 23rd, 2019|History|Comments Off on Medieval Bulgaria – European history

Where's Bulgaria? Bulgarian history - a map showing where Bulgaria is Bulgaria is at the northern edge of the Aegean Sea, between modern Greece and Turkey. This land was part [...]

21 08, 2018

Primates – Evolution of Monkeys and Humans

By |2018-09-02T13:28:56-07:00August 21st, 2018|History|Comments Off on Primates – Evolution of Monkeys and Humans

Primate evolution: The earliest primates probably looked something like this little marmoset monkey. When did the first primates evolve? The first primates evolved out of earlier mammals around 56 million [...]

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