perfidy

The Ministry cordially extends its congratulations to Perfidious crony "NDR" of Rhine River, who has won an actual award for his weblog! In meatspace! From real people he met!

At the AHA meetings this year, a special panel on history-blogging named his series, "The Geographical Turn" the Best Series of Posts of 2005.

"The judges thought that, of the nominations, this was the best example of historical scholarship. It was a well-written, thoughtful and accessible essay about an important historiographical movement that may be unfamiliar to many non-specialist readers, while for academic historians it discussed a less familiar aspect of a well-known subject. As such, it represented an excellent example of the uses historians can make of blogs both to explore their ideas and to increase understanding of the past and of the discipline of history."

Damn straight. It's true that NDR is a stone badass (a self-deprecating, disarmingly modest and amicable stone-cold badass), and it is good to see him get a modicum of recognition for this.

Moreover, NDR and his lovely wife are expecting their first child. 2006 is looking like one fantastic year. Mazel tov and best wishes!