Month: March 2009

28 Mar 2009
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The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast 50 – Guest Alex Mikaberidze on Napoleon and Alexander

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We made it to 50! w00t!

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Our guest today is the wonderful Alexander Mikaberidze.

Alex is assistant professor of European history at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. He holds a degree in international law from Tbilisi State University (Republic of Georgia, 1999) and a Ph.D. in history from Florida State University (2003). After working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (1996-2000), he taught European and Middle Eastern history at Florida State and Mississippi State Universities and lectured on strategy and policy for the U.S. Naval War College. In addition to his articles on various Napoleonic-related topics, Dr. Mikaberidze has written and edited seven books, including The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon versus Kutuzov (2007), Historical Dictionary of Georgia (2007), The Russian Officer Corps in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815 (2004, winner of the 2005 Literary Prize of the International Napoleonic Society), The Czar’s General: The Memoirs of a Russian General in the Napoleonic Wars (2005). He has been awarded the International Napoleonic Society’s Legion of Merit Award for his contributions to the Napoleonic studies.

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16 Mar 2009
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We Need Your Help

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Dear friends,

I’ve just been hit with a large hosting bill for TPN’s servers and bandwidth and unfortunately I don’t have the funds to cover it this month. So I have set up a special fund raising exercise via ChipIn which will run for this week. Out of TPN’s hundreds of thousands of listeners, I’m hoping a few hundred will be able to chip in $10 to help us stay on the air. Please click on the widget below if you’re willing to help out.

In other news…

I’ve been trying to get this DVD pack from Ajaccio finished and, while editing the video, I’ve made this “Introduction to Napoleon 101” clip that David and I shot at his house late last year. I hope you will enjoy this chance of seeing us chat briefly and that the glimpse you’ll get of David’s house and Napoleonic collection will entice you to purchase the DVD when it’s available. By the way, David and I have a recording sessions scheduled for this week!


An Introduction to The Napoleon 101 Podcast from Cameron Reilly on Vimeo.

Finally…

I’ve set up a new Napoleon 101 page over at Facebook. I hope most of you will sign up for it and use it to continue the terrific conversation we’ve started here about Napoleon and other great people from history. Click here to join!

04 Mar 2009
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President Markham Joins Twitter!

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I’m not sure if it’s because of all the hype that Twitter has been getting in the US media lately, or if it’s because he’s just a hipster, but my friend J. David Markham has set up a Twitter account. Keep track of the daily life of the President! (… of the International Napoleonic Society…).

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