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what I’m reading these days

Posted on January 20, 2010 by ctb — 2 Comments

Now that the semester is back in full swing, my reading habits are again drawn to fulfillment of teaching responsibilities, but not entirely. Right now I have a handful of books underway- some for my classes and others not. So,…

Off to #AHA2010 in a few weeks

Posted on December 26, 2009 by ctb — 1 Comment

The AHA is set to go in a few weeks in San Diego, CA. I’m happy, actually, that its in southern California this year instead of the more frequent northern climes. (Next year, unfortunately, it’s back to the northeast and…

Are we certain Charles II had no heirs?

Posted on November 20, 2009 by ctb — Leave a comment

This past week in response to a lecture on the War of Spanish Succession and the Bourbon Reforms, some students in my History of the Early Andes class made a compelling argument against the prevailing belief that Charles II was…