Author Archives: Timothy Burke

Berube Stops Blogging

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Timothy Burke

I actually knew this was coming through various ultra-secret intelligence sources. I think it’s fair to say now that most blogs have a fairly definite life cycle. Most never really outlast a brief initial burst of enthusiasm, but those that … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | 12 Comments

My Wicked, Wicked Ways

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Timothy Burke

I’m back from both my holiday travels and from a post-holiday trip to Atlanta to attend the American Historical Association meetings. I have a confession: in Atlanta, I did one of the most perverse, inexplicable things that I’ve ever done … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Politics | 8 Comments

Housekeeping Notice and Holiday Wishes

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Timothy Burke

While I’m not actively updating for the coming week, I’ve disabled new registrations, as I’ve had my first bout of serious comment spam in the last week. (I gather other WordPress blogs protected by registration systems had the same issues … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

War and Peace, Horn of Africa Edition

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Timothy Burke

One of the major stories out of Africa that almost no one seems to know about is the political, military and social history of the Horn of Africa in the last three decades. This is despite the fact of Black … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Politics | 9 Comments

Antibooks

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Since some of the other cool kids are looking at LibraryThing’s Unsuggester, I thought I’d add a few comments. I think John Emerson is basically right that it has to do with the peculiar sample at LibraryThing in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, The Mixed-Up Bookshelves | 10 Comments

The History of Virtual Worlds

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Timothy Burke

I’m going for a first-time event here: a triple cross-post here, Cliopatria and Terra Nova. I’m at a meeting on law and virtual worlds at the New York Law School, and there’s a really interesting panel discussion of methodologies in … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Games and Gaming | 6 Comments

History 87 Development and Modern Africa

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Timothy Burke

This is the latest version of this course that I’ve taught. I still need to make some of the specific selections of reading material on a number of these texts: I’m trying to get small but potent samples of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Africa | 10 Comments

The Years of Rice and Salt

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Timothy Burke

A couple of people responding in the “Production of History” thread have suggested Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Years of Rice and Salt for the week on time travel and alternate history. The suggestion is a great one, and I love … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Books | 18 Comments

The Nut Hand

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Just a quick note as long as I’m in a pop-culture frame of mind: go see Casino Royale. I think it’s actually the best Bond film ever, and as I’m a certified worshipper at the temple of the Connery Bond, … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | 9 Comments

Oh, While I’m At It

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Timothy Burke

On Civil War #5 (which really was just plain bad), this rewriting is a must-read.

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