Life + Travel

Life is… well… It is what it is.  My life as a historian is largely marked by research trips, long hours of reading sources, and even longer hours of staring at blank computer screens trying to make them less blank. So needless to say these are just some highlights of a life otherwise spent grading papers, nursing papercuts, and eating ramen noodles.


Gallery: Visit to the Universidad de Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras, PR)

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My March 2015 research trip to Puerto Rico gave me the opportunity to revisit la Universidad de Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras. This is the flagship campus of UPR, there are others around the island, but this is the one with the primary historical research stacks that other historians might… Continue reading

Gallery: Research at El Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe

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My March 2015 research trip to Puerto Rico included a stop at the library of El Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe.  Probably my favorite library in all of Puerto Rico.  Find out more about El Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe… Continue reading