Charles Keenan, Ph.D.
Helping build new programs in higher ed.
Currently: Managing Director, Urban Technology at the University of Michigan
Sometime historian of early modern Europe, Catholicism, the Jesuits, ...
- Most of you follow me as a historian, but my day job is eclectic...in the last few weeks I've been asked to put together a presentation on groupwork + student teams for a faculty committee, join a college panel about project management, and lead students through a strengths assessment. Fun times!
- I'm sure people have *thoughts* but am also curious if/how you all are using it for your research? I've found it very hit or miss for recommending secondary scholarship (often hallucinates, etc) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
- I'm working on a project about spiritual communion (in the writings of early modern Jesuits), but I just found an author discussing *spiritual confession*, which I have never seen. Has anyone come across this before? In any medieval or early modern context? #skystorians
- And here's another:
- The "Leo" choice of name is as surprising as the American choice, IMHO. (Maybe surprising isn't the right word. Intriguing?)
- Reposted by Charles Keenan, Ph.D.Stoked! My forthcoming book has been blurbed: "This is a wonderful book filled with fascinating insights. Its nuanced, cool, and understated tone is distinctive and elegant. True provides a dizzying range of new ways to think about and appreciate the Relations as sources." (E. Anderson, U of Ottawa)