Monthly Archives: January 2014

American Wars in Film

Posted on January 26, 2014 by briansandberg

War films, especially those produced in Hollywood, tend to focus on American experiences of wars. War films of the Second World War and Vietnam War have long dominated the American film industry’s considerations of historical conflicts. Depictions of American wars … Continue reading →

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Air in Enlightenment Europe

Posted on January 22, 2014 by briansandberg

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies presents: Eighteenth-Century Seminar Tobias Menely, Miami University “History’s Atmosphere: The Matter of Air in the Enlightenment” Saturday, February 22, 2014, 2:00 pm For a lecture description, see: http://www.newberry.org/02222014-tobias-menely The paper for this seminar will … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, French History, History of Science, Lectures and Seminars | 1 Comment

The Value of an Undergraduate Education

Posted on January 22, 2014 by briansandberg

Numerous aphorisms and proverbs tout the transformatory power of education, and especially higher education. Recent articles in the news media and blogosphere have questioned the value of an undergraduate education, however, citing tuition costs and student debts. Some pundits have … Continue reading →

Posted in Careers in History, Education Policy, Humanities Education, Northern Illinois University, Undergraduate Work in History | Leave a comment

Newberry Research Methods Workshop

Posted on January 21, 2014 by briansandberg

Application deadline: Monday, January 27 Research Methods Workshop for Early Career Graduate Students Music and Travel, 1500 – 1700 Directed by Carla Zecher, Director, Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies, and Newberry Curator of Music Meets 9 am to 5 pm … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Lectures and Seminars, Music History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Fellowship in Italian History

Posted on January 21, 2014 by briansandberg

Lauro De Bosis Fellowship 2014-2015, Cambridge MA Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Application deadline: Feb 14, 2014 The Committee for the Lauro De Bosis Lectureship in the History of Italian Civilization at Harvard University seeks candidates who attained their Ph.D. (or … Continue reading →

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The Western Mediterranean and the World

Posted on January 21, 2014 by briansandberg

Teófilo Ruiz, “The Western Mediterranean and the World” FROM THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN TO THE ATLANTIC,  CA. 1300 – 1650 Friday, February 7 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm University of Chicago Classics Building, Room 110 1010 East 59th Street Chicago, Illinois … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Globalization, Historiography and Social Theory, Lectures and Seminars, Maritime History, Mediterranean World | 1 Comment

Gender and Violence

Posted on January 19, 2014 by briansandberg

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
A new issue of the Journal of International Affairs, entitled “The Gender Issue: Beyond Exclusion,” focuses on gender issues in global societies, including conflict zones. An article by Christine Chinkin…

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Taliban Attack on Taverna Restaurant in Kabul

Posted on January 19, 2014 by briansandberg

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
The Taliban launched a well-coordinated attack on the Taverna di Liban restaurant, which is located in one of the most secure neighborhoods in Kabul, Afghanistan. Foreign nationals and aid workers…

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Hitchcock’s Documentary on the Holocaust

Posted on January 12, 2014 by briansandberg

Director Alfred Hitchcock made a documentary, entitled Memory of the Camps, on the Holocaust in 1945. Hitchcock used the rushes of the British military film crews that had filmed the liberation of concentration camps, such as Bergen-Belsen, that year. The … Continue reading →

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Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowships

Posted on January 10, 2014 by briansandberg

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium Short-Term Fellowships Application deadline for 2014-15 fellowships: January 15, 2014 The Newberry Library will award two short-term fellowships to support scholars at Center for…

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