Monthly Archives: May 2021

Roman History and Modern Society

Posted on May 31, 2021 by briansandberg

Ancient Roman history is alive and well, and newsworthy. An interview with Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, in The New York Times highlights diverse ways in which Roman history is actively used in today’s society … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient History, Cultural History, European History, History in the Media, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Diversity in Historical Re-enactments

Posted on May 28, 2021 by briansandberg

Colonial Williamsburg, one of the most important sites for historical re-enactment in the United States, is increasingly stressing diversity issues in its historical interpretations of colonial American society. The community of Williamsburg, Virginia, has been promoting building restoration and living … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, Historical Re-enactment, History in the Media, History of Race and Racism, Museums and Historical Memory, Social History, The Past Alive: Teaching History, United States History and Society, Urban History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards for Research in France

Posted on May 27, 2021 by briansandberg

The Fulbright Scholar Program of the United States Department of State is hosting a Fulbright U.S. Scholar: Spotlight on France Webinar on its research awards for U.S. scholars to travel to France to conduct research in various fields. The Fulbright … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cultural History, French History, French Wars of Religion, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, Study Abroad, Undergraduate Work in History | Leave a comment

¡ Viva la Libertad !

Posted on May 27, 2021 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library is currently showing an exhibition on ¡ Viva la Libertad ! Latin American and the Age of Revolutions. ¡ Viva la Libertad ! explores Latin American revolutions in the nineteenth century and their legacies for Central and … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Civil Conflict, Comparative Revolutions, Crowd Studies, Cultural History, History of the Western World, History of Violence, Human Rights, Manuscript Studies, Museums and Historical Memory, Political Activism and Protest Culture, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions, World History | Leave a comment

Word and Image in Print and Digital Archives

Posted on May 25, 2021 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library will be offering a research methods workshop on Word and Image in Print and Digital Archives this Fall on Friday 15 October 2021. Graduate students in History and the Humanities at … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cartographic History, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Historiography and Social Theory, Humanities Education, Lectures and Seminars, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Posted on May 25, 2021 by briansandberg

The New York Times has published an interactive reconstruction of the predominantly African American neighborhood of Greenwood and mapped the brutal violence of the armed White crowd that destroyed it during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. This is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Atrocities, Cartographic History, Civil Conflict, Civilians and Refugees in War, Crowd Studies, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, History in the Media, History of Race and Racism, History of Violence, Human Rights, Museums and Historical Memory, United States History and Society, Urban History | Leave a comment

Gruen Prize for Graduate Essays in Ancient History

Posted on May 13, 2021 by briansandberg

The Society for Classical Studies is offering a prize for the best graduate research paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean. A number of graduate students at Northern Illinois University work on ancient, late antique, and early medieval history. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient History, European History, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, History of the Western World, Mediterranean World, World History | Leave a comment

Kress Fellowships at the Medici Archive Project

Posted on May 10, 2021 by briansandberg

The Medici Archive Project in Florence, Italy, is offering two Samuel H. Kress Fellowships for graduate students interested in pursuing archival research at the Archivio di Stato di Firenze and other Florentine archives. These fellowships offer American graduate students a … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Art History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, Italian History, Manuscript Studies, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Europe Day 2021

Posted on May 9, 2021 by briansandberg

Europeans are celebrating Europe Day today, 9 May 2021. Europe Day is an annual holiday in the European Union. A Conference on the Future of Europe is coordinated to coincide with Europe Day this year. The conference organizers explain that … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, European History, European Union, French History, Human Rights, Idea of Europe, Museums and Historical Memory, Strategy and International Politics | Leave a comment

Celebrations of Victory in Europe Day

Posted on May 8, 2021 by briansandberg

Today, Europeans are celebrating the anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe and the collapse of the Nazi regime in Germany. The surrender of Nazi Germany on 8 May 1945 prompted spontaneous celebrations by Allied troops … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilians and Refugees in War, European History, European Union, French History, Museums and Historical Memory, Paris History, Political Culture, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society | Leave a comment