Author Archives: briansandberg

The State of Illinois is Destroying its Future

Posted on February 3, 2017 by briansandberg

Illinois high school graduates are fleeing the state in record numbers, largely due to the continuing lack of a state budget in Illinois. State universities in Illinois will lose even more students as the Illinois high school graduates of 2017 … Continue reading →

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Battlefield Emotions Volume

Posted on December 14, 2016 by briansandberg

Battlefield Emotions, 1500-1800: Practices, Experience, Imagination, ed. Erika Kuipers and Cornelis Van Der Haven (Palgrave Macmillan) is now in production and about to hit the bookshelves. My chapter on “‘His Courage Produced More Fear in His Enemies than Shame in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Review of War and Conflict in the Early Modern World on H-Net

Posted on December 7, 2016 by briansandberg

The first review of War and Conflict in the Early Modern World, 1500-1700 (Polity, 2016) has now been published on H-Net Reviews. I am pleased to see that Professor Frederic J. Baumgartner (Virginia Tech) has reviewed the book for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Globalization, History of Violence, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Greg Bereiter Feature

Posted on September 10, 2016 by briansandberg

Greg Bereiter (Ph.D. in History, Northern Illinois University) is featured in the American Historical Association’s Member Spotlight. Greg wrote his doctoral dissertation with me on clerical militancy during the French Wars of Religion.  I was honored to work with Greg … Continue reading →

Posted in Careers in History, Early Modern Europe, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Graduate Work in History, Northern Illinois University, Religious Politics | Leave a comment

War and Conflict Book Talk at NIU

Posted on August 24, 2016 by briansandberg

I will be offering a book talk on War and Conflict in the Early Modern World, 1500-1700, at Northern Illinois University this Friday 26 August, 2016. The Department of History is sponsoring the book talk and hosting a reception to … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, Globalization, History of Violence, Maritime History, Religious Violence, Revolts and Revolutions, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Flooding as a Military Strategy

Posted on August 17, 2016 by briansandberg

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
Flooding is part of life in the Netherlands. But, at least since the sixteenth century, humans have deliberately instigated floods as a military strategy. During the Dutch Revolt (1566-1648), dykes…

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War and Conflict in the Early Modern World – U.S. Release

Posted on July 20, 2016 by briansandberg

I am pleased to report that my new book, War and Conflict in the Early Modern World (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016),  has been released in the United States. Here is the brief book description (blurb): In this latest addition to … Continue reading →

Posted in Atrocities, Civil Conflict, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, Globalization, History of Violence, Maritime History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Revolts and Revolutions, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Oral History Jobs in the Chicago Area

Posted on July 6, 2016 by briansandberg

HistoryMakers is offering oral history jobs in the Chicago area. The job description reads: The HistoryMakers seeks to hire a full time Oral History Researcher to complete in-depth research for its video oral history interviews across a wide variety of … Continue reading →

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Spanish Paleography Workshop

Posted on July 4, 2016 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library is hosting a Spanish Paleography Workshop this fall. The workshop, led by Carla Rahn Phillips offers faculty and graduate students an introduction to reading Spanish-language manuscripts of the early modern period. … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Graduate Work in History, Humanities Education, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

American Responses to the Brexit Vote

Posted on July 1, 2016 by briansandberg

In the aftermath of last week’s Brexit vote in the United Kingdom, Americans seem to have rediscovered Europe. Frantic news reports warn of dire economic consequences for American banks and investors, even as journalists attempt to explain the complexity of … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, European History, European Union, Globalization, Humanities Education, Political Culture, Strategy and International Politics | Leave a comment