Author Archives: briansandberg

Symposium on Latin America in the Early Colonial Period

Posted on April 4, 2015 by briansandberg

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies is offering a Symposium on Latin America in the Early Colonial Period, which will be held on Saturday, 11 April from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. The Newberry Library website provides an announcement: “This … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Conferences, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, Globalization, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Pike-and-Blog

Posted on March 31, 2015 by briansandberg

A new blog on the history of early modern war and society is active online. Maurizio Arfaioli, a colleague of mine at the Medici Archive Project, has recently launched a website and accompanying blog, entitled Pike-and-Blog. Early modernists will recognize … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Mediterranean World, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Tagged | Leave a comment

State-Assisted Education

Posted on March 6, 2015 by briansandberg

Are we heading toward the end of public education in the United States? In state after state, state legislatures are slashing their already meager funding for formerly public institutions of higher education, essentially privatizing them. Most state universities should be … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Freedom, Education Policy, Humanities Education, Northern Illinois University | Leave a comment

Suffragettes: Women, Politics, and Violence

Posted on February 23, 2015 by briansandberg

Physical violence is often assumed to be a properly—or even exclusively—masculine domain. Yet, women have at times played very active roles in exercising physical violence. In the early twentieth century, some Suffragette activists carried out violent attacks in England as … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Cultural History, European History, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Human Rights, Political Culture, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

History Wars Continue

Posted on February 23, 2015 by briansandberg

In the 1990s, one theater of the “Culture Wars” became dubbed the “History Wars,” as politicians and political interest groups attempted to influence or control the presentation of historical events and developments in high school textbooks, college curricula, and museum … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Freedom, Academic Publishing, Education Policy, History in the Media, Humanities Education | Leave a comment

The Thank You for Your Service Phenomenon

Posted on February 22, 2015 by briansandberg

Some United States veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars are speaking out about the “thank you for your service phenomenon.” “Who doesn’t want to be thanked for their military service? Many people, it turns out,” according to a New … Continue reading →

Posted in History of Violence, Political Culture, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society | 2 Comments

French Paleography Seminar

Posted on February 19, 2015 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library is offering a seminar in French paleography. The Newberry’s announcement is reposted below: Application deadline: March 1 Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography June 22 to July 16, 2015, at the Newberry Library, Chicago Led by Marc … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, European History, French History, Graduate Work in History, Humanities Education, Lectures and Seminars, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

War Diaries and Digital Humanities

Posted on February 12, 2015 by briansandberg

The growing pace of archival digitization is creating tensions in communities of researchers and archivists. Digital Humanities projects hold great promise, but also substantial risks for today’s researchers and for future generations of scholars. Andrew Hoskins (Interdisciplinary Research Professor at … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cultural History, Current Research, Digital Humanities, European History, European Union, Globalization, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Information Management, War, Culture, and Society | 1 Comment

Masters in Social Sciences

Posted on February 12, 2015 by briansandberg

The University of Chicago’s M.A. Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) is seeking applicants. Note that the University of Chicago includes History in its Social Sciences division, so this announcement may interest History majors and minors at Northern Illinois University. … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Union, French History, Graduate Work in History, Human Rights, Mediterranean World, Social History | Leave a comment

On Brutality and Executions

Posted on February 10, 2015 by briansandberg

Lynchings of African-Americans have been in the news over the past week, since President Obama’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast (see my previous post) produced a sustained media discussion of brutality and executions. Now, the New York Times reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Atrocities, Civilians and Refugees in War, History in the Media, History of Violence, Human Rights, Museums and Historical Memory, Political Culture, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Terrorism, War, Culture, and Society | Leave a comment