Author Archives: briansandberg

French Pamphlets at the Newberry

Posted on December 4, 2013 by briansandberg

Research Methods Workshop for Early Career Graduate Students French Pamphlets at the Newberry: The Formation of the Concept of “Revolution” and Revolutionary Ideology Directed by Dale Van Kley, Ohio State University Meets 9:00 am to 4:45 pm Friday, January 31, … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Comparative Revolutions, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, French Revolution and Napoleon, Graduate Work in History, Information Management, Lectures and Seminars, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions | Leave a comment

WSFH Call for Papers

Posted on December 2, 2013 by briansandberg

This is a call for submissions for the Western Society for French History’s annual paper prizes.  All papers given at the 2013 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, are eligible.  To be considered for any of these prizes, please send your paper … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Early Modern Europe, European History, French History, Graduate Work in History | Leave a comment

French Paleography Workshop

Posted on December 2, 2013 by briansandberg

The 2014 French Paleography workshop will take place at the Meeter Center for Calvin Studies in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from June 16 through June 27, 2014. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Meeter Center and the Sixteenth Century Society and … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, French History, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, Lectures and Seminars | 1 Comment

New Research on the Mediterranean Diet

Posted on November 23, 2013 by briansandberg

The Mediterranean Diet is often touted as one of the world’s healthiest and most nutritious diets. Researchers recently released the results from a new study of the Mediterranean Diet. “A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, Food and Cuisine History, History of Medicine, Languedoc and Southern France, Mediterranean World | 1 Comment

Commemorating JFK’s Assassination

Posted on November 22, 2013 by briansandberg

Historians have been absorbed with questions of historical memory and commemoration over the past two decades. Historian Pierre Nora’s influential analysis of history and memory has spawned an entire subfield of historical studies of commemoration. Commemorating historical episodes of violence … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Film, History in the Media, History of Violence, Museums and Historical Memory, Political Culture | Leave a comment

Conference on René Allio and Historical Film

Posted on November 19, 2013 by briansandberg

René Allio was one of the most important French directors of historical film in the 1960s and 1970s. Most of Allio’s films focused on historical subjects by depicting historical events, people, or sites. The director is most remembered for his … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, French History, Historical Film, History in the Media, Revolts and Revolutions, War in Film | Leave a comment

Nelson, Navy, Nation

Posted on October 30, 2013 by briansandberg

Britain’s National Maritime Museum recently opened a new permanent gallery on “Nelson, Navy, Nation: The Story of the Royal Navy and the British People, 1688-1815.” The National Maritime Museum explains: “From bustling dockyards to ferocious sea battles, the gallery brings … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, Maritime History, Museums and Historical Memory, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Sixteenth Century Studies Conference

Posted on October 30, 2013 by briansandberg

I participated in the 2013 Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, last weekend. The stunning bastioned fortifications of San Juan provided a fantastic setting for a conference on early modern history. I presented a paper … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Black Flag: Pirate History and Video Gaming

Posted on October 30, 2013 by briansandberg

Pirate mania continues.  Following the creation of Talk Like a Pirate Day and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the Assassin’s Creed video games franchise has now shifted into the piracy business. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is the latest … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, History in the Media, History of Violence, Information Management, Piracy, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Big Data is Bullshit

Posted on October 30, 2013 by briansandberg

Harper Reed, who was Chief Technology Officer for the 2012 Obama re-election campaign, participated in a conference on Building a Smarter University: Big Data, Innovation, and Ingenuity at the State University of New York (SUNY) this week, giving a keynote … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Humanities, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Information Management | 2 Comments