Author Archives: briansandberg

Reparations to Caribbean Nations for Slavery

Posted on October 30, 2013 by briansandberg

Some European nations are considering offering reparations for their involvement in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and Caribbean plantation slavery during the early modern period. Sir Hilary Beckles, a historian and university president in Barbados, and Jamaican historian Verene Shepherd have … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Union, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, History of Violence, Human Rights | Leave a comment

Graduate Fellowships at the Medici Archive Project

Posted on October 29, 2013 by briansandberg

The Medici Archive Project is offering graduate fellowships. See the announcement below: SAMUEL FREEMAN CHARITABLE TRUST Five Short-Term Graduate Fellowships (2014) The Medici Granducal Archive (Mediceo del Principato), comprising over four million letters dating between 1537-1743, provides the most complete … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, Italian History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Re-enactment of the Battle of Leipzig

Posted on October 29, 2013 by briansandberg

Some 6,000 historical re-enactors took over the battlefield of Leipzig in Germany this past week to commemorate the bicentennial of the 1813 battle in which Prussian, Austrian, Russian, and allied forces defeated the imperial army of Napoleon. The clash became … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon | Leave a comment

A CEO’s Advice: Study History

Posted on October 21, 2013 by briansandberg

So you want to be a CEO? Study History. That’s the advice of a former CEO of the Seagram Corporation. Edgar M. Bronfman studied History at Williams College and McGill University before launching a career in business. Bronfman argues that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

War and Disease

Posted on October 21, 2013 by briansandberg

Disease almost always accompanies warfare. Historians of the European Wars of Religion, the Napoleonic Wars, and the First World War have studied the connections between warfare and epidemic disease in great detail. The Syrian Civil War is now producing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Civilians and Refugees in War, History of Medicine, History of Science, History of Violence, Human Rights, War, Culture, and Society | Leave a comment

A Botched Hanging and the History of Executions

Posted on October 17, 2013 by briansandberg

A convicted drug smuggler is facing a second execution in Iran, after surviving his first execution. The BBC reports that “the condemned man, named as Alireza M, was found alive in a morgue after being hanged at a jail in … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Human Rights | 2 Comments

Another Disaster in the Central Mediterranean

Posted on October 12, 2013 by briansandberg

Another boat filled with at least 200 African migrants has wrecked in the central Mediterranean, this time off the island of Malta. At least 33 people are reported dead in this latest tragedy. Maltese forces rescued 147 migrants by boat … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, European Union, Human Rights, Italian History, Maritime History, Mediterranean World | Leave a comment

Tragic Boat Wreck off Lampedusa

Posted on October 12, 2013 by briansandberg

A week ago, a boat carrying African migrants heading for Sicily wrecked off the small island of Lampedusa in the central Mediterranean. The boat, apparently carrying more than 500 people, became disabled and then began to capsize merely 800 meters … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, European Union, Human Rights, Italian History, Maritime History, Mediterranean World | Leave a comment

Preaching and Snake-Handling

Posted on October 8, 2013 by briansandberg

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
Pentacostal Christian churches in the Appalachian Mountains are known for their snake-handling preachers and congregants. Several famous anthropological and sociological studies have been done on the Appalachian Pentacostals and their…

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Journal of Religion and Violence Special Issue

Posted on October 6, 2013 by briansandberg

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
The Journal of Religion and Violence recently published a special issue on René Girard’s mimetic theory. Here is the table of contents: 1:2 – Table of Contents SPECIAL ISSUE: René…

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment