Category Archives: Archival Research

Trump Administration Erases Data, Alters Historical Record

Posted on April 7, 2025 by briansandberg

“Soon after the new administration arrived, things began to go missing from the White House website,” according to The New York Times. “They weren’t just the partisan policy platforms that typically disappear during a presidential transition. Informational pages about the … Continue reading →

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Newberry Summer Institutes in Paleography

Posted on January 6, 2025 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library will be offering Summer Institutes in Spanish Paleography and/or Nahuatl/Nawat during Summer 2025. Northern Illinois University graduate students in History and the Humanities are encouraged to apply to participate in a … Continue reading →

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French Colonial History Online Workshops

Posted on January 29, 2024 by briansandberg

The French Colonial Historical Society is organizing two online workshops on using documentary sources at the Archives Nationales d’Outre-Mer (ANOM) in France. For additional information or to register, see the French Colonial Historical Society website. Here is the announcement from … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Contemporary France, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, French Empire, French History, Graduate Work in History, History of Race and Racism, History of Violence, Manuscript Studies, World History | Leave a comment

NIU Book Lab and Printing Presses

Posted on October 11, 2023 by briansandberg

We are launching an exciting new project at Northern Illinois University to create a NIU Book Lab, which will focus on the history of the book, printing presses, and print culture! The Northern Illinois University Libraries have created a crowdfunding … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cartographic History, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Revolution and Napoleon, French Wars of Religion, History of the Book, Information Management, Material Culture, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Northern Illinois University, Political Culture, Public History, Rare Books and Pamphlets, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Undergraduate Work in History, World History | Leave a comment

Cataloger of Western Manuscripts

Posted on March 20, 2023 by briansandberg

The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) is hiring a Cataloger of Western Manuscripts. Recent Ph.D.s in medieval and early modern history may be interested in this position. The job description reads: The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) invites … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Careers in History, European History, History of the Western World, Jobs and Positions, Manuscript Studies, Medieval History, Museums and Historical Memory, Paleography, Rare Books and Pamphlets | Leave a comment

Archivist Position in Illinois

Posted on September 14, 2022 by briansandberg

Illinois College is hiring an Archivist and Curator. Graduate students in History at Northern Illinois University may be interested in applying for this position. Here is the full position announcement: Illinois College – College Archivist and Curator of Special Collections … Continue reading →

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Research Fellowships at the IMéRA in Marseille

Posted on July 12, 2022 by briansandberg

I just returned from an incredible five-month research stay at the Institut d’études Avancées de Aix-Marseille Université (IMéRA), a research institute located at the Observatoire de Marseille, near parc Longchamp. I was conducting archival research on crusading culture in the … Continue reading →

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Nazi Roundups of Dutch Jews in Amsterdam

Posted on March 22, 2022 by briansandberg

A new historical exhibition on “The raids of February 22 and 23, 1941” investigates the fates of Dutch Jews who were rounded up by Nazi forces during the German occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War. The exhibition … Continue reading →

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Medici Archive Project Fellowships

Posted on February 9, 2022 by briansandberg

The Medici Archive Project is offering several new short-term fellowships for graduate students in art and architectural history to conduct archival research in Florence. I previously served as a NEH Fellow with the Medici Archive Project and had an amazing … Continue reading →

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Reading Archival Latin Seminar

Posted on February 7, 2022 by briansandberg

A Summer Skills Seminar on Reading Archival Latin is being organized by the Mediterranean Seminar for Summer 2022. Graduate students and researchers interested in learning to read Latin manuscripts are encouraged to apply for this seminar. The Mediterranean Seminar announcement … Continue reading →

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