Category Archives: Cultural History

New Research on Vikings

Posted on September 21, 2020 by briansandberg

DNA studies are revealing new information on complicated ethnic backgrounds of Viking warriors and traders in medieval Europe. A research team led by a professor at the University of Copenhagen has analyzed the genomes of 443 bodies buried in Viking … Continue reading →

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Racist Vandalism on Campus

Posted on September 18, 2020 by briansandberg

I was saddened and angered to hear of the racist vandalism on Northern Illinois campus early yesterday (Thursday 17 September 2020) morning, when someone spray-painted racist slurs on the Center for Black Studies in an act of targeted vandalism. This … Continue reading →

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Saint Sebastian and the Arrows of the Plague

Posted on September 10, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library has published a new episode of its series on Learning from Premodern Plagues on “Saint Sebastian and the Arrows of the Plague.” Students in my courses on HIST 110 History of … Continue reading →

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Archaeological Fieldwork in the Age of Enlightenment

Posted on September 4, 2020 by briansandberg

Jennifer Westerfeld (University of Louisville) will offer an online seminar on “‘I await the financial recovery of France’: Funding Archaeological Fieldwork in the Age of Enlightenment” on 18 September 2020. This seminar is hosted by the Center for Renaissance Studies … Continue reading →

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Marketing Premodern Studies Beyond Academia

Posted on September 3, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library recently hosted an online seminar on Marketing Premodern Studies Beyond Academia. This seminar, organized by Christopher Fletcher (Newberry Library) and Lindsey Martin (Northwestern University) was the third session in the Center … Continue reading →

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Speech as Protest: Being Heard and Taking Up Space in the Premodern World

Posted on September 2, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library is hosting a virtual conference on Speech as Protest: Being Heard and Taking Up Space in the Premodern World. This virtual conference is organized by Elisa J. Jones (College of Charleston) … Continue reading →

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Art of Renaissance Warfare

Posted on August 28, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library (Chicago) will host a virtual conversation with Jonathan Tavares (The Art Institute of Chicago) and Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library) on The Art of Renaissance Warfare, to be held on Zoom. … Continue reading →

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Renaissance Invention Exhibition

Posted on August 28, 2020 by briansandberg

A new exhibition on Renaissance Invention: Stradanus’s Nova Reperta opens today (Friday 28 August 2020) at the Newberry Library. The exhibition will run from 28 August to 25 November 2020 in the Trienens Galleries at the Newberry Library in Chicago. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Atlantic World, Cartographic History, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, Globalization, Intellectual History, Maritime History, Material Culture, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, World History | Leave a comment

People in Motion Podcasts on the History of Pandemics

Posted on August 28, 2020 by briansandberg

The People in Motion: Entangled Histories of Displacement across the Mediterranean (PIMo) network of historians is providing a series of podcasts on the history of pandemics to provide a deeper context for understanding on the current Covid-19 pandemic. In one … Continue reading →

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Newberry Library Graduate Student Conference

Posted on January 11, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library is hosting its annual Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference on 23-25 January 2020. Here is the announcement from the Center for Renaissance Studies: CRS announces the schedule for the 2020 Multidisciplinary Graduate … Continue reading →

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