Category Archives: Cultural History

The Eighty Years’ War and the Birth of the Netherlands

Posted on October 9, 2018 by briansandberg

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is inaugurating a major new exhibition on the Dutch Revolt (or the Eighty Years’ War) next week. The curators explain that “This year is the 450th anniversary of the outbreak of the Eighty Years’ War, and … Continue reading →

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H-France Forum on Fanny Cosandey’s Le Rang

Posted on April 4, 2018 by briansandberg

The latest H-France Forum, volume 13, number 1, has been published online.   This issue of H-France Forum includes review essays on Fanny Cosandey’s Le rang. Préséances et hierarchies dans la France d’Ancien Régime (Paris: Gallimard, 2016). The forum on … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, French History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, State Development Theory | Leave a comment

Presentation at the University of Chicago

Posted on January 26, 2018 by briansandberg

I am looking forward to presenting at the Early Modern and Mediterranean Worlds Workshop at the University of Chicago next week. Brian Sandberg, “Conversion, Confessional Politics, and Violence in the Final Stages of the French Wars of Religion, 1598-1629” Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Languedoc and Southern France, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

H-France Forum on A Theater of Diplomacy

Posted on July 21, 2017 by briansandberg

H-France has just published a new H-France Forum, edited by Hélène Bilis, on Ellen R. Welch’s A Theater of Diplomacy: International Relations and the Performing Arts in Early Modern France (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017). I enjoyed participating in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Strategy and International Politics | Leave a comment

Postdoctoral Opportunity in France

Posted on July 7, 2017 by briansandberg

A postdoctoral opportunity in genealogical studies in France for recent PhDs: The postdoctoral fellowship is on “The child and family genealogical stories: globalisation of practices, new issues, counter-archives” (L’enfant et le récit généalogique et familial : mondialisation des pratiques, nouveaux … Continue reading →

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Religious History Fellowships in Florence

Posted on June 14, 2017 by briansandberg

Istituto Sangalli (Sangalli Institute) is offering postdoctoral fellowships in religious history at the Medici Archive Project in Florence. The brief description reads: “The Sangalli Institute for the history and religious cultures offers the opportunity of a short research stay in … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, European History, Grants and Fellowships, Reformation History, Religious History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Ken Burns Defends the Humanities

Posted on May 10, 2016 by briansandberg

Historical filmmaker Ken Burns delivered the Jefferson Lecture at the National Endowment for the Humanities on 9 May 2016. Inside Higher Ed reports that “Ken Burns, the documentary maker who brought the Civil War, the histories of baseball and jazz, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Historical Film, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Museums and Historical Memory, The Past Alive: Teaching History, War and Society, War in Film, War, Culture, and Society | Leave a comment

Cervantes and Shakespeare Symposium

Posted on April 14, 2016 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library is hosting a symposium on “Cervantes and Shakespeare: A Transnational Conversation” on Thursday, April 14 – Friday, April 15, 2016. The Newberry Library announcement reads: A Joint Cervantes/Early Modern Studies Symposium “Cervantes and Shakespeare: A Transnational Conversation” … Continue reading →

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Penis Politics and Gender History

Posted on March 6, 2016 by briansandberg

My friend and colleague, Rachel Hope Cleves, has written a commentary on the history of penis politics in the American presidential politics. This piece responds to the recent allusions to Donald Trump’s phallus in the United States presidential primaries by … Continue reading →

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Italian Paleography Seminar

Posted on February 28, 2016 by briansandberg

2016 Mellon Summer Institute in Italian Paleography at the Newberry Library Application deadline: March 1 The Newberry Library is offering a Summer Institute in Italian Paleography on Monday, June 27-Friday, July 15, 2016. The summer institute will be directed by … Continue reading →

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