Category Archives: Cultural History

Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Posted on May 25, 2021 by briansandberg

The New York Times has published an interactive reconstruction of the predominantly African American neighborhood of Greenwood and mapped the brutal violence of the armed White crowd that destroyed it during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. This is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Atrocities, Cartographic History, Civil Conflict, Civilians and Refugees in War, Crowd Studies, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, History in the Media, History of Race and Racism, History of Violence, Human Rights, Museums and Historical Memory, United States History and Society, Urban History | Leave a comment

New Research at Cahokia Mounds Site in Illinois

Posted on May 3, 2021 by briansandberg

New archaeological excavations at Cahokia, Illinois, have been investigating evidence of deforestation and flooding at the site of a major indigenous urban center. The New York Times reports that “A thousand years ago, a city rose on the banks of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Environmental History, Illinois History and Society, Material Culture, Medieval History, Museums and Historical Memory, United States History and Society, Urban History, World History | Leave a comment

Humanities Instructor Position at Interlochen

Posted on April 28, 2021 by briansandberg

Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan is hiring a Humanities Instructor. This teaching position in the Humanities might interest recent graduates of the BA or MA in History programs at Northern Illinois University. The History and Social Science Secondary … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Graduate Work in History, History of the Western World, Humanities Education, Jobs and Positions, Northern Illinois University, The Past Alive: Teaching History, Undergraduate Work in History, World History | Leave a comment

Teaching Renaissance Studies Online

Posted on April 19, 2021 by briansandberg

High school teachers have been confronting the difficulties of teaching History and Social Sciences online over the past year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. These subjects are incredibly complicated, requiring the use of images and maps to teach teenage students … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, History of the Western World, Renaissance Art and History, The Past Alive: Teaching History, World History | Leave a comment

500th Anniversary of the Diet of Worms of 1521

Posted on April 18, 2021 by briansandberg

Five hundred years ago this month, a monk and radical religious reformer confronted the powerful Holy Roman Emperor at the Imperial Diet held in the city of Worms in April 1521. Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk and professor at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, European Wars of Religion, History in the Media, History of the Book, Intellectual History, Museums and Historical Memory, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Rescuing Sacred Music of the Renaissance

Posted on April 14, 2021 by briansandberg

Renaissance music is being studied in new ways at the Medici Archive Project in Florence, Italy. A news magazine piece on “Rescuing Sacred Music of the Renaissance” from CBS Sunday Morning features Music and the Medici, a research program of … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Art History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Current Research, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, History in the Media, History of the Book, Italian History, Manuscript Studies, Material Culture, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Music History, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, World History | Leave a comment

Irish in Illinois

Posted on April 8, 2021 by briansandberg

I would like to celebrate the publication of The Irish in Illinois a new book by my friends and colleagues, Sean Farrell and Mathieu W. Billings. Sean Farrell works on sectarian violence in Irish history and teaches with me as … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, European History, Illinois History and Society, Northern Illinois University, Social History, United States History and Society | Leave a comment

Depicting an Early Modern Emperor

Posted on April 8, 2021 by briansandberg

Early modern empires continue to have echoes in the contemporary world. A recent New York Times online feature focuses on Shah Jahan, a seventeenth-century Mughal Emperor who is known today for commissioning the Taj Mahal. The interactive webpage examines a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, History in the Media, Manuscript Studies, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Renaissance Teaching Award for High School Teachers

Posted on March 24, 2021 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America is offering a new award for innovative teaching of Renaissance studies during the Covid-19 pandemic. The award aims to recognize high school teachers and educators who teach Renaissance studies to high school students. History teachers … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Humanities Education, Museums and Historical Memory, Northern Illinois University, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, The Past Alive: Teaching History | Leave a comment

2021: The Year of Napoleon

Posted on March 23, 2021 by briansandberg

This year is being billed as the “Year of Napoleon” by the French government and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Major museum exhibitions and commemorations are planned across France. Professor Marlene L. Daut (University of Virginia) writes: “After a year … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Civil Conflict, Comparative Revolutions, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, Globalization, History of Race and Racism, History of Violence, Museums and Historical Memory, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | 1 Comment