Category Archives: Current Research

Instant History: Archiving Political Slogans and Symbols

Posted on January 10, 2021 by briansandberg

Historians and museum curators are already hard at work preserving the history of the Storming of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on 6 January 2021. “A sign that reads, ‘Off with their heads — stop the steal’ and a small … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Civil Conflict, Comparative Revolutions, Cultural History, Current Research, History in the Media, History of Violence, Information Management, Material Culture, Museums and Historical Memory, Northern Illinois University, Political Activism and Protest Culture, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions, United States History and Society | Leave a comment

Containing Coronavirus in Brussels

Posted on April 1, 2020 by briansandberg

I have been conducting archival research in Belgium as a Fulbright Research Scholar and collaborating with colleagues at the Université Catholique de Louvain this semester, but the coronavirus pandemic has intervened and disrupted our plans. Belgians had been following the … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Current Research, European History, European Union, History of Medicine, Study Abroad | Leave a comment

Women and War in Belgium

Posted on March 31, 2020 by briansandberg

Gabrielle Petit stares defiantly into the distance, under gray skies in Brussels. Almost every morning, I walk beneath Petit’s stern gaze on my way to the archives, thinking about her last moments and about the long history of women and … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Civil Conflict, Civilians and Refugees in War, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Laws of War, Reformation History, Religious Violence, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

A Rehearsal for a Government Shutdown

Posted on January 25, 2019 by briansandberg

Daily headlines relate the grim details of the current U.S. federal government shutdown of December 2018 to January 2019, now the longest in the history of the United States.  Detailed news reports analyze the growing economic and social impact of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Education Policy, Graduate Work in History, Humanities Education, Northern Illinois University, Political Culture | Leave a comment

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

Battlefield Emotions Volume

Posted on December 14, 2016 by briansandberg

Battlefield Emotions, 1500-1800: Practices, Experience, Imagination, ed. Erika Kuipers and Cornelis Van Der Haven (Palgrave Macmillan) is now in production and about to hit the bookshelves. My chapter on “‘His Courage Produced More Fear in His Enemies than Shame in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Review of War and Conflict in the Early Modern World on H-Net

Posted on December 7, 2016 by briansandberg

The first review of War and Conflict in the Early Modern World, 1500-1700 (Polity, 2016) has now been published on H-Net Reviews. I am pleased to see that Professor Frederic J. Baumgartner (Virginia Tech) has reviewed the book for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Globalization, History of Violence, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

War and Conflict Book Talk at NIU

Posted on August 24, 2016 by briansandberg

I will be offering a book talk on War and Conflict in the Early Modern World, 1500-1700, at Northern Illinois University this Friday 26 August, 2016. The Department of History is sponsoring the book talk and hosting a reception to … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, Globalization, History of Violence, Maritime History, Religious Violence, Revolts and Revolutions, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

War and Conflict in the Early Modern World Release

Posted on June 3, 2016 by briansandberg

I am pleased to report that my new book, War and Conflict in the Early Modern World (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016),  has been released in the U.K., Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Here is the brief book description (blurb): In … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Comparative Revolutions, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European Wars of Religion, Globalization, History of Violence, Maritime History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Revolts and Revolutions, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Révoltes et révolutions à l’écran

Posted on July 21, 2015 by briansandberg

I am happy to announce that a new edited volume has been published on Révoltes et révolutions à l’écran. Europe moderne, XVIe-XVIIIe siècle (Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2015). My chapter, entitled “Les révoltes nobiliaires et les histoires confessionnelles : représentations … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, French Wars of Religion, Historical Film, History in the Media, History of Violence, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions, War in Film, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment