Category Archives: Current Research

Review of Warrior Pursuits by Robert A. Nye

A new review by Professor Robert A. Nye of my book, Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France, has just appeared in the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. I am pleased to read Professor Nye’s critique of … Continue reading

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Braudel Revisited

My latest book review, of a collective volume entitled Braudel Revisited: The Mediterranean World, 1600-1800, has been published online in H-France Review. Here is the full citation: Gabriel Piterberg, Teofilo F. Ruiz, and Geoffrey Symcox, eds., Braudel Revisited: The Mediterranean … Continue reading

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Devotion, Discipline, Reform Conference

September 15 – 17, 2011 Devotion, Discipline, Reform: Sources for the Study of Religion, 1450-1640 A Conference in Honor of Sister Ann Ida Gannon, BVM The Newberry Library, Chicago http://www.newberry.org/renaissance/conf-inst/devotion.html Printable flier: http://www.newberry.org/renaissance/conf-inst/DevotionConference.pdf Speakers include: Gregory R. Crane, Classics and … Continue reading

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NIU Professors Comment on Libyan Civil War

The Northern Illinois University community is following developments in the Libyan Civil War and the revolutionary conflicts in the Arab World. NIU student journalist Eric Nofsinger recently asked several professors, including me, to comment on the Libyan Civil War for … Continue reading

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Review of Warrior Pursuits

The first review of Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France has been published.  Professor Phillip John Usher, of Barnard College, reviews my monograph in Renaissance Quarterly. I am happy that book reviews of Warrior Pursuits … Continue reading

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Warrior Pursuits in Libraries

Warrior Pursuits is now available at a library near you. I am pleased to see that Warrior Pursuits has now been cataloged in 144 libraries worldwide. WorldCat online catalog allows you to search for books in libraries near you.  Try … Continue reading

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Nabil Matar Lecture

Nabil Matar (Presidential Professor, Departments of English and History, the Religious Studies Program, University of Minnesota) “Henry Stubbe and the first use of Christian Arabic sources about Muhammad” Friday 15 April 2011, 4:00 pm Pick 016 University of Chicago Co-sponsored by … Continue reading

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Upcoming Conference on Imperialism

Between Friction and Collaboration: Imperial Elites and Local Powerbrokers Northwestern University, 15-16 April 2011 Northwestern University is hosting an upcoming conference on imperialism, entitled “Between Friction and Collaboration: Imperial Elites and Local Powerbrokers.” Graduate students at Northern Illinois University working … Continue reading

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Call for Proposals: Attending to Early Modern Women Conference

Call for Proposals Attending to Early Modern Women: Remapping Routes and Spaces June 21-June 23, 2012     Milwaukee, Wisconsin Attending to Early Modern Women, which has been held seven times at the University of Maryland since 1990, is moving to the … Continue reading

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Friendship in Renaissance Florence

I am enjoying reading Dale Kent, Friendship, Love, and Trust in Renaissance Florence (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009), in preparation for discussions with my HIST 420 The Renaissance students this week. For a book description, see Amazon.com.  

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