Category Archives: Early Modern World

Early Modern Domestic Space

Posted on April 5, 2014 by briansandberg

A lecture on “Illuminating Early Modern Domestic Spaces” by Professor Ann Smart Martin Stanley and Polly Stone Professor Director, Material Culture Program and Department of Art History University of Wisconsin, Madison Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 5:30 PM DePaul Art … Continue reading →

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Mediterranean Minorities

Posted on January 31, 2014 by briansandberg

The Mediterranean Seminar/University of California Multi-Campus Research Project and the departments of Comparative and World Literature, History, Jewish Studies, and the Spanish Program of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at San Francisco State University invite participants to a … Continue reading →

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Commemorations of Tipu Sultan

Posted on January 29, 2014 by briansandberg

Annual celebrations of Republic Day in India this past weekend included controversial commemorations of Tipu Sultan, an Indian ruler who fought British imperial encroachment in the eighteenth century. The BBC reports that “Since the country’s annual Republic Day celebrations on … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, Globalization, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Religious Politics, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Air in Enlightenment Europe

Posted on January 22, 2014 by briansandberg

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies presents: Eighteenth-Century Seminar Tobias Menely, Miami University “History’s Atmosphere: The Matter of Air in the Enlightenment” Saturday, February 22, 2014, 2:00 pm For a lecture description, see: http://www.newberry.org/02222014-tobias-menely The paper for this seminar will … Continue reading →

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Newberry Research Methods Workshop

Posted on January 21, 2014 by briansandberg

Application deadline: Monday, January 27 Research Methods Workshop for Early Career Graduate Students Music and Travel, 1500 – 1700 Directed by Carla Zecher, Director, Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies, and Newberry Curator of Music Meets 9 am to 5 pm … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Lectures and Seminars, Music History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

The Western Mediterranean and the World

Posted on January 21, 2014 by briansandberg

Teófilo Ruiz, “The Western Mediterranean and the World” FROM THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN TO THE ATLANTIC,  CA. 1300 – 1650 Friday, February 7 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm University of Chicago Classics Building, Room 110 1010 East 59th Street Chicago, Illinois … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Globalization, Historiography and Social Theory, Lectures and Seminars, Maritime History, Mediterranean World | 1 Comment

Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowships

Posted on January 10, 2014 by briansandberg

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies Consortium Short-Term Fellowships Application deadline for 2014-15 fellowships: January 15, 2014 The Newberry Library will award two short-term fellowships to support scholars at Center for…

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French Paleography Workshop

Posted on January 7, 2014 by briansandberg

Call for Applications MIDDLE FRENCH PALEOGRAPHY WORKSHOP COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK JUNE 9-27, 2014 This paleography workshop will provide intensive training in the accurate reading, editing, and interpretation of a manuscript in Middle French, in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, History of Science, Information Management, Lectures and Seminars, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | 1 Comment

French Pamphlets at the Newberry

Posted on December 4, 2013 by briansandberg

Research Methods Workshop for Early Career Graduate Students French Pamphlets at the Newberry: The Formation of the Concept of “Revolution” and Revolutionary Ideology Directed by Dale Van Kley, Ohio State University Meets 9:00 am to 4:45 pm Friday, January 31, … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Comparative Revolutions, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, French Revolution and Napoleon, Graduate Work in History, Information Management, Lectures and Seminars, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions | Leave a comment

Conference on René Allio and Historical Film

Posted on November 19, 2013 by briansandberg

René Allio was one of the most important French directors of historical film in the 1960s and 1970s. Most of Allio’s films focused on historical subjects by depicting historical events, people, or sites. The director is most remembered for his … Continue reading →

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