Category Archives: Early Modern World

RSA Webinars

Posted on September 8, 2023 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America is offering several professional development webinars this fall. Graduate students in Renaissance studies may be interested in these webinars. Here is the information on these webinars: Finding the Time to Write Thursday, October 5, 2023 … Continue reading →

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Seeing Race Before Race

Posted on September 8, 2023 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library in Chicago is preparing to open a new exhibition on Seeing Race Before Race, curated by the Center for Renaissance Studies in collaboration with the researchers associated with the RaceB4Race network. The Newberry Library website provides an … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Atlantic World, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Globalization, History of Race and Racism, Medieval History, Mediterranean World, Renaissance Art and History, World History | Leave a comment

Global Military Transformations

Posted on April 19, 2023 by briansandberg

Jeremy Black, in collaboration with the Italian Society of Military History (SISM), is pleased to announce publication of a new edited volume titled Global Military Transformations: Change and Continuity, 1450-1800 by SISM. SISM, founded by Raimondo Luraghi in 1984, promotes … Continue reading →

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Voices of Nîmes Book Review

Posted on March 31, 2023 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my book review, “Review of ‘The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc’,” The Journal of Modern History 95 (March 2023): 199-200, has been published and is available online at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/723330. … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, French History, Languedoc and Southern France, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

RSA High School Teaching Grants

Posted on March 29, 2023 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America has issued a call for proposals for its RSA High School Teaching Grants. High school teachers are invited to submit innovative teaching projects in the field of Renaissance Studies for consideration for these grants, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Grants and Fellowships, High School History Teaching, History of the Western World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, The Past Alive: Teaching History, World History | Leave a comment

Global Military Transformations

Posted on January 25, 2023 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that Jeremy Black, ed., Global Military Transformations: Change and Continuity, 1450-1800 (Rome: Società Italiana di Storia Militare, 2023), has been published. This edited volume provides global perspectives on the Military Revolution Debate, with chapters considering … Continue reading →

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

Shadow Agents of War

Posted on January 6, 2023 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that Shadow Agents of Renaissance War: Suffering, Supporting, and Supplying Conflict in Italy and Beyond has been published by Amsterdam University Press. This new collective volume (edited by Stephen Bowd, Sarah Cockram, and John Gagné) … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilians and Refugees in War, Cultural History, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Italian History, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Digital Humanities and Premodern Studies

Posted on October 31, 2022 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library is offering a seminar on Digital Humanities and Premodern Studies: An Introduction. The Center for Renaissance Studies indicates that “this course introduces the methods, approaches, uses, and challenges of digital humanities … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Graduate Work in History, Lectures and Seminars, Medieval History | Leave a comment

History of Cartography Lecture at the Newberry Library

Posted on October 24, 2022 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library in Chicago has truly impressive cartographic collections and also hosts the Hermon Dunlop Smith Center for the History of Cartography. The Smith Center holds a major annual lecture series on the history of cartography at the Newberry … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Cartographic History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Intellectual History, Lectures and Seminars, Material Culture, Renaissance Art and History, World History | Leave a comment

RSA Graduate Lightning Talks

Posted on October 24, 2022 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America’s Graduate Student Advisory Committee is holding an Online Graduate Student Lightning Talk Series. The next session in the series will be held on Friday, November 4, 2022 from 12:00-3:00 p.m. EDT. This is an opportunity for … Continue reading →

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