Category Archives: European History

Newberry Graduate Scholars-in-Residence

Posted on April 9, 2015 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library is once again seeking ABD doctoral candidates in the humanities for its Graduate Scholar-in-Residence program. Greg Bereiter and Bob Fulton, doctoral candidates from Northern Illinois University, have recently served as graduate scholars-in-residence at the Newberry and had … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Workshop in Chicago

Posted on April 8, 2015 by briansandberg

Demystifying the Archives Monday, April 13 The Early Modern Workshop at the University of Chicago is hosting a panel discussion concerning “the process of archival research in a graduate student’s career.” According to the workshop’s announcement, “The aim of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, Graduate Work in History, Lectures and Seminars, Material Culture, Reformation History | Leave a comment

Wars of Religion: Past and Present

Posted on April 8, 2015 by briansandberg

I will be participating in an upcoming conference on Wars of Religion: Past and Present at Princeton University on 23-24 April 2015. The conference is organized by the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at Princeton and includes researchers … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Political Culture, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, War, Culture, and Society | 1 Comment

Renaissance Society of America – Berlin

Posted on April 4, 2015 by briansandberg

I just returned from the huge Renaissance Society for America [RSA] conference in Berlin, where over 3000 Renaissance studies scholars gathered for an intense conference on early modern history. I presented a research paper on siege warfare and war news, entitled … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, History of the Book, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Paleography Seminar at the Medici Archive Project

Posted on April 4, 2015 by briansandberg

Seminar on Paleography and Archival Studies May 25 – June 6, 2015 Florence, Italy For the fifth consecutive year, the Medici Archive Project (MAP) will be offering a two-week intensive seminar on archival research. For the first time, MAP will partner … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Art History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, History of the Book, Italian History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Symposium on Latin America in the Early Colonial Period

Posted on April 4, 2015 by briansandberg

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies is offering a Symposium on Latin America in the Early Colonial Period, which will be held on Saturday, 11 April from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. The Newberry Library website provides an announcement: “This … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic World, Conferences, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, Globalization, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Pike-and-Blog

Posted on March 31, 2015 by briansandberg

A new blog on the history of early modern war and society is active online. Maurizio Arfaioli, a colleague of mine at the Medici Archive Project, has recently launched a website and accompanying blog, entitled Pike-and-Blog. Early modernists will recognize … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Mediterranean World, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Tagged | Leave a comment

Suffragettes: Women, Politics, and Violence

Posted on February 23, 2015 by briansandberg

Physical violence is often assumed to be a properly—or even exclusively—masculine domain. Yet, women have at times played very active roles in exercising physical violence. In the early twentieth century, some Suffragette activists carried out violent attacks in England as … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Cultural History, European History, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Human Rights, Political Culture, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

French Paleography Seminar

Posted on February 19, 2015 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library is offering a seminar in French paleography. The Newberry’s announcement is reposted below: Application deadline: March 1 Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography June 22 to July 16, 2015, at the Newberry Library, Chicago Led by Marc … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, European History, French History, Graduate Work in History, Humanities Education, Lectures and Seminars, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

War Diaries and Digital Humanities

Posted on February 12, 2015 by briansandberg

The growing pace of archival digitization is creating tensions in communities of researchers and archivists. Digital Humanities projects hold great promise, but also substantial risks for today’s researchers and for future generations of scholars. Andrew Hoskins (Interdisciplinary Research Professor at … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cultural History, Current Research, Digital Humanities, European History, European Union, Globalization, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Information Management, War, Culture, and Society | 1 Comment