Category Archives: European History

French and Greek Elections Shake up EU

Posted on May 7, 2012 by briansandberg

This weekend’s French and Greek elections have shaken up European Union policy making, challenging the austerity measures that have been instituted in several EU member nations in an attempt to manage the Euro crisis. NPR reports on the economic policy … Continue reading →

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Hollande Wins French Presidency

Posted on May 6, 2012 by briansandberg

François Hollande has won the French Presidential Elections today, becoming the first Socialist President in France since François Mitterand stepped down in 1995. Hollande won by a narrow, but convincing margin: 51.7% to 48.3% (according to the latest results as … Continue reading →

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Swiss Guard Saved Rome

Posted on May 6, 2012 by briansandberg

The legendary Swiss Guard of the Vatican is in the news today on the anniversary of the Sack of Rome of 1527. NPR reports on the swearing in ceremonies of the Swiss Guard in Rome today. Northern Illinois University students … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, European History, European Wars of Religion, History in the Media, Mediterranean World, Mercenaries, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

French History Review of Warrior Pursuits

Posted on April 29, 2012 by briansandberg

French History has published a review of my monograph, Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010). Fadi el Hage, who is based at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie at … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Early Modern Europe, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Languedoc and Southern France, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Religious Violence, State Development Theory, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | 1 Comment

Kuhn’s Paradigm Shift at 50

Posted on April 23, 2012 by briansandberg

This year is the 50th anniversary of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, with its influential concept of the “paradigm shift.” The book has reportedly sold over 1.4 million copies and is still on science and history of science … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Publishing, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Historiography and Social Theory, History of Medicine, History of Science | Leave a comment

Hollande Wins First Round of French Presidential Election

Posted on April 22, 2012 by briansandberg

French citizens went to the polls today (22 April) to vote in the first round of the 2012 French Presidential Election. François Hollande, the Socialist Party candidate, has won the first round with 28.8% of the vote, edging out President … Continue reading →

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American Women in France

Posted on April 3, 2012 by briansandberg

Study abroad programs have fundamentally transformed American higher education and presented new opportunities for thousands of students. Often forgotten is how crucial study abroad programs have been for female students from the United States.  A new article by Alice Kaplan, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education Policy, European History, French History, Humanities Education, Study Abroad, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

World War II in Soviet Film

Posted on April 1, 2012 by briansandberg

Soviet filmmakers portrayed the Great Patriotic War (or World War II) in numerous films produced from the 1940s to 1980s. The AHA Perspectives provides an assessment of one of the last of the Soviet films about World War II, Elem … Continue reading →

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France and the Origins of the Great Depression

Posted on March 31, 2012 by briansandberg

Did French economic policies contribute to, or even cause, the Great Depression of the 1930s? This is the provocative question posed by historian Douglas A. Irwin (Dartmouth College) in an article on History News Network (HNN), which is an outgrowth … Continue reading →

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Napoleonland

Posted on February 18, 2012 by briansandberg

Ready for a Napoleonic theme park?  Here comes Napoleonland…. Yves Jago, a French politician in the Parti Radical, is proposing a project to build a historical theme park to celebrate the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte.  The theme park … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, European Union, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, History in the Media, War, Culture, and Society | 1 Comment