Category Archives: Globalization

Renaissance Italian Bank in Trouble

Posted on February 22, 2013 by briansandberg

Monte dei Paschi di Siena is in deep financial trouble. “To howls across Italy,” the New York Times reports, “the government has hastily arranged a €3.9 billion, or $5.1 billion, bailout. The widening scandal, which hit at a time of … Continue reading →

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Space and Piety in the Mediterranean

Posted on January 28, 2013 by briansandberg

CFP: CONFRATERNITIES, GUILDS/FUTUWWA, AND BROTHERHOODS/TARIQAHS: SPACE AND PIETY IN THE IRANO-MEDITERRANEAN FRONTIER ZONE Colin Mitchell and Megan Armstrong are seeking papers for a special interdisciplinary mini-conference on popular religious communities of the post-medieval Irano-Mediterranean frontier. It will take place at … Continue reading →

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Multicultural European History

Posted on January 26, 2013 by briansandberg

Europe has a long history of immigration and cultural mixing that has often been obscured by nationalist historical writing from the nineteenth century to today.  Although historical definitions of Europe have often cast “Europeans” as white, this racial description has … Continue reading →

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The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 21, 2013 by briansandberg

Today is both Martin Luther King, Jr., Day and Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration. So, it seems the ideal time to reassess the historical legacy of MLK.  The History News Network regroups a series of articles and essays on Martin Luther … Continue reading →

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US Elections Viewed from France

Posted on October 27, 2012 by briansandberg

The 2012 United States Presidential Election is being closely followed in France, where I am currently doing archival research. Daily radio and television news broadcasts are filled with the latest U.S. political news, tracking opinion polls and each major twist … Continue reading →

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World Poll on US Presidential Election

Posted on October 24, 2012 by briansandberg

If the United States Presidential Election were a worldwide election, it wouldn’t even be close: Obama would win in a massive landslide. The BBC recently conducted a worldwide poll, asking which candidate non-U.S. citizens around the world would vote for … Continue reading →

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Port Cities and the Slave Trade

Posted on August 2, 2012 by briansandberg

In the early modern period, many port cities were intimately connected with the slave trade. Ports ringing the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, and other bodies of water acted as harbors for slave ships and resale markets for human … Continue reading →

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Samurai Boys in Italy

Posted on August 1, 2012 by briansandberg

Italian archives continue to offer up wonderful evidence for historians of the early modern world. The rich records of Italian principalities, republics, merchants, and religious organizations offer some of the best sources for using World History approaches in the early … Continue reading →

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Human Trafficking in Europe

Posted on May 9, 2012 by briansandberg

The European history of migration has yet to be written, but the European Union has undoubtedly created a new chapter in this complex history.  The Schengen Agreement has facilitated the free movement of peoples across borders between EU member nations … 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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