Category Archives: History in the Media

Paid Newspaper Coverage

Posted on June 21, 2013 by briansandberg

Don’t like the news stories about your organization?  Or, think that newspapers are ignoring your organization’s work? Apparently, now you can simply pay newspapers to cover your organization and control its public image. Several California universities recently signed contracts with … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Humanities, Education Policy, Globalization, History in the Media, Information Management, Political Culture | 1 Comment

On Accents and Class in the Film Zulu

Posted on May 31, 2013 by briansandberg

Michael Caine’s breakout role as a film actor was in the film Zulu (1964), in which he played Lieutenant Bromhead, a young upper-class officer with a snooty accent. Caine recalls that, “in Zulu I was cast as a wishy-washy upper-crust … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, Historical Film, History in the Media, War in Film, War, Culture, and Society | 3 Comments

Digital Tools in Archival Research

Posted on May 27, 2013 by briansandberg

Historians have been using digital tools in archival research for some time now, but news media are finally beginning to pay attention to digital humanities. An article in the New York Times reports on historians’ use of digital cameras in … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Digital Humanities, Graduate Work in History, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Information Management, Undergraduate Work in History | Leave a comment

Interactive ebooks

Posted on May 26, 2013 by briansandberg

A new generation of ebooks have arrived: interactive ebooks. Readers who remember the Choose Your Own Adventure children’s books and other interactive books of the 1980s will get the idea. An interactive ebook of The Thirty-Nine Steps, a classic spy … Continue reading →

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Arcimboldo’s Four Seasons in New York

Posted on May 19, 2013 by briansandberg

Renaissance artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Four Seasons paintings have been transformed  into massive sculptures and are on display in New York. Philip Haas, a filmmaker and artist, has created a series of sculptures based on Arcimboldo’s paintings. According to NPR, “this … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Food and Cuisine History, History in the Media, Italian History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Thinking Deeply about MOOCs

Posted on May 14, 2013 by briansandberg

Once again, technology is being hailed as the solution to all our problems. Entrepreneurs of internet companies—like the advocates of radio and television before them—are touting the transformative potential of technology to educate the masses. Many politicians and pundits are … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Freedom, Digital Humanities, Education Policy, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Information Management, The Past Alive: Teaching History, Undergraduate Work in History | Leave a comment

New Digital Humanities Approaches

Posted on April 6, 2013 by briansandberg

New digital humanities approaches are transforming the ways in which historians and other humanities scholars conduct research. This spring, I am offering a series of workshops on “New Digital Humanities Approaches to Renaissance Studies: Manuscript Imaging and Research Outsourcing in … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Current Research, Digital Humanities, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Information Management, Italian History, Renaissance Art and History | 2 Comments

Roger Ebert and the Art of Film Reviewing

Posted on April 5, 2013 by briansandberg

Pulitzer prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert has died following a battle with cancer. Ebert was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times for more than three decades, as well as co-host of the popular television show At the Movies. Ebert … Continue reading →

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Age of Christian Martyrs Questioned

Posted on April 1, 2013 by briansandberg

New research challenges the idea of an Age of Christian Martyrs during the early centuries of Christian expansion in the Mediterranean world. Candida Moss, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame explains: “For the … Continue reading →

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Rachel Maddow on the Importance of History

Posted on April 1, 2013 by briansandberg

Rachel Maddow recently spoke at Stanford University. According to the Stanford Report, “Asked by students what kind of major she looks for in a successful job candidate, Rachel Maddow, the popular television host and best-selling author, did not hesitate in … Continue reading →

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