Category Archives: History in the Media

A Van Dyck Painting Rediscovered Online

Posted on March 10, 2013 by briansandberg

An Anthony Van Dyck portrait has been identified in an online database. The previously unidentified painting was in storage at a museum in the United Kingdom, but a digital image of the portrait was recently added to an online database, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, European History, History in the Media, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Holding Your Own Conclave

Posted on March 2, 2013 by briansandberg

As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope, other people are holding their own conclaves. The board game “Vatican: Unlock the Secrets of How Men Become Pope” provides a fun way to learn about the process of … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Italian History, Political Culture, Religious History, The Past Alive: Teaching History, Uncategorized, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Pope Benedict XVI Announces Resignation

Posted on February 11, 2013 by briansandberg

Pope Benedict XVI has surprised Italians and the world with an announcement that he plans to resign the Papal throne and go into retirement at the end of the month. Benedict XVI is 85 years old and says that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, European History, European Union, History in the Media, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Renaissance Art and History, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Knights of Malta Celebrate 900th Anniversary

Posted on February 9, 2013 by briansandberg

The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights of Malta, is celebrating its 900th anniversary. The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem was founded as a crusading Christian military order in the 11th century and transformed … Continue reading →

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

Unearthing Richard III

Posted on February 5, 2013 by briansandberg

A team of archaeologists and other scientists exhumed bones from underneath a Leicester parking lot last fall and have been conducting tests on them over the past several months. Now, they report that the bones are probably those of King … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Early Modern Europe, History in the Media, History of Medicine, History of Science, History of Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Uncategorized, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

The Civil War in America

Posted on November 11, 2012 by briansandberg

The Library of Congress has organized a new exhibition on “The Civil War in America,” which includes diaries and other writings by participants in and observers of the American Civil War of 1861-1865. One of the objects featured in the … Continue reading →

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Armistice Day in France

Posted on November 11, 2012 by briansandberg

This past Sunday was Armistice Day, marking the end of the First World War in 1918. France celebrates 11 November each year with a series of ceremonies commemorating the dead of La Grande Guerre, as the First World War is … 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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Digital Mapping of Archival Materials

Posted on May 18, 2012 by briansandberg

One of the biggest challenges of historical and humanities research is locating relevant documentary evidence. For scholars working with archival documents, this often means searching inventories and catalogues of many different archives—sometimes across several countries or even continents. Archival inventories … Continue reading →

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GI Film Festival

Posted on May 12, 2012 by briansandberg

The GI Film Festival will be held in Washington, DC next week, providing a venue for new war films.  The festival focuses especially on films presenting American soldiers’ perspectives on current and past wars.  Many of the films shown are … Continue reading →

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