Category Archives: Human Rights

Movement for De-Baptism in France

Posted on January 29, 2012 by briansandberg

A movement promoting de-baptism is growing in France, challenging the authority of the Catholic Church and presenting quandaries for historians who use baptismal records as sources. A French man named René LeBouvier has sued the Catholic Church in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, European Union, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Human Rights, Religious Violence | Leave a comment

Laurent Dubois on the History of Haiti

Posted on January 14, 2012 by briansandberg

As Haitians continues to struggle with rebuilding following the disastrous 2010 earthquake, historians are grappling with explaining the historical roots of Haiti’s current predicament. Laurent Dubois, a professor of history at Duke University, has written several books on Haiti and … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental History, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, Globalization, Human Rights | Leave a comment

Daughter of Dirty War

Posted on December 5, 2011 by briansandberg

Issues of gender and violence are finally beginning to be studied through global perspectives and comparative methods, often with disturbing results. A trial in Argentina has presented evidence of abductions of the children by Argentinian military officers in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Human Rights, War, Culture, and Society, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

French Intellectuals in the Media

Posted on October 5, 2011 by briansandberg

France has long had a robust history of public intellectuals—Renaissance essayists  such as Michel de Montaigne, Enlightenment philosophes such as Voltaire, and modern philosophers such as Sartre. Tony Judt and other French historians have traced the developments in modern French … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Publishing, European History, French History, History in the Media, History of the Book, Human Rights | Leave a comment

H-France Webinars

Posted on August 6, 2011 by briansandberg

H-France is launching a webinar series beginning this fall. Graduate students in History at NIU, as well as undergraduate students in HIST 311 Early Modern France, 1500-1789 and HIST 423 French Revolution and Napoleon will be interested in this series. … Continue reading →

Posted in Comparative Revolutions, Early Modern Europe, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, Graduate Work in History, History in the Media, Human Rights, The Past Alive: Teaching History | Leave a comment

Mubarak’s Trial and the Ongoing Egyptian Revolution

Posted on August 4, 2011 by briansandberg

Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is currently being tried in Cairo, presenting a remarkable televised spectacle.  The Washington Post reports on the opening of the trial and Mubarak’s appearance in court. Many previous revolutionary movements have put their deposed leaders … Continue reading →

Posted in Comparative Revolutions, French Revolution and Napoleon, History of Violence, Human Rights | Leave a comment

Case Against DSK May Collapse

Posted on July 1, 2011 by briansandberg

The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn now appears close to collapse, after prosecutors discovered serious credibility problems with the testimony of the housekeeper who accused him of sexual assault.  The New York Times reports on the developments in the case and … Continue reading →

Posted in European Union, French History, Human Rights, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

The Killing Seas: Mediterranean Migration

Posted on May 29, 2011 by briansandberg

Anthropologist Hans Lucht discusses the precarious lives of modern-day Mediterranean migrants from Africa who embark in North Africa for Italy in an op-ed in the New York Times. Lucht points out that southern European nations have long worked with Qaddafi’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, French History, Human Rights, Italian History, Mediterranean World, War, Culture, and Society | Leave a comment

Faculty Union formed at UIC

Posted on May 8, 2011 by briansandberg

The faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago voted recently to form a faculty union, which will be affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The American Association of University Professors (AAUP), which supported the UIC faculty unionization … Continue reading →

Posted in Education Policy, Human Rights, Humanities Education, Northern Illinois University | Leave a comment

Multiculturalism in Europe

Posted on May 6, 2011 by briansandberg

The protests and revolutions in the Arab world this spring have created increased political tensions in Europe over the status of Arabs and Muslims within the European Union. Debates over policies promoting multiculturalism in European nations were already contentious well … Continue reading →

Posted in European Union, French History, Globalization, Human Rights, Mediterranean World | Leave a comment