Category Archives: Humanities Education

Conference on Illinois History

Posted on October 6, 2020 by briansandberg

The annual Conference on Illinois History is currently being held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois from 5-9 October 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference is a virtual event this year, allowing interested … Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter at Northern Illinois University

Posted on October 1, 2020 by briansandberg

Northern Illinois University students, faculty, and staff are actively involved in the Black Lives Matter movement in Illinois. The Center for Black Studies at Northern Illinois University is responding with creativity and activism to a recent racist vandalism attack on … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, History of Violence, Human Rights, Humanities Education, Northern Illinois University, Political Culture, The Past Alive: Teaching History | Leave a comment

Postdoctoral Fellowship on Hérnan Colón

Posted on January 9, 2020 by briansandberg

A postdoctoral fellowship in early modern studies is being offered by the Arnamagnæan Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Here is the Arnamagnæan Institute’s call for applications: Postdoctoral Position – Hernando Colón’s Book of Books The Arnamagnæan Institute, Department of … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cartographic History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, Globalization, History in the Media, History of the Book, Humanities Education, Information Management, Intellectual History, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Oral History Jobs

Posted on July 30, 2019 by briansandberg

Many cultural organizations and foundations hire historians to conduct historical research, analyze historical sources, present historical findings, and manage archival collections. The HistoryMakers, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, is currently hiring video oral historians. Here is the announcement: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Careers in History, Digital Humanities, Graduate Work in History, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Museums and Historical Memory, Undergraduate Work in History | Leave a comment

A Rehearsal for a Government Shutdown

Posted on January 25, 2019 by briansandberg

Daily headlines relate the grim details of the current U.S. federal government shutdown of December 2018 to January 2019, now the longest in the history of the United States.  Detailed news reports analyze the growing economic and social impact of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Education Policy, Graduate Work in History, Humanities Education, Northern Illinois University, Political Culture | Leave a comment

Italian Paleography Seminar

Posted on January 22, 2019 by briansandberg

2019 Mellon Summer Institute in Italian Paleography July 8-26, 2019 Newberry Library Application Deadline: March 1, 2019 CRS is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2019 Mellon Summer Institute in Italian Paleography, which will be … Continue reading →

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American Historical Association Annual Meeting in Chicago

Posted on January 7, 2019 by briansandberg

The American Historical Association 2019 Annual Meeting wrapped up yesterday. Historians from across the United States (and beyond) met for four days in Chicago to discuss new research, graduate education, undergraduate education, professional concerns, and public history.   I attended … Continue reading →

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Frank Valadez AHA Spotlight

Posted on December 12, 2018 by briansandberg

Frank Valadez, my friend and fellow UIUC graduate History alum, is featured in an American Historical Association spotlight today! Frank is an amazingly flexible history thinker and practitioner who currently serves as  Director of the Division for Public Education at … Continue reading →

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Promoting Diversity in Undergraduate Admissions

Posted on December 10, 2018 by briansandberg

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis has published an article presenting new research on diversity in undergraduate admissions. The article considers the State of Texas’s 10 percent plan, which provides guaranteed admissions into state universities for the top 10 percent of … Continue reading →

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The State of Illinois is Destroying its Future

Posted on February 3, 2017 by briansandberg

Illinois high school graduates are fleeing the state in record numbers, largely due to the continuing lack of a state budget in Illinois. State universities in Illinois will lose even more students as the Illinois high school graduates of 2017 … Continue reading →

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