Category Archives: Mediterranean World

Ancient Battlefield Archaeology and DNA Findings

Posted on October 5, 2022 by briansandberg

Archaeologists and scientists are discovering new information about the soldiers and conflicts of the past through battlefield archaeology. Recent digs have uncovered the grave of Richard III from the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487) and mass graves from battles of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient History, Battlefield Archaeology, European History, History of the Western World, History of Violence, Mediterranean World, Mercenaries, War, Culture, and Society, World History | 1 Comment

Lightning Talks: Rethinking the Global Renaissance

Posted on September 8, 2022 by briansandberg

Graduate students in Renaissance Studies have been working with the Renaissance Society of America to organize a series of Lightning Talks events. Graduate students in Renaissance Studies and Early Modern History will be interested in this Lightning Talk event. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Globalization, Graduate Work in History, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Mediterranean History Position

Posted on August 18, 2022 by briansandberg

Seattle University is advertising a professorial position in the history of the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean World. Here is the position announcement: The History Department at Seattle University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Medieval and … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Jobs and Positions, Maritime History, Medieval History, Mediterranean World, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Women and Warfare in the Renaissance and Reformation

Posted on August 1, 2022 by briansandberg

My bibliographic essay on “Women and Warfare” was recently published by Oxford Bibliographies in the Renaissance and Reformation subject area. “Women and warfare is an emerging field in early modern history with a rapidly growing historiography. Art historians and cultural … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Research Fellowships at the IMéRA in Marseille

Posted on July 12, 2022 by briansandberg

I just returned from an incredible five-month research stay at the Institut d’études Avancées de Aix-Marseille Université (IMéRA), a research institute located at the Observatoire de Marseille, near parc Longchamp. I was conducting archival research on crusading culture in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Union, French History, Grants and Fellowships, Maritime History, Mediterranean World | Leave a comment

Gallica Celebrates Early Modern Venice

Posted on March 28, 2022 by briansandberg

The Bibliothèque Nationale de France’s Gallica platform is celebrating early modern Venice with a digitized version of its copy of Jacopo de’ Barbari’s Venetie MD (1500). This monumental printed city view of Venice has been closely studied using many different … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, History of the Western World, Italian History, Maritime History, Mediterranean World, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Giovanni Contarini’s Account of the Lepanto Campaign

Posted on March 28, 2022 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my book review of Kiril Petkov’s translation of Giovanni Pietro Contarini’s account of the Lepanto campaign has been published by the Mediterranean Seminar Review. Contarini, Giovanni Pietro. From Cyprus to Lepanto. Trans. Kiril Petkov. New York, … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, History of the Western World, History of Violence, Italian History, Maritime History, Mediterranean World, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

RSA High School Teaching Grants

Posted on March 3, 2022 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) is once again offering teaching grants for high school teachers who teach online lessons or units on Renaissance studies. The RSA is currently inviting high school teachers to submit proposals for their Grants in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Grants and Fellowships, Humanities Education, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, The Past Alive: Teaching History | Leave a comment

A Renaissance of Violence

Posted on February 11, 2022 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my review of Colin Rose’s A Renaissance of Violence: Homicide in Early Modern Italy has just been published on H-Italy. “One of the most brazen murders in Bologna’s history occurred on September 8, 1652, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, History of Violence, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Renaissance Art and History, Social History | Leave a comment

Reading Archival Latin Seminar

Posted on February 7, 2022 by briansandberg

A Summer Skills Seminar on Reading Archival Latin is being organized by the Mediterranean Seminar for Summer 2022. Graduate students and researchers interested in learning to read Latin manuscripts are encouraged to apply for this seminar. The Mediterranean Seminar announcement … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Lectures and Seminars, Manuscript Studies, Medieval History, Mediterranean World, Paleography, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment