Category Archives: Mediterranean World

Doctoral Fellowships in European History

Posted on October 28, 2020 by briansandberg

The European University Institute in Fiesole, Italy, is offering fully funded doctoral fellowships for students wishing to pursue Ph.D. studies in European history. The European University Institute (EUI) is located on a majestic hill overlooking Firenze (Florence), Italy, an inspiring … Continue reading →

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Islamic Art History Resource

Posted on October 25, 2020 by briansandberg

A new online resource for Islamic art history has just been launched online. Northern Illinois University students in my HIST 110 History of the Western World I course are studying the expansion of Islam at this point in the semester … Continue reading →

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Art of Renaissance Warfare

Posted on August 28, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library (Chicago) will host a virtual conversation with Jonathan Tavares (The Art Institute of Chicago) and Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library) on The Art of Renaissance Warfare, to be held on Zoom. … Continue reading →

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Renaissance Invention Exhibition

Posted on August 28, 2020 by briansandberg

A new exhibition on Renaissance Invention: Stradanus’s Nova Reperta opens today (Friday 28 August 2020) at the Newberry Library. The exhibition will run from 28 August to 25 November 2020 in the Trienens Galleries at the Newberry Library in Chicago. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Atlantic World, Cartographic History, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, Globalization, Intellectual History, Maritime History, Material Culture, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, World History | Leave a comment

People in Motion Podcasts on the History of Pandemics

Posted on August 28, 2020 by briansandberg

The People in Motion: Entangled Histories of Displacement across the Mediterranean (PIMo) network of historians is providing a series of podcasts on the history of pandemics to provide a deeper context for understanding on the current Covid-19 pandemic. In one … Continue reading →

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New Italian Paleography Website

Posted on July 29, 2019 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library has created a new Italian paleography website and digital resource. This resource will be incredibly useful resource for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers in Renaissance studies. Here is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Court Studies, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, The Past Alive: Teaching History | Leave a comment

Cultural Exchange in Renaissance Europe Summer School

Posted on January 23, 2019 by briansandberg

Warwick’s Centre for the Study of the Renaissance has announced a joint Summer School in Venice with the Charles S. Singleton Center for the Study of Premodern Europe (Johns Hopkins University) and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti. The Summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Italian History, Maritime History, Mediterranean World, Renaissance Art and History | 1 Comment

Painting from Louis XIV’s Reign Discovered in Paris

Posted on January 22, 2019 by briansandberg

A large seventeenth-century oil painting (measuring 10-by-20-foot) has been discovered behind a wall in a building that is currently being restored for an Oscar de la Renta boutique in Paris. After workers discovered the painting, Oscar de la Renta brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, European History, French History, Mediterranean World, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Paris History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Strategy and International Politics, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | 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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Cultures of Voting in Pre-Modern Europe

Posted on January 2, 2018 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my latest publication has been released, just in time for the new year.  Happy 2018! My chapter on “Municipal elections and contested religious space: electoral practices and confessional politics in Mediterranean France during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, Mediterranean World, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Religious Politics, Renaissance Art and History, State Development Theory | Leave a comment