Category Archives: Museums and Historical Memory

Marketing Napoleon

Posted on November 17, 2014 by briansandberg

Napoleon’s stock value is rising as we near the bicenntenial of the battle of Waterloo in 2015. A cache of Napoleonic memorabilia went on auction this weekend near the château de Fontainebleau. “Nearly 1,000 objects were for sale, including weapons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, Museums and Historical Memory, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Warburg Institute Saved by Court Ruling

Posted on November 14, 2014 by briansandberg

The famed Warburg Institute in London has been saved by an English court ruling. According to a press release by the Warburg Institute: “To the benefit and relief of scholars worldwide, the High Court has rejected the University of London’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Education Policy, European History, History in the Media, History of Medicine, History of Science, History of the Book, Humanities Education, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Assessing the State of Digital Humanities

Posted on November 6, 2014 by briansandberg

A new review article assesses the current state of the field Digital Humanities (DH) from the perspective of book history. This is an interesting angle to consider the state of DH, since so many DH projects deal with document digitization … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Current Research, Digital Humanities, Graduate Work in History, History in the Media, Information Management, Museums and Historical Memory | Leave a comment

Female Warriors and the Myth of the Amazons

Posted on October 31, 2014 by briansandberg

Female warriors certainly are media friendly, with numerous films, television series, video games, books, and comic books dedicated to Amazons, Jeanne d’Arc, medieval warrior queens, and fantasy warrior princesses. Historians are struggling to compete with this avalanche of imagery of … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Museums and Historical Memory, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Historical Commemorations of the Vietnam War

Posted on October 10, 2014 by briansandberg

The Vietnam War simply will not fade away. This week, an op-ed in the New York Times compared the US military action against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria to the US escalation of involvement in the Vietnam War in … Continue reading →

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CLIR Fellowships

Posted on October 7, 2014 by briansandberg

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applications for the 2015 Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources. The program will be offering about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships for the 2015-2016 academic year. Each provides … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, Museums and Historical Memory, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Museum Summer Internships

Posted on March 22, 2014 by briansandberg

The Missouri History Museum is accepting applications from students who are interested in oral history internships (paid positions) with our Exhibitions and Research department. Two interns will be selected and will report to the Director of Exhibitions and Research. The … Continue reading →

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Art Museum Summer Internships and Fellowships

Posted on January 31, 2014 by briansandberg

Summer 2014 Internships Internships and fellowships at the MFAH are defined by the supervisors to meet the challenges of ongoing and/or time-sensitive projects. For example, in the curatorial department, an intern or fellow may engage in research about artists and … Continue reading →

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Commemorations of Tipu Sultan

Posted on January 29, 2014 by briansandberg

Annual celebrations of Republic Day in India this past weekend included controversial commemorations of Tipu Sultan, an Indian ruler who fought British imperial encroachment in the eighteenth century. The BBC reports that “Since the country’s annual Republic Day celebrations on … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, Globalization, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Religious Politics, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Commemorating JFK’s Assassination

Posted on November 22, 2013 by briansandberg

Historians have been absorbed with questions of historical memory and commemoration over the past two decades. Historian Pierre Nora’s influential analysis of history and memory has spawned an entire subfield of historical studies of commemoration. Commemorating historical episodes of violence … Continue reading →

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