Category Archives: Reformation History

Historians’ Role in DOMA Decision

Posted on July 2, 2013 by briansandberg

Historians played a role in the Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Organizations of academic and public historians intervened directly in U.S. v. Windsor as it reached the Supreme Court. Steven Mintz points … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Historiography and Social Theory, History in the Media, Human Rights, Humanities Education, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Elizabethan Privateering and Cyberwar

Posted on June 1, 2013 by briansandberg

An op-ed in the New York Times compares cyberwar to the privateering conflicts of the Elizabethan period. Jordan Chandler Hirsch and Sam Adelsberg, authors of the op-ed, argue that “In confronting today’s cyberbattles, the United States should think less about … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, History of Violence, Information Management, Laws of War, Maritime History, Piracy, Reformation History, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Strategy and International Politics, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | 1 Comment

Early Modern Religious Orders

Posted on March 24, 2013 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library in Chicago hosted a conference on Early Modern Religious: Comparative Contexts this weekend. The conference offered comparative perspectives on monks, friars, nuns, and lay people who were involved in Catholic religious orders in early modern European, Mediterranean, … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Religious History, Renaissance Art and History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

A Van Dyck Painting Rediscovered Online

Posted on March 10, 2013 by briansandberg

An Anthony Van Dyck portrait has been identified in an online database. The previously unidentified painting was in storage at a museum in the United Kingdom, but a digital image of the portrait was recently added to an online database, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, European History, History in the Media, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Historians Discuss Papal Resignation

Posted on March 5, 2013 by briansandberg

Historians at the University of California at Santa Barbara are holding a public panel discussion of the papal resignation. Here is the announcement from the UCSB website: UCSB Historians To Examine Pope Benedict XVI’s Resignation Public invited to panel discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, Italian History, Lectures and Seminars, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Procedures for the Papal Conclave

Posted on March 4, 2013 by briansandberg

As cardinals prepare to elect a new pope in the Vatican, observers may want a refresher on the procedures for a papal conclave. The Washington Post reports on the preparations for the upcoming papal conclave and provides the following graphic … Continue reading →

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Betting on the New Pope

Posted on February 23, 2013 by briansandberg

Pope Benedict XVI’s surprise announcement that he will resign and go into retirement stunned the Catholic world. Some Catholics have been protesting Benedict XVI’s decision, claiming that popes can never step down, while other believers have been flocking to the … Continue reading →

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Medici Archive Project Online Paleography Course 2013

Posted on January 28, 2013 by briansandberg

MAP Online Paleography Course 2013 For the fourth consecutive year, the Medici Archive Project will offer a 12-week Online Paleography Course. The course is designed to furnish participants with basic skills for reading historical manuscript materials from the late 15th- … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Conferences, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, European History, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, Italian History, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

Seminar on Paleography and Archival Studies

Posted on January 28, 2013 by briansandberg

Seminar on Paleography and Archival Studies For the third consecutive year, the Medici Archive Project will be offering a two-week intensive seminar on archival research especially intended for advanced graduate students in Renaissance and early modern studies. This seminar will … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Conferences, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Study Abroad | Leave a comment

Space and Piety in the Mediterranean

Posted on January 28, 2013 by briansandberg

CFP: CONFRATERNITIES, GUILDS/FUTUWWA, AND BROTHERHOODS/TARIQAHS: SPACE AND PIETY IN THE IRANO-MEDITERRANEAN FRONTIER ZONE Colin Mitchell and Megan Armstrong are seeking papers for a special interdisciplinary mini-conference on popular religious communities of the post-medieval Irano-Mediterranean frontier. It will take place at … Continue reading →

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