Category Archives: Renaissance Art and History

Beyond the Battlefield Released

Posted on December 22, 2023 by briansandberg

My latest essay has been published in the collective volume on Beyond the Battlefield Reconsidering Warfare in Early Modern Europe, ed. Tryntje Helfferich and Howard Louthan (London: Routledge, 2023), which is scheduled to be released today (22 December 2023). My … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Civilians and Refugees in War, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

NIU Book Lab and Printing Presses

Posted on October 11, 2023 by briansandberg

We are launching an exciting new project at Northern Illinois University to create a NIU Book Lab, which will focus on the history of the book, printing presses, and print culture! The Northern Illinois University Libraries have created a crowdfunding … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cartographic History, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Revolution and Napoleon, French Wars of Religion, History of the Book, Information Management, Material Culture, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Northern Illinois University, Political Culture, Public History, Rare Books and Pamphlets, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Undergraduate Work in History, World History | Leave a comment

Among Friends and Rivals: Caravaggio in Rome

Posted on October 6, 2023 by briansandberg

The Art Institute of Chicago just opened a new exhibition on Among Friends and Rivals: Caravaggio in Rome. This art exhibition explores the theme of friendship in the Renaissance through the artworks of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and his contemporaries … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Italian History, Museums and Historical Memory, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

RSA Professional Development Workshop

Posted on October 4, 2023 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America is sponsoring a professional development workshop on “Defining, Promoting, and Publishing Your Professional Agenda,” which will be held on 10 November from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. This is an online workshop that is free, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Careers in History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Graduate Work in History, Italian History, Mediterranean World, Renaissance Art and History, Writing Methods | Leave a comment

Pre-modern Whales and Whaling

Posted on September 16, 2023 by briansandberg

Pre-modern whaling may have contributed significantly to the decline and extinction of some species of whales, according to new research on whale bones. “Industrial-scale whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries nearly drove many whale species into extinction. Populations of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartographic History, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Environmental History, Food and Cuisine History, Globalization, Maritime History, Material Culture, Medieval History, Renaissance Art and History, Social History | Leave a comment

RSA Webinars

Posted on September 8, 2023 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America is offering several professional development webinars this fall. Graduate students in Renaissance studies may be interested in these webinars. Here is the information on these webinars: Finding the Time to Write Thursday, October 5, 2023 … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Publishing, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Graduate Work in History, Lectures and Seminars, Renaissance Art and History, Writing Methods | Leave a comment

Seeing Race Before Race

Posted on September 8, 2023 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library in Chicago is preparing to open a new exhibition on Seeing Race Before Race, curated by the Center for Renaissance Studies in collaboration with the researchers associated with the RaceB4Race network. The Newberry Library website provides an … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Atlantic World, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Globalization, History of Race and Racism, Medieval History, Mediterranean World, Renaissance Art and History, World History | Leave a comment

Global Military Transformations

Posted on April 19, 2023 by briansandberg

Jeremy Black, in collaboration with the Italian Society of Military History (SISM), is pleased to announce publication of a new edited volume titled Global Military Transformations: Change and Continuity, 1450-1800 by SISM. SISM, founded by Raimondo Luraghi in 1984, promotes … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, French History, History of Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Strategy and International Politics, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Voices of Nîmes Book Review

Posted on March 31, 2023 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my book review, “Review of ‘The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc’,” The Journal of Modern History 95 (March 2023): 199-200, has been published and is available online at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/723330. … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, French History, Languedoc and Southern France, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

RSA High School Teaching Grants

Posted on March 29, 2023 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America has issued a call for proposals for its RSA High School Teaching Grants. High school teachers are invited to submit innovative teaching projects in the field of Renaissance Studies for consideration for these grants, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Grants and Fellowships, High School History Teaching, History of the Western World, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, The Past Alive: Teaching History, World History | Leave a comment