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Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
Swords crossed at the Golden Temple in Amristar, India, as Sikh activists and guards clashed during a commemoration of the Indian Army assault on the site in the 1984. “The…

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series     Presents     “Napoleon and Islam”   By   Henry Laurens Professor and Chair of History of the Contemporary Arab…

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
Greg Bereiter, “Clerical Combatants: Clergy and Armed Conflict During the French Wars of Religion” Wednesday, April 23, 2014 4 pm Towner Fellows’ Lounge, Newberry Library Greg Bereiter (Ph.D. candidate in History at…

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
Greg Bereiter, “Clerical Combatants: Clergy and Armed Conflict During the French Wars of Religion” Wednesday, April 23, 2014 4 pm Towner Fellows’ Lounge, Newberry Library Greg Bereiter (Ph.D. candidate in History at…

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
War is often perceived as completely unethical, yet the people who engage in warfare always have ethical systems and cultural frameworks that shape their military practices and individual behaviors. Classic…

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
For centuries, Christian churches have depicted elaborate scenes of the Last Judgment and the punishments of the damned in Hell. Many Catholic and Orthodox churches devote an entire wall to…

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
The Newberry Consort Feast of the Pheasant, February 7 through 9 In February 1454, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, threw a lavish party to promote a crusade against the…

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The Belfast Project was an oral history project launched by Boston College to collect personal testimonies of people involved in paramilitary violence in the Troubles of Northern Ireland in the…

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A new issue of the Journal of International Affairs, entitled “The Gender Issue: Beyond Exclusion,” focuses on gender issues in global societies, including conflict zones. An article by Christine Chinkin…

Originally posted on Cluster for the Study of Religious Violence:
The Mellon Summer Institute in Italian Paleography at the Getty Research Institute July 14–August 1, 2014 Application Deadline: February 24, 2014 This three-week intensive residential course offers an introduction to…