Category Archives: Undergraduate Work in History

History Summer School at Glasgow

Posted on March 3, 2025 by briansandberg

The University of Glasgow is hosting a History International Summer School during Summer 2025. History students at Northern Illinois University interested in the Glasgow program or other study abroad programs should contact me via email. Here is the announcement from … Continue reading →

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Teaching Western History

Posted on August 30, 2024 by briansandberg

I am teaching HIST 110 History of the Western World I this fall semester at Northern Illinois and am once again revamping the readings. I have decided to go with a new interpretive essay, Josephine Quinn’s How the World Made … Continue reading →

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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

Students in Florida Respond to the History Wars

Posted on April 19, 2023 by briansandberg

The History Wars are being waged in classrooms in the State of Florida, as a new front in the broader Culture Wars across the United States. Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican-dominated state legislature of Florida have passed a series … Continue reading →

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Undergraduate Research Funding at NIU

Posted on February 14, 2022 by briansandberg

Northern Illinois University offers Undergraduate Research Funding to current undergraduate students through several different programs of the Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning. (OSEEL). Many NIU History Majors and Minors have won funding in the past to support their … Continue reading →

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The Newberry Library is Reopening

Posted on January 13, 2022 by briansandberg

The Newberry Library in Chicago has announced that it will reopen on 18 January, following a temporary closure due to the Omicron wave of Covid. The Newberry Library states: “We look forward to welcoming you back to the Newberry starting … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Current Research, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, French Empire, French History, French Wars of Religion, Graduate Work in History, History of Science, History of the Book, Illinois History and Society, Manuscript Studies, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Undergraduate Work in History, United States History and Society, World History | Leave a comment

Teaching Assistant Program in France

Posted on December 8, 2021 by briansandberg

The Teaching Assistant Program in France is currently hiring teaching assistants to teach English in elementary and secondary schools in France during the 2022-2023 academic year. The program’s website indicates that: “The Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) is the … Continue reading →

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Archives Technician Job Opening

Posted on November 17, 2021 by briansandberg

The National Archives is currently advertising an Archives Technician position in the Midwest. Undergraduate and graduate students and recent graduates in History at Northern Illinois University may be interested in applying for this position. The position announcement from the National … Continue reading →

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Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards for Research in France

Posted on May 27, 2021 by briansandberg

The Fulbright Scholar Program of the United States Department of State is hosting a Fulbright U.S. Scholar: Spotlight on France Webinar on its research awards for U.S. scholars to travel to France to conduct research in various fields. The Fulbright … Continue reading →

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Humanities Instructor Position at Interlochen

Posted on April 28, 2021 by briansandberg

Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan is hiring a Humanities Instructor. This teaching position in the Humanities might interest recent graduates of the BA or MA in History programs at Northern Illinois University. The History and Social Science Secondary … Continue reading →

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