Category Archives: United States History and Society

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 17, 2022 by briansandberg

We are remembering Martin Luther King, Jr., and his powerful leadership of the Civil Rights Movement today on MLK Day 2022. WBEZ in Chicago provides Studs Terkel’s famous recordings of the 1963 Train Ride to Washington, focusing on interviews with … Continue reading →

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Politics and News Media in the United States

Posted on January 16, 2022 by briansandberg

All news reports adopt positions that are essentially political in nature (whether consciously or unconsciously), by presenting social issues through their selection of interview subjects, quotes, framing, interpretation, and commentary. Political philosophies and positions (not necessarily aligned with political parties) … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Education Policy, European History, European Studies, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, High School History Teaching, History in the Media, Humanities Education, Information Management, Political Culture, Political Theory, Social History, The Past Alive: Teaching History, United States History and Society, World History | Leave a comment

Sedition and Civil Conflict in the United States

Posted on January 14, 2022 by briansandberg

Today, the FBI arrested a eleven members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, over their involvement in the Storming of the United States Capitol on 6 January 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice is charging Stewart Rhodes, founder of … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Comparative Revolutions, History in the Media, History of Race and Racism, History of Violence, Political Activism and Protest Culture, Political Culture, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Revolts and Revolutions, Terrorism, United States History and Society, War, Culture, and Society | Leave a comment

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

Gruyère: The Latest Round in the Food Culture Wars

Posted on January 13, 2022 by briansandberg

Food is Culture! This proclamation is a both a popular idea and a serious anthropological approach to food, cuisine, and agricultural production. Food historians take the cultural dimensions of food production and consumption seriously as revealing important social dynamics. Food … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Culture, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Environmental History, European Studies, European Union, Food and Cuisine History, Francophonie, French History, Globalization, History in the Media, Italian History, Material Culture, Renaissance Art and History, United States History and Society, World History | Leave a comment

Summer Seminar in Military History

Posted on January 13, 2022 by briansandberg

The National World War II Museum and the Society for Military History are co-organizing a Summer Seminar in Military History in Summer 2022. This is a seminar for graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and professors working on the history of war, … Continue reading →

Posted in Graduate Work in History, History of Violence, Lectures and Seminars, Maritime History, Strategy and International Politics, United States History and Society, War, Culture, and Society, World History | Leave a comment

Martin Luther King, Jr., Commenting on the Filibuster

Posted on January 5, 2022 by briansandberg

Martin Luther King, Jr., commenting in 1963 on the “minority of misguided senators” who would use the filibuster to block voting rights legislation: The Washington Post provides a brief analysis of King’s comments, which were given in a television interview … Continue reading →

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Chicago Surpasses 800 Homicides in 2021

Posted on December 18, 2021 by briansandberg

The city of Chicago passed a tragic milestone recently, as the 800th person this year was killed. According to WBEZ, “Chicago already has more than 800 homicide deaths in 2021, the most violent year in a quarter century, according to … Continue reading →

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Is the United States Close to Civil War?

Posted on December 18, 2021 by briansandberg

Dana Milbank explores this provocative question in an op-ed in the Washington Post. The op-ed focuses on political science methods for considering how civil wars start: “Barbara F. Walter, a political science professor at the University of California at San … Continue reading →

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Education Specialist Position at the LBJ Presidential Library

Posted on December 15, 2021 by briansandberg

The National Archives and Records Administration is currently hiring an Education Specialist at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. The NARA announcement indicates: “NARA has an open position for an Education Specialist at the Lyndon B. Johnson … Continue reading →

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