Category Archives: War, Culture, and Society

“Hammer Man” Attacks Historical Plaque in Cartegena

Posted on November 20, 2014 by briansandberg

Historical commemorations can certainly be controversial. Some historical anniversaries and commemorative displays produce repeated political battles and widespread controversy. In other cases, new additions to ceremonies or historical sites can produce fresh wounds and localized resistance. An incident this week … Continue reading →

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Marketing Napoleon

Posted on November 17, 2014 by briansandberg

Napoleon’s stock value is rising as we near the bicenntenial of the battle of Waterloo in 2015. A cache of Napoleonic memorabilia went on auction this weekend near the château de Fontainebleau. “Nearly 1,000 objects were for sale, including weapons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, Museums and Historical Memory, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Female Warriors and the Myth of the Amazons

Posted on October 31, 2014 by briansandberg

Female warriors certainly are media friendly, with numerous films, television series, video games, books, and comic books dedicated to Amazons, Jeanne d’Arc, medieval warrior queens, and fantasy warrior princesses. Historians are struggling to compete with this avalanche of imagery of … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Museums and Historical Memory, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

The Duke of Wellington’s Library and the Circulation of Military Knowledge

Posted on October 31, 2014 by briansandberg

A recent blog post by Dr. Huw J. Davies contemplates the Duke of Wellington’s understanding of military affairs.  How did Wellington learn the “art of war” and how did military knowledge circulate in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? … Continue reading →

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Historical Commemorations of the Vietnam War

Posted on October 10, 2014 by briansandberg

The Vietnam War simply will not fade away. This week, an op-ed in the New York Times compared the US military action against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria to the US escalation of involvement in the Vietnam War in … Continue reading →

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Empire and Early Modernity

Posted on October 8, 2014 by briansandberg

Empire and Early Modernity at the Early Modern Workshop University of Chicago Monday October 13 Albert Pick Hall #319 at 5 pm Kaveh Hemmat and Oliver Cussen will lead a discussion on “Empire and Early Modernity.” Instead of our usual … Continue reading →

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Lincoln Lecture at NIU

Posted on September 16, 2014 by briansandberg

The W. Bruce Lincoln Lecture will be held on Monday 29 September 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in Altgeld Auditorium at Northern Illinois University. This year’s speaker is Deborah Cohen, Peter B. Ritzma Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History, … Continue reading →

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Seventeenth-Century Imperialism and New York

Posted on August 25, 2014 by briansandberg

New York is apparently not celebrating its 350th anniversary this week. According to an article in The New York Times, “On August 26, 1664, 350 years ago Tuesday, a flotilla of four British frigates led by the Guinea, which was … Continue reading →

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First World War in Film

Posted on July 31, 2014 by briansandberg

This week marks the centennial of the outbreak of the First World War. Numerous new books and articles are remembering the war and its terrible destruction. I was recently conducting research in France and was impressed by the crowded window … Continue reading →

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Tanks in World War II Films

Posted on July 30, 2014 by briansandberg

Fury, a new World War II film, will be released this fall, presenting the perspective of United States tank crews fighting in Germany toward the end of the war in Europe. The film focuses on a Sherman tank named Fury … Continue reading →

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