Category Archives: War, Culture, and Society

Western Society for French History Conference in Banff

Posted on October 17, 2012 by briansandberg

Last weekend, I attended the Western Society for French History conference in Banff, Canada. The WSFH is one of two major academic conferences concerning French history  held annually in North America. I participated in two sessions on “The Wars of … Continue reading →

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Mack Holt Webinar on “Confessional Violence in Early Modern France”

Posted on September 29, 2012 by briansandberg

This week, Mack Holt, Professor of History at George Mason University, will lead a webinar on “Confessional Violence in Early Modern France” for H-France Salon. The webinar is directed at graduate students, especially doctoral students researching the history of the … Continue reading →

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Mack Holt Webinar on “Confessional Violence in Early Modern France”

Posted on September 20, 2012 by briansandberg

Mack Holt, Professor of History at George Mason University, will lead an upcoming webinar on “Confessional Violence in Early Modern France” for H-France Salon. The webinar is directed at graduate students, especially doctoral students researching the history of the Reformations … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, European History, French History, French Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Reformation History, Religious Violence, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Warrior Pursuits in Libraries around the World

Posted on September 16, 2012 by briansandberg

Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) is now available in more than 200 academic and research libraries around the world. WorldCat is one of the best online databases … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Publishing, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Noble Culture and History of Elites, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Cultural History of Violence

Posted on August 21, 2012 by briansandberg

The cultural history of violence is finally being recognized as a major scholarly field. A sign of the growing prominence of violence studies is the recent announcement of the Penn Humanities Forum’s theme for 2013-2014 on Violence. The Penn Humanities … Continue reading →

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Historian John Keegan has Died

Posted on August 3, 2012 by briansandberg

John Keegan, a leading historian of warfare, has died at the age of 78. Keegan taught at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst for many years and wrote a number of books on military history topics. Keegan’s most famous work … Continue reading →

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Two New Reviews of Warrior Pursuits

Posted on August 2, 2012 by briansandberg

Two new reviews of Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) have recently been published. Hamish Scott, Professor of History at the University of Glasgow, reviewed Warrior Pursuits in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Early Modern Europe, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Languedoc and Southern France, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Religious Violence, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Cultural History of Violence

Posted on May 21, 2012 by briansandberg

The cultural history of violence is finally being recognized as a major scholarly field. A sign of the growing prominence of violence studies is the recent announcement of the Penn Humanities Forum’s theme for 2013-2014 on Violence. The Penn Humanities … Continue reading →

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GI Film Festival

Posted on May 12, 2012 by briansandberg

The GI Film Festival will be held in Washington, DC next week, providing a venue for new war films.  The festival focuses especially on films presenting American soldiers’ perspectives on current and past wars.  Many of the films shown are … Continue reading →

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Basque Nationalism

Posted on May 11, 2012 by briansandberg

Basque nationalists have been seeking political recognition and cultural autonomy within France and Spain for decades.  Basque nationalist organizations, such as the ETA, have long sought outright independence through separatist violence, which has often been condemned as “terrorism” by the … Continue reading →

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