Category Archives: Warfare in the Early Modern World

Islamic Art History Resource

Posted on October 25, 2020 by briansandberg

A new online resource for Islamic art history has just been launched online. Northern Illinois University students in my HIST 110 History of the Western World I course are studying the expansion of Islam at this point in the semester … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Globalization, History of Medicine, History of Science, History of the Book, Maritime History, Material Culture, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

War and Society Paper Prizes

Posted on October 7, 2020 by briansandberg

Are you writing a paper dealing with the history of war and society during academic year 2020-20201? If so, you may be eligible to submit your paper for consideration for a Best Paper Prize from the War and Society Program … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Graduate Work in History, Grants and Fellowships, History of Violence, Undergraduate Work in History, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Art of Renaissance Warfare

Posted on August 28, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library (Chicago) will host a virtual conversation with Jonathan Tavares (The Art Institute of Chicago) and Suzanne Karr Schmidt (Newberry Library) on The Art of Renaissance Warfare, to be held on Zoom. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, Globalization, History of Science, History of Violence, Italian History, Lectures and Seminars, Material Culture, Mediterranean World, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, War and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Considering Civil Wars

Posted on August 5, 2020 by briansandberg

Civil wars fracture political systems and rend societies, often leaving deep scars and traumatic memories that haunt generations. Yet civil wars often continue to be understood primarily through the lens of national historiographies that focus on nation-states and the history … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, History of the Western World, History of Violence, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions, State Development Theory, Strategy and International Politics, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

On the Business of War

Posted on August 5, 2020 by briansandberg

The business of war is unfortunately all too present in today’s world, yet the activities of weapons researchers and developers, arms manufacturers, military contractors, military gear designers, military trade shows, gun dealers, military suppliers, and private military companies are not … Continue reading →

Posted in Arms Control, Civilians and Refugees in War, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Laws of War, Strategy and International Politics, War and Society, War in Film, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Reflecting on the European Wars of Religion in an Age of Religious Violence

Posted on May 11, 2020 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my latest article has been published in the 50th anniversary issue of Sixteenth Century Journal. “We allegedly live in an age of religious warfare. Ever since the September 11 Attacks in 2001, journalists, analysts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Early Modern Europe, European History, French Wars of Religion, History in the Media, History of Violence, Peacemaking Processes, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Strategy and International Politics, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Women and War in Belgium

Posted on March 31, 2020 by briansandberg

Gabrielle Petit stares defiantly into the distance, under gray skies in Brussels. Almost every morning, I walk beneath Petit’s stern gaze on my way to the archives, thinking about her last moments and about the long history of women and … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Civil Conflict, Civilians and Refugees in War, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Laws of War, Reformation History, Religious Violence, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Postdoctoral Fellowship on Hérnan Colón

Posted on January 9, 2020 by briansandberg

A postdoctoral fellowship in early modern studies is being offered by the Arnamagnæan Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Here is the Arnamagnæan Institute’s call for applications: Postdoctoral Position – Hernando Colón’s Book of Books The Arnamagnæan Institute, Department of … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Research, Cartographic History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, Globalization, History in the Media, History of the Book, Humanities Education, Information Management, Intellectual History, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World, World History | Leave a comment

Operation Night Watch

Posted on August 1, 2019 by briansandberg

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has launched Operation Night Watch, a project to restore Rembrandt van Rijn’s Night Watch in view of museum audiences and live streaming online. The restoration of Night Watch is part of the Rijksmuseum’s Year of Rembrandt … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Civil Conflict, Civilians and Refugees in War, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, History in the Media, Museums and Historical Memory, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Reformation History, Revolts and Revolutions, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Occupation of Paris after the Napoleonic Wars

Posted on April 3, 2019 by briansandberg

My French history colleague and friend, Christine Haynes, discusses her new book on the occupation of Paris at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in a podcast of The Siècle. Christine Haynes’s book is entitled, Our Friends the Enemies: The … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilians and Refugees in War, Early Modern Europe, European History, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, History of Violence, Paris History, Urban History, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment