Sikh Clash at the Golden Temple

Posted on June 7, 2014 by briansandberg

Sikh Clash at the Golden Temple

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Swords crossed at the Golden Temple in Amristar, India, as Sikh activists and guards clashed during a commemoration of the Indian Army assault on the site in the 1984.

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“The violence broke out after a group of ‘radical Sikh activists’ wanted to brandish their swords and chant slogans calling for a separate Sikh homeland, or Khalistan,” according to a NPR article, based on reporting by the Times of India.

The 1984 assault on the holiest Sikh religious site provoked retaliatory attacks by Sikhs, including the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

NPR reports on the violence at the Golden Temple.

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A Sequel to Restrepo

Posted on June 1, 2014 by briansandberg

A sequel (of a sort) to Restrepo, the 2010 documentary film by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington about combat at a firebase in Afghanistan, is being released.

The new documentary, Korengal, by Sebastian Junger attempts to contextualize the broader conflict in Afghanistan using interviews and unused footage from the earlier documentary film. Photographer Tim Hetherington was killed in the Libyan Civil War, but his footage is used in the new film.

The new film and the original documentary together provide interesting material on 21st-century combat, soldiers’ experiences of warfare, and war reporting.

NPR reports on Korengal.

Northern Illinois University students in HIST 390 History and Film: War in Film may be interested in this story.

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Oral History Researcher Position

Posted on June 1, 2014 by briansandberg

The HistoryMakers seeks to hire a full time Oral History Researcher to complete in-depth research for its video oral history interviews across a wide variety of occupations and fields (i.e. STEM, law, art, education, music, etc.). The researcher/writer will be responsible for:

• Conducting background research on outstanding African Americans to locate their contact information and biographical information prior to interviews using the Internet and online resources.

• Researching and preparing detailed research outlines as well as long and short biographies in accordance with The HistoryMakers style.

• Evaluating and processing The HistoryMakers interviews consistent with The HistoryMakers standards

Candidates must have strong administrative(type 60 wpm) and organizational skills. They must be strong researchers, writers and adept at proofreading. Prior experience with detailed paper file and desktop management is critical as well as proven experience in a non-profit setting. Candidates must also demonstrate their interest in furthering The HistoryMakers mission and growth

The HistoryMakers is a national 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating an unprecedented national video oral history archival institution recording the stories of both well known and unsung African American HistoryMakers. The goal is to record at least 5000 oral history interviews and to expose this material to the public through strategic media, technology, academic and community partnerships.

The HistoryMakers

c/o Julieanna Richardson

1900 S. Michigan Ave.

Chicago, IL 60616

info@thehistorymakers.com

http://www.thehistorymakers.com/

 

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Marc Bloch Prize

Posted on May 23, 2014 by briansandberg

The Marc Bloch Prize for 2015 will be awarded to the author of the best new MA thesis in early modern or modern European history and in the history of Europe in the world.

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The winner will receive a prize of €3,000 and will be invited to give a talk on the subject of his or her thesis. Eligibility is limited to candidates holding an MA degree (awarded in 2013 or 2014) and EUI members are not eligible. Entries for the prize must be submitted by the original author, and can be submitted in any European language.

For more information see: http://life.eui.eu/marc-bloch-prize-2015.html

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New Evidence on Mediterranean Diets

Posted on May 20, 2014 by briansandberg

Mediterranean diets are routinely cited as especially healthy by culinary and health enthusiasts. Scientific evidence to support such claims has gradually been accumulating, although often supporting on certain components of Mediterranean foods. Indeed, definitions of a “Mediterranean diet” vary widely.

Nonetheless, recent research on olive oil and its use with vegetables and leafy greens offers strong evidence of the health benefits of certain aspects of Mediterranean diets.

The BBC reports that “The combination of olive oil and leafy salad or vegetables is what gives the Mediterranean diet its healthy edge, say scientists. When these two food groups come together they form nitro fatty acids which lower blood pressure, they told PNAS journal.”

The scientists at King’s College London and the University of California who conducted the study argue that “it is the fusion of the diet’s ingredients that make nitro fatty acids,” according to the BBC.

In their study, which received funding from the British Heart Foundation, “the researchers used genetically engineered mice to see what impact nitro fatty acids had on the body. Nitro fatty acids helped lower blood pressure by blocking an enzyme called epoxide hydrolase.”

The BBC reports on Mediterranean diets.

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Renaissance Music in Chicago

Posted on May 2, 2014 by briansandberg

Medieval and Renaissance Music in Chicago, May 9-10

The Chicago-based professional early music ensemble, Schola Antiqua, presents two concerts honoring the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary, St. Anne. The program is presented in connection with the release of the book St. Anne in Renaissance Music: Devotion and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2014) by the ensemble’s artistic director, Michael Alan Anderson.

“A Mother’s Mother: Music for St. Anne” Schola Antiqua of Chicago Michael Alan Anderson, Artistic Director May 9, 2014, 7:30pm, Bond Chapel, University of Chicago (northeast of Ellis Ave./59th St.) May 10, 2014, 8:00pm, St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Pl.

Schola Antiqua is the 2012 winner of the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society for outstanding contributions to historical performance practice. The ensemble is artist in residence at the Lumen Christi Institute.

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Napoleon and Islam Lecture

Posted on May 2, 2014 by briansandberg

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Lecture Series
 
 
Presents
 
 
“Napoleon and Islam”
 
By
 
Henry Laurens
Professor and Chair of History of the Contemporary Arab World
 
 
4:30pm, Thursday, May 1st, 2014
Stuart 105
5835 S. Greenwood, Chicago, IL 60637
  
 
 
Henry Laurens is Professor and Chair of History of the Contemporary Arab World at the Collège de France, in Paris.  Laurens specializes in several related areas of research: European-Ottoman contacts in the 19th century, Franco-Arab relations, Middle-Eastern politics, European thought in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the history of modern Palestine, about which he has written a three-volume work covering the period from 1799 to the present day.  Laurens earned his degree and doctorate, specializing in Arabic literature, at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO

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Bereiter Presentation Today at the Newberry Library

Posted on April 23, 2014 by briansandberg

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Greg Bereiter, “Clerical Combatants: Clergy and Armed Conflict During the French Wars of Religion”

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

4 pm

Towner Fellows’ Lounge, Newberry Library

Greg Bereiter (Ph.D. candidate in History at Northern Illinois University) is presenting at the Newberry Library Colloquium.

Despite traditional taboos on clerical involvement in armed conflict and arms-bearing in general, Catholic clergy became key military and political actors at the height of the French Wars of Religion. This presentation will examine some of the unexpected ways in which Catholic clergy participated directly in religious violence and civil conflict during a period of severe sectarian antagonism between Calvinists, moderate or politique Catholics, and extremist Catholic Leaguers throughout the most intense phase of the long Wars of Religion, which devastated the kingdom of France between 1562 and 1629.

For more details, see the Newberry Library website.

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Early Colonial Latin America Conference

Posted on April 22, 2014 by briansandberg

Symposium on Latin America in the Early Colonial Period
9 am to 3 pm, Saturday, April 11, 2015
Keynote speaker: Laura Matthew, Marquette University

This symposium aims to explore the complexities of Latin America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, grappling with the multiple perspectives of the many Indigenous and European cultures involved in this time of contact and conflict.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline: September 15, 2014

Faculty members and independent postdoctoral scholars in all relevant disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for 20-minute papers, for two morning sessions.

Proposed papers should deal with Latin America before 1700. Submit a one-page abstract and a three-page CV to Karen Christianson at christiansonk@newberry.org.

Download a printable Call for Papers file to post and distribute: http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/calendar-attachments/LatinAmericaSymposiumFlyer.pdf.

Participants from Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies consortium institutions (including Northern Illinois University) may be eligible to apply for travel funding through their school. The Newberry is unable to provide funds for travel or lodging for those from other institutions, but can assist in locating discounted accommodations.

This program will be cosponsored with the Newberry’s D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture, and the Department of Continuing Education.

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Bereiter Presentation on Clerical Combatants

Posted on April 17, 2014 by briansandberg

Bereiter Presentation on Clerical Combatants

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Greg Bereiter, “Clerical Combatants: Clergy and Armed Conflict During the French Wars of Religion”

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

4 pm

Towner Fellows’ Lounge, Newberry Library

Greg Bereiter (Ph.D. candidate in History at Northern Illinois University) is presenting at the Newberry Library Colloquium.

Despite traditional taboos on clerical involvement in armed conflict and arms-bearing in general, Catholic clergy became key military and political actors at the height of the French Wars of Religion. This presentation will examine some of the unexpected ways in which Catholic clergy participated directly in religious violence and civil conflict during a period of severe sectarian antagonism between Calvinists, moderate or politique Catholics, and extremist Catholic Leaguers throughout the most intense phase of the long Wars of Religion, which devastated the kingdom of France between 1562 and 1629.

For more details, see the Newberry Library website.

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