Category Archives: Religious Politics

Religion in American Right-Wing Politics

Posted on April 6, 2022 by briansandberg

“She said she wanted to be a part of ‘staking claim’ to what God was doing. ‘This is a Jesus movement,’ Ms. Jackson said. ‘I believe God removed Donald for a time, so the church would wake up and have … Continue reading →

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Die Kapitalisierung des Krieges / Capitalisation of War

Posted on January 21, 2022 by briansandberg

I was excited to receive my copy of Die Kapitalisierung des Krieges: Kriegsunternehmer in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit yesterday in the campus mail at Northern Illinois University. The book presents comparative studies of military entrepreneurship, war finance, military logistics, and … Continue reading →

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Mediterranean Displacements

Posted on January 21, 2022 by briansandberg

The history of migration has become a major area of study in the Mediterranean World. The recent patterns of migration by North Africans, Sub-Saharan Africans, and Syrians across the Mediterranean toward European nations has created a series of political crises … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilians and Refugees in War, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Studies, Graduate Work in History, History of Race and Racism, History of the Western World, Maritime History, Mediterranean World, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Revolts and Revolutions, Warfare in the Early Modern World, 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

Race and Conflict in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Posted on November 12, 2021 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my most recent article has just been published in Mediterranean Studies. It took a number of years to do the research, writing, rewriting, revisions, and editing to produce the article, but here (finally) it … Continue reading →

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500th Anniversary of the Diet of Worms of 1521

Posted on April 18, 2021 by briansandberg

Five hundred years ago this month, a monk and radical religious reformer confronted the powerful Holy Roman Emperor at the Imperial Diet held in the city of Worms in April 1521. Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk and professor at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, European Wars of Religion, History in the Media, History of the Book, Intellectual History, Museums and Historical Memory, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Renaissance Art and History | Leave a comment

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

Je suis enseignant Rallies in France

Posted on October 18, 2020 by briansandberg

Tens of thousands of French citizens are rallying today in memory of Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, who was brutally murdered on Friday near the collège (middle school) where he taught. Rally in memory of Samuel Paty in … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Freedom, Atrocities, European History, European Union, French History, History of Race and Racism, History of Violence, Humanities Education, Idea of Europe, Political Culture, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence | Leave a comment

Attack on History Teacher near Paris

Posted on October 17, 2020 by briansandberg

I was deeply saddened to hear of yesterday’s horrific attack on Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, near Paris, who was brutally killed and beheaded by an 18-year-old militant after leaving the collège (middle school) where he … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Freedom, European History, European Union, French History, History of Race and Racism, History of Violence, Humanities Education, Idea of Europe, Paris History, Political Culture, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence | Leave a comment

Speech as Protest: Being Heard and Taking Up Space in the Premodern World

Posted on September 2, 2020 by briansandberg

The Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library is hosting a virtual conference on Speech as Protest: Being Heard and Taking Up Space in the Premodern World. This virtual conference is organized by Elisa J. Jones (College of Charleston) … Continue reading →

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