Category Archives: Women and Gender History

Women and War in Belgium

Posted on March 31, 2020 by

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 →

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History of Women’s Rights in the News

Posted on February 9, 2019 by

A renewed search is on for the original signed copy of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions from the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. Megan Smith, who served in President Obama’s administration, has announced that a new plan to locate … Continue reading →

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Renaissance History and Franco-Italian Quarrels

Posted on February 8, 2019 by

French President Emmanuel Macron has recalled the French Ambassador to Italy, in response to the Italian government’s support of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) protest movement in France. Italian Deputy Prime Ministers Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio have both … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Empires and Imperialism, European History, Food and Cuisine History, French History, French Wars of Religion, History in the Media, Italian History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Renaissance Art and History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Femmes à la cour de France. Charges et fonctions, XVe-XIXe siècle

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

Femmes à la cour de France. Charges et fonctions (XVe – XIXe siècle), ed. Caroline zum Kolk, Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier (Villeneuve d’Ascq, Septentrion, 2018), ISBN-102757423614, has been released. This collective volume on women at the royal court of France in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Femmes à la Cour de France

Posted on August 25, 2018 by

Femmes à la cour de France. Charges et fonctions (XVe – XIXe siècle), ed. Caroline zum Kolk, Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier (Villeneuve d’Ascq, Septentrion, 2018), ISBN-102757423614, will soon be published.   This collective volume on women at the royal court of France … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Paris History, Political Culture, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Armada Portrait Campaign

Posted on May 25, 2016 by

A fundraising campaign has been launched to purchase one of the famous “Armada Portraits” of Elizabeth I of England. The painting was originally owned by Sir Francis Drake and is now being sold by his descendants. This painting presents Elizabeth … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History, Atlantic World, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, Empires and Imperialism, European History, European Wars of Religion, Gender and Warfare, History of Violence, Museums and Historical Memory, Reformation History, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Penis Politics and Gender History

Posted on March 6, 2016 by

My friend and colleague, Rachel Hope Cleves, has written a commentary on the history of penis politics in the American presidential politics. This piece responds to the recent allusions to Donald Trump’s phallus in the United States presidential primaries by … Continue reading →

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