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Forensic Historians and War Crimes
War crimes are once again headline news these days, as the Russian withdrawal from the Kyiv region has exposed numerous bodies of Ukrainian civilians allegedly executed during the Russian offensive of February – March 2022. Ukrainian President Zelensky, United States … Continue reading
Femmes à la cour de France
Tracy Adams has published a review of a collective volume on Femmes à la cour de France, edited by Caroline zum Kolk and Kathleen Wilson. I was pleased to write an essay for this collective volume on noblewomen from the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Conflict, Court Studies, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Gender and Warfare, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Paris History, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, State Development Theory, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History
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Remembering Florence in the Forgotten Centuries
Florence is almost always associated with the Renaissance, but until relatively recently the focus of Florentine history was on the quattrocento (1400s) and Republican Florence. Eric Cochrane’s groundbreaking work, Florence in the Forgotten Centuries: A History of Florence and the … Continue reading
Posted in Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, Globalization, History of Race and Racism, History of the Western World, Intellectual History, Italian History, Lectures and Seminars, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Women and Gender History
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CRS Graduate Student Conference
The Newberry Library’s Center for Renaissance Studies is hosting its Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference online via Zoom, beginning today. Graduate students in Renaissance studies and pre-modern History at Northern Illinois University are encouraged to participate. Here is the announcement from … Continue reading
Posted in Art History, Conferences, Court Studies, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, Graduate Work in History, History of Medicine, History of Science, History of the Book, History of the Western World, Intellectual History, Italian History, Reformation History, Religious History, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World, Women and Gender History, World History
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Historical Action Figures
This Martin Luther King Day, a new historical action figure is being released. Mattel is launching a Barbie doll portraying Ida B. Wells. The Washington Post reports that “Black American journalist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells will have … Continue reading
Digital Humanities and Renaissance Letter-Writing
Renaissance letter-writing is being re-examined using Digital Humanities tools to explore letterlocking techniques of securing correspondence. The New York Times explains: “To safeguard the most important royal correspondence against snoops and spies in the 16th century, writers employed a complicated … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Research, Court Studies, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern France, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Information Management, Manuscript Studies, Material Culture, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Reformation History, Renaissance Art and History, Strategy and International Politics, Women and Gender History
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Refugees File Lawsuit against Facebook over Genocide
Rohingya refugees recently filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, alleging that the social media company has assisted in perpetrating genocidal violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar. The Washington Post reports that “Facebook failed to quickly … Continue reading
Roman History and Modern Society
Ancient Roman history is alive and well, and newsworthy. An interview with Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, in The New York Times highlights diverse ways in which Roman history is actively used in today’s society … Continue reading
Diversity in Historical Re-enactments
Colonial Williamsburg, one of the most important sites for historical re-enactment in the United States, is increasingly stressing diversity issues in its historical interpretations of colonial American society. The community of Williamsburg, Virginia, has been promoting building restoration and living … Continue reading
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Franco-American Culture Wars
American multiculturalism and intellectual influences are increasingly threatening French identity, according to French President Macron and his ministers. The New York Times reports on the developing Franco-American Culture Wars: “Stepping up its attacks on social science theories that it says … Continue reading