Limits on Religious Identities in U.S. Military

A new Pentagon policy issued by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth places sharp limits on the religious identities of U.S. military personnel and prioritizes Christian denominations for support by m…

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Oceanic Spaces and Global Microhistories

Atelier Méditerranée on Oceanic Spaces and Global Microhistories Iméra · Institut d’Etudes Avancées d’Aix Marseille Université Monday 8 June, 14 – 18h This workshop on Oceanic Spaces and Global Mic…

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Revoking the Code Noir

Representatives of the French Republic are preparing to repeal the infamous Code Noir, a law which governed the system of slavery in the French empire during the seventeenth and eighteenth centurie…

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Workshop on the Army of Flanders

I enjoyed participating in the recent historical workshop on The Army of Flanders: Crossroads of Peoples, Crucible of Nations (1567–1706) at the War Heritage Institute in Bruxelles. Thanks to Mauri…

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Atelier Méditerranée – régimes d’esclavage

Ce mardi 12 mai, vous êtes invité de nous joindre pour un Atelier Méditerranée sur Pluralité des régimes d’esclavage en Méditerranée à l’époque moderne. Cet atelier aura lieu le mardi 12 mai 2026 e…

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Changements Climatiques et Conflits Religieux: Colloque

Vous êtes invités au colloque Changements Climatiques et Conflits Religieux pendant le Petit Âge Glaciaire, à l’Iméra · Institut d’Etudes Avancées d’Aix Marseille Université, 2 place Leverrie…

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Salvaging the Voice of America

A federal judge in the United States has invalidated the mass firings at the Voice of America that were carried out in 2025 by Kari Lake, a Trump administration appointee. “A federal judge on…

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Constructing European Historical Narratives in PB

Constructing European Historical Narratives in the Early Modern World (Toronto: Iter, 2025) is now out in paperback! I contributed a chapter on “Crusading Engagements: French Nobles’ Family Histori…

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Histoire Contestée – Les usages du passé

Histoire Contestée : Les usages du passé et libertés académiques Pour cette première session collective du cycle de rencontres Ouvertures, Brian Sandberg, historien et Senior Fellow 2025-2026, prop…

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Commemorating MLK Day in Troubled Times

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Historians across the United States are commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr., today (19 January 2026) in troubled times. Historians are reinterpreting the Civil …

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Changements Climatiques et Conflits Religieux

Jérémie Foa and I are looking forward to the next session of our research seminar on Climate Change and Religious Conflict during the Little Ice Age. Lundi 19 janvier 2026 : Oury Goldman (Univ. Par…

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Reframing Treaties Now Out in Hardback

I am happy to report that the hardback edition of Reframing Treaties in the Late Medieval and Early Modern West is now out and available for library adoptions. I contributed an essay to this collec…

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Climate Change and Religious Conflicts

I am looking forward to the first session of a new research seminar on Climate Change and Religious Conflicts (Changements Climatiques et Conflits Religieux)! This is a seminar that my colleague Jé…

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A Nation-Wide Assault on Higher Education

Every university and college in the United States is facing a direct, multi-pronged assault from the Trump administration. Todd Wolfson, President of the American Association of University Professo…

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Decline in International Students to U.S. Universities

The Trump administration’s limits on visa programs, suspension of student visas, and harassment of international students have already significantly reduced the number of international studen…

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Effacing History at the Smithsonian

President Trump has launched a coordinated effort to efface the historical record of the United States in the national museums of the Smithsonian Institution. “The Trump administration said o…

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Trump Orders a Politicized Rewriting of History

President Trump has ordered a politicized rewriting of history at the national museums of the Smithsonian Institution. Trump’s order initiates a new offensive in the ongoing War on History, w…

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Constructing European Historical Narratives

Constructing European Historical Narratives in the Early Modern World, edited by Hilary J. Bernstein, Fabien Montcher, and Megan Armstrong, is being published by Iter Press and will be released in …

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On Historical Advocacy and the Supreme Court

“As the Supreme Court’s decisions increasingly turn on their understanding of the distant past, the number of supporting briefs from historians has exploded and their influence has grown,&#82…

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Trump Aims to Decrease International Students in U.S.

The Trump administration’s war on higher education is targeting the entire American research university model of excellence, which is based on open recruitment and democratic access to higher…

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Trump’s War on Education Hits Community Colleges

The Trump administration’s war on higher education is hitting state universities and community colleges across the nation. On the impacts of the Trump administration’s attacks on commun…

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Reframing Treaties Published

Reframing Treaties in the Late Medieval and Early Modern West, edited by Isabella Lazzarini, Luciano Piffanelli, and Diego Pirillo (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025) has been published. I cont…

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Academic Presses Making Deals with AI Companies

I am alarmed to discover that Johns Hopkins University Press, one of the leading academic presses in the world is making deals with AI companies to license their titles to “train” LLMs.…

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George Orwell’s ‘1984’ and Modern America

Charlie English has published an essay in The New York Times on the role that George Orwell’s 1984 played in the Cold War, drawing comparisons to the book being banned in the United States in…

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Summer Interns Lose Positions in Trump Cuts

The massive layoffs and disruptions in federal agencies carried out by Elon Musk’s so-called DOGE team and the broader Trump administration have eliminated thousands of summer internships pos…

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“Israel is Committing Genocide” – Historian Omar Bartov

Historian Omar Bartov, one of the leading specialists on the history of genocides, demonstrates that Israel is indeed carrying out a genocidal military campaign against Palestinians in Gaza. &#8220…

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Trump Blocks International Students Going to Harvard

The Trump administration is launching a new attack on Harvard University, one of the premier private academic institutions in the United States. The New York Times reports that “The Trump adm…

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“A Gross Usurpation of Power” by Trump Administration

The Trump administration’s recent takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and firing of its leaders and staff members were unlawful acts. In March 2025, members of Elon Musk’s so…

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Taxing Endowments Will Shift Tuition Costs to Students

The Trump administration plans to tax endowments at many private universities. This policy would shift the cost of tuition on students and their families, depriving many students of access to a uni…

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Mellon Foundation Assists Humanities Councils

The Mellon Foundation has thrown a lifeline to state humanities councils, which were stripped of their federal grant funding by the Trump administration recently as part of its dismantling of the N…

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