Michael Bruening

Bruening publishes book of Reformation debates

Posted by on May 3, 2017

Dr. Michael Bruening, associate professor of history and political science, is the author of a new sourcebook for college-level classes on the Reformation period. In A Reformation Sourcebook: Documents from an Age of Debate, Bruening presents the debates of the Reformation era through more than 80 primary sources, and provides an essay on how to read primary sources. Bruening translated 14 of the source documents from Latin or French. The book is published by University of Toronto Press.

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Bruening lectures in France

Posted by on December 5, 2016

Dr. Michael Bruening, associate professor of history and political science, gave two guest lectures in French as part of his Fulbright Scholars grant to France. He spoke on “The Network of Jean Morély and the Enemies of John Calvin” at the University of Lyon on Nov. 10, and on “Charles du Moulin and the ‘Moyenneurs’” at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, on Nov. 21.

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Bruening named Fulbright scholar

Posted by on March 1, 2016

Dr. Michael Bruening, associate professor of history and political science, has been awarded a 2016-17 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to France. The grant will allow him to conduct research during the fall 2016 semester in Paris, where he will be associated with the Centre Roland Mousnier for Early Modern History at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Bruening also received a University of Missouri Research Board grant to help support his research in France.

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