Michael Bruening
Mini ‘renaissance fair’ to showcase student research
Learn about cultural creations from the renaissance by dropping by a mini fair 12:30-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in the Missouri-Ozark Room of the Havener Center.
Read More »Bruening presents paper in Switzerland
Dr. Michael Bruening, associate professor of history, presented his research on the Protestant Reformation during a conference at the University of Geneva in Switzerland in September. Bruening’s paper is titled “Guillaume Farel and the German Reformers: The Origins of Reformed Doctrine in French-speaking Switzerland.” He presented his paper in French.
Read More »Bruening publishes book of Reformation debates
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.
Read More »Bruening lectures in France
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.
Read More »Bruening named Fulbright scholar
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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