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A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part four)
(part four of four) We’ve been talking this week with Dr. Caroline Janney, author and past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. Currently on the history faculty at Purdue University, she’ll take up a new post next fall at the University of Virginia as the John L. Nau III Professor of Civil War […]
Read more...A Conversation with Caroline Janney (part three)
(part three of four) As a scholar, Dr. Caroline Janney has explored a strong interest in Civil War memory. During our conversation with her this week, she’s also talked about the deep connection to place she feels as a historian. In today’s portion of her interview with ECW Editor-in-Chief Chris Mackowski, she talks more about […]
Read more...Suggested Readings for Our Troubled Times
Crazy times. We seem to be living through ’em right now. The temperature is running hot. People feel anxious, confused, hopeful and hateful. How do we make sense of it all? Well, in an effort to offer our readers some context for these crazy times, we’ve compiled a “Suggested Readings” list. We asked our historians: […]
Read more...Long Time a’ Comin’
Topics like “Women Who Have Inspired You” usually have one format: a younger person looks back to an older mentor and sings her praises. I do not have that luxury. I am old, and all the professors who inspired me were men. The only woman who taught history was in the Medieval Department. I was […]
Read more...Preservation News: Conference on Preservation & Monuments
Oftentimes we think of preservation in the sense of saving battlefield land or preserving an important artifact or archival material. However, perhaps we can also see preservation of markers or monuments as important task. Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation recently hosted an event to further the discussion of Confederate markers and monuments on Civil War battleground.
Read more...Women’s History Month: A Retrospective
For more than two decades now, I’ve taken a special interest in Women’s History Month. Some people might consider that to be an unconventional choice for a guy, but as the father of a daughter, I felt a responsibility to make sure my little girl knew she could be anything she wanted to be when […]
Read more...ECW Week in Review Mar. 11-18
March presses on here at ECW. We continued our observance of Women’s History Month and featured our last Symposium Speaker (tickets are still available here). You may click on the links below to read each post.
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