Tag Archives: Dana Shoaf

A Monumental Discussion: An Introduction

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

I was accosted at the office this week by one of my wife’s employees. “Hank,” as I’ll call him, is a sixty-something good ol’ boy with a mane of white hair and a shock of moustache that, in older times, … Continue reading →

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Photographic History in Full Color

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Liam McGurl

Colorizing vintage photographs is an intriguing practice among Civil War buffs—but it’s also a war of worth, where digital artists weigh potential historical inaccuracies against heightened storytelling. For many colorization experts and historians, ineffective practice can jeopardize the representation of well-known … Continue reading →

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The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part five)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

part five of five In part four of my conversation with Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf, he and I talked about the value of his magazine—or any magazine—as a forum with both wide reach and widely recognized legitimacy. But … Continue reading →

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The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part four)

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

part four of five We have been talking this week with Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf about “The Future of Civil War History.” In yesterday’s segment, Dana and I talked about the use of military history as a way … Continue reading →

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The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part three)

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

part three of five In our conversation yesterday, Dana Shoaf—editor of Civil War Times—expressed some of his concerns about the disconnect between academic historians and the general public. “It almost sometimes feels like some academics—this is a really general statement—would … Continue reading →

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The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part two)

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

part two of five We continue today our conversation with Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf on “The Future of Civil War History.” Dana and I spoke at the very beginning of June. Yesterday, during the first part of our … Continue reading →

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The Future of Civil War History: An Interview with Dana Shoaf (part one)

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

part one of five In June, Emerging Civil War ran a series called “The Future of Civil War History,” inspired by the June issue of the academic journal Civil War History. We kicked off that series with an interview with … Continue reading →

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The Future of Civil War History

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

  What is the future of Civil War history? That’s the topic of a special June 2016 issue of the academic journal Civil War History. Published by Kent State University Press, the journal features highlights from a 2013 conference sponsored … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN from the Symposium: Dana Shoaf and the Use of the Bayonet

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

If you missed it this past weekend, the first installment of C-SPAN’s coverage of the 2015 Emerging Civil War Symposium aired. Keynote speaker Dana Shoaf, editor of Civil War Times, discussed the cultural and military legacies of the bayonet, including its … Continue reading →

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Welcome Back C-SPAN!!!

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Emerging Civil War

All of us at Emerging Civil War are pleased to welcome back C-SPAN to this year’s Second Annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. C-SPAN will cover Friday evenings events, which include our Keynote Speaker Dana Shoaf, and our … Continue reading →

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