Author Interview--Paul D. Escott (Black Suffrage) Part 1
Hello H-CivWar Readers:
Today we feature Paul D. Escott to talk about his new book, Black Suffrage: Lincoln’s Last Goal, published by the University of Virginia Press in June 2022.
Hello H-CivWar Readers:
Today we feature Paul D. Escott to talk about his new book, Black Suffrage: Lincoln’s Last Goal, published by the University of Virginia Press in June 2022.
The SCWH Early Career Committee’s Mentorship Program is looking for new participants for 2023. For the past few years, the Mentorship Program has paired recent PhDs and early career scholars with more experienced historians outside their university who have advised mentees on portfolios, helped with grant recommendations, given feedback on writing, and even weighed in on workplace issues.
The History Graduate Student Organization at Texas A&M University is proud to announce our 13th annual graduate and undergraduate history student conference. This conference is an opportunity for students to showcase their research in front of their peers, as well as experts from a variety of historical fields.
Join Prof. Jonathan A. Noyalas, director of Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute, for a three-part online seminar in January 2023--Exploring the Civil War's Aftermath in the Shenandoah Valley. All sessions will occur via Zoom, begin at 7 p.m. EST, and are free (however, donations to MCWI are certainly appreciated to support this series). Session dates and topics are as follows:
*Tuesday, January 10: "They Come Not with Fire & Sword": Sheridan's Veterans, Reunion, and Reconciliation's Limits
Thanks to the generosity of Todd Davis (Temple History PHD), the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD) funds a yearly CENFAD Emerging Scholar Graduate Award, a scholarship for applicants to the Temple University MA Program in History. The purposes of the award are to recruit and support MA-level students interested in diplomatic and military history and to do so especially among underrepresented candidates, including women.
Hello H-CivWar Readers:
Today we continue our conversation with Anna Koivusalo to talk about her new book, The Man Who Started the Civil War: James Chesnut, Honor, and Emotion in the American South, published by the University of South Carolina Press in June 2022.
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Hello H-CivWar Readers:
Today we feature Anna Koivusalo to talk about her new book, The Man Who Started the Civil War: James Chesnut, Honor, and Emotion in the American South, published by the University of South Carolina Press in June 2022.
The Center for Civil War Research is accepting submissions for the annual Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War History. The prize will be awarded to the best first book in Civil War history published in 2022. It recognizes exceptional emerging scholars in the history of the American Civil War. The prize is named for two distinguished former members of the University's History Department faculty, Bell Irvin Wiley and James W. Silver. The winner will receive a prize of $2,000.