Virginia Center for Civil War Studies

Tuesday February 21, 2023, 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time. “At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War.” 

The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and Virginia Tech’s Special Collections and University Archives invite applications for the 2023-24 Virginia Center for Civil War Studies Research Grants. Each grant recipient will visit Virginia Tech’s Special Collections and University Archives in order to conduct research on some aspect of the American Civil War era. An honorarium of $150 per business day will be provided, up to a maximum of $1,500.

Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 7:00 – 8:15 PM ET: “Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss” 

A free online lecture and discussion with Dr. Angela Elder about her new book.

Tues April 26, 2022, 7:00 – 8:15 PM ET. “Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss.” A free online lecture and discussion with Dr. Angela Elder about her new book. The Confederacy championed a particular version of white widowhood–the young wife who selflessly transferred her monogamous love from her dead husband to the deathless cause for which he had fought. But a closer look reveals that these women spent their new cultural capital carefully, and with great variety.

"Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War."

Mar 15, 2022 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

I'm pleased to announce the next History Department webinar, "Plantation Histories and the University: Rethinking the Past During Virginia Tech's 150th," at 12:15 on Tuesday, February 22.  Please share with your networks.

The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the History Department of Virginia Tech invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral associate position in the history of the American Civil War era that will begin in August 2022.

This is scheduled for 2 AM Tel Aviv time, so will there be a recording available at a later point?

Thanks,

Ehud

Professor Ehud R. Toledano
History of the Middle East and Africa
Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL

Mon January 24, 2022, 7:00 – 8:15 PM ET.

“Celia, A Slave at 30: Revisiting a Classic in the History of Slavery and the Civil War Era.” 

Mon January 24, 2022, 7:00 – 8:15 PM ET.

“Celia, A Slave at 30: Revisiting a Classic in the History of Slavery and the Civil War Era.”