Did the Real War Ever Get in the Books? New Scholarship on the Civil War
From battlefield sagas to biographies to historical monographs, no subject in U.S. history has been more exhaustively written about than the Civil War. Yet historians continue to open up thought-provoking new approaches and sources of evidence for the social, political, intellectual, and cultural history of the era. This panel of historians will discuss recent scholarship that addresses such issues as how ideas about gender influenced politics and society; the sustained and decisive actions of African Americans (both enslaved and free) to secure emancipation; and the currents of dissent that roiled the Confederacy. Speakers include: Bruce Levine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Stephanie McCurry, University of Pennsylvania; James Oakes, The Graduate Center, CUNY; and Gregory Downs, City College of New York, CUNY.
Date:
February 3, 2011
Time:
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
College:
CUNY Graduate Center
Address:
365 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Phone:
212-817-1966
Website:
http://ashp.cuny.edu/civil-war-150/new-scholarship/
Admission:
Free