Dr. James iredell robertson junior associate professor of Civil War History at Virginia Tech. He is the author or editor of various books, including shifting grounds, nationalism and the american south, which won the British Association for american studies but prize, the book prize the jefferson , davis award for the museum of the confederacy, and the albert lee sturm award. His work has appeared in journals such as the journal of southern history and the journal of the civil war era. Among his Research Research project are the South Carolina cosman who achieved notoriety by caning senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the senate in 1856. And mapping the fourth of july and the civil war era, a project with colleagues in education, Computer Science and the libraries at Virginia Tech. He serves on the board of the society of civil war historians, the Editorial Board of the journal of Civil War History, the board of the smithfield press foundation and the historians Advisory Board of th
States in this period of 1970s. And were going to use three handles as were going to use vehicles, were going to use film and were going to use the crises of the seventies to weave this all together and somehow come up with some sort of an understanding about changes in identity during this tumultuous decade. Before i began, my cohost, dr. Todd altman in indiana and rutgers, ph. D. , and an american professor. He and ended up writing an article. In 2014 in the journal popular culture, entitled stealing freedom, which dealt with film and auto theft. And i think the class read that as part of your assignment it and todd has done many other different kinds of studies during the past several years here at the university of dayton. And my colleague John Heitmann of course, is a very well known historian of automobile and others. He wrote a very famous book that won many awards. Im plugging it for him here. The automobile an American Life. Very good read. Wonderful book john has the most dis
the big 1862 round table. my name is manisha sinha, and i m the draper welcome to the second part of the big 1862 roundtable. my name is manisha sinha and i m the [inaudible] chair at in american history at the university of connecticut, and i will be cheering and moderating this roundtable. i should also inform you of course again that the panel is being televised by c-span, and one of our speakers, mycah conner, will be zooming in for her remarks and, you can see her right here on the screen. unfortunately, another panelist, keri leigh merritt, had a family emergency a while i go, and let us know that you would not be able to participate today. so, just in terms of this panel, i would like to just put forward a few framing remarks on the 1862 moment, and then let the speakers go for ten minutes each, deliver their remarks, maybe talk amongst each other, raise some questions for each other. i d be happy to facilitate that. and then we will open it up for q&a with the audienc
knowledge, sophistication, and style. as your biographical packets enumerate, they have individually and together and livened into the literature over the years. gary gallagher is a professor emeritus in the history of the american civil war at the university of virginia and he is former director of the now civil war center there. you are all familiar with his major works, the confederate war, the union war, lee and his generals in war and memory. he is also, like me and many in this room, and aficionado, but more, an expert on civil war themed films. his passion has inspired a terrific 2008 book, how hollywood and popular art shape what we know about the civil war. he is the co-editor that just published new perspectives on the union war. joan waugh is a professor of american history at ucla and the author of such books as the memory of the civil war in on and the simplye u.s. grant american hero, american myth. working together, they have not only cohosted important and in
Flake opened his speech saying he wished to speak that day on the state of disunion. Websteresqst daniel ue at first. He said that democratic norms and ideals were undergoing a daily thundering. The healerne, lincoln, the lincoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. That same lincoln had taken, at that time, a firm stance against slavery and was making plans against fort sumter. He was not compromising. Weve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromises. Or not. Loyalty tohether state is more important to loyalty to country or not. Reporters ny these last few months have been the gift that give that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. Asked, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him . Have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever read the gettysburg address . Just pointing that out. War, ande of the civil , theresr secession commentary ample from so many people. Jefferson davis gave a speech in late april to the Confederate C