On the making of his online project, the valley of the shadow government which tells the story of the civil war from the perspective of two communities, one northern and 17. The talk was part of the Gettysburg College civil war. Nstitute annual Summer College good afternoon. I am Peter Carmichael, member of the History Department at Gettysburg College. Welcome pleasure to professor edward airs for the robert bloom lecture. Rightthe top your boat professor of the humanities and Professor Emeritus at the university of richmond. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including in the presence of mine enemies, civil war in the heart of america, which was the winner of the bankrupt prize. He is the winner of the new south super excellent book i read in grad school many years ago. Thin the author of the light of freedom, the civil war and emancipation. And the 2018 lincoln prize winner. One of the things he has done throughout his career, he has made it a point to speak to public a
An excellent book i read in grad school many years ago. Most recently, he is the author of the thin light of freedom, the civil war and emancipation in the heart of america, published in 2017. And the 2018 lincoln prizewinner. One of the things he has done throughout his career, he has made a point to speak to public audiences. He is hard evidence that this supposedly gap between academics and public historians there is maybe a gap, but it is ever so slight. It is close in large part because of academics like professor ayres who also does a Popular Program entitled back story, which you can get on a podcast. Please welcome professor edward ayres. [applause] hello, everybody. Did you have a good lunch . I had five carrot pieces and a bag of m ms. I am fired up. I had the peanut m ms. There is little protein in there. I know you folks have been thinking and working hard about this issue. I wanted to be honest. I wanted to come here and be sincere. I owe you an explanation. I had an idea
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Im director of the civil war institute. It is my pleasure to welcome professor edward ayers for the robert bloom lecture. Professor ayers is the Tucker Boatwright professor of humanities and Professor Emeritus at the university of richmond. He is the author of numerous books and articles including in the presence of mine enemies the civil war and heart of america the winner of the bancroft prize. He also wrote the promise of the new south. Excellent book i read in grad school many years ago and most recently he is the author of the thin light of freedom the civil war and emancipation in the heart of america published in 2017, and the 2018 lincoln prize winner. One of the things that professor ayers has done throughout his career, hes made it a point to speak to public audiences. Professor ayers is again, i think hard evidence that this supposed gap between academics and public historians and academics and general audiences has if there is maybe a gap there, but it is ever so slight, an