I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our next speaker has been a great friend of me and institute and a great supporter of our journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the civil era. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Bryant is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history at houston state university. Hes the author or editor. Six books on the civil war era, including marching home Union Veterans and their unending civil war, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2016. His more 100 reviews, articles and essays have appeared in scholarly journals edited volumes and popular magazines, so without further please join me in welcoming Brian Matthew jordan. Well, thank you so much jonathan, for that introduction. Thanks for the invitation to participate in this wonder
I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our i have no now next speaker for quite some time. Remember probably a decade or so ago sitting on a bus, going from Gettysburg College to the Shenandoah Valley talking about next projects. Our next speaker has been a great friend of me and the institute, and a great supporter of our journal of the Central Valley during the civil war era. So, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Brian is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history at sam houston state university. Hes the author or editor of six books on the civil war era, including marching home, Union Veterans and their unending civil war, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2016. His more than 100 reviews, articles, have appeared in scholarly journals, and in volumes and
I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our next speaker has been a great friend of me and institute and a great supporter of our journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the civil era. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Bryant is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history i have known our next speaker for some time. I remember getting on a bus. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Brian is associate professor and chair of the department of history at sam houston state university. He is the author or editor of six books on the civil war era, including marching home, Union Veterans, and their unending civil war, which was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in 2016. His reviews of articles and essays have appeared in general volumes and popular magazines. Please join
I have known our next speaker for quite some time. I remember probably decade or so ago sitting on a bus going from Gettysburg College to the shenandoah, talking about next projects, our next speaker has been a great friend of me and institute and a great supporter of our journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the civil era. So it gives me great pleasure to introduce Brian Matthew jordan. Bryant is associate professor of Civil War History and chair of the department of history at houston state university. Hes the author or editor. Six books on the civil war era, including marching home Union Veterans and their unending civil war, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2016. His more 100 reviews, articles and essays have appeared in scholarly journals edited volumes and popular magazines, so without further please join me in welcoming Brian Matthew jordan. Well, thank you so much jonathan, for that introduction. Thanks for the invitation to participate in this wonder
[indistinct conversation] if you could take your seats. All right, imp carmichael, a member of the History Department at the gettysburg college. It is my pleasure to welcome t. J. Stiles to cwi. He is an awardwinning author based out of berkeley, california. He is a native out of minnesota, a graduate of Carleton College who went on to do his graduate work in european history at columbia. He spent some time at Oxford University press. He worked with gabor. Many volumes that gabor put together, those features were delivered just speeches were delivered right here. Tj have a little bit of time yesterday to talk about his work and talk about the craft of writing, and the conversation reminded me of the fact that there is professional academic writing and there is positive writing. I think the day has come that we can move away from that, and t. J. Stiles has worked to testify to the fact that you can write engaging biography with ideas, with argument, with analysis, and above all else, or