Director of the civil war era studies program. He did his graduate work in history at the university of pennsylvania, where he focused on the history of religion. He also has holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long that im not going to even try to read them all to you. You can go to allen guelzo. Com and get a full accounting of not only his publications, but other salient elements of his biography and doings. What im going to do here is mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what well be doing this afternoon, and ill just read it. Abraham lincoln redeemer president , 1998 and won the first of allens lincoln prizes. Lincolns emancipation proclamation, end of slavery in america, published by simon and schuster in 2004 brought him his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas that defined america, simon and schuster 2008 for some reason didnt win the lincoln prize. Fateful lightning, new history of the civil war and reconstruction cam
Abraham lincoln and his project on confederate general robert e. Lee. Mr. Guelzo spoke about lincolns intellect and emphasized the importance of religion in everyday life during the civil war era. The university of virginias center for Civil War History hosted this event. Allen guelzo is the third professor of Gettysburg College where he serves as civil war curator. He did his undergrad ate at the university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He also holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long that im not even going to try to read them all to you. Go to allenguelzo. Com and get a full accounting of not only his publications but other salient elements of his biography and doings. What im going to do here is mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what well be doing this afternoon, and i will just read them. The first is called Abraham Lincoln redeemer president. Caller and lincolns emancipation proclamation, the
In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the e the conflict ended. I think a combination of the centennial rethinking of what 19thcentury globalization is. And our current context in which americans are rethinking what it means to be part of a larger world in a postcold war era has generated a lot of rich scholarship in the last decade or so that situates the u. S. Civil war in a broader context. We are fortunate to have three young and excellent scholars who are going to help guide us through this. We look forward to our questions at the end. I will start here to my left, assistantson is professor of history at sacred heart university. Proud to acknowledge he is a High School Scholarship student some time ago. His research focuses on finance during the American Civil War and his first book Global Financial markets and civil war era is slated for publication in 2020. Left of him is andre fleche, a professor of history. His first book, the
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He serves as the he did his graduate work at the university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He also holds a master of divinity agreed. His roster of publications is so long that i am not going to even try to read them all to you. Lzo. Com go to allengue and get a full accounting of not only his publications, but other salient elements of his biography. What i am going to do here is mentioned five books. I think there especially pertinent. I will read them in order. First is called Abraham Lincoln, redeemer president. Lincolns emancipation byclamation published simon schuster. It brought him his second again price. Lincoln and douglas. Published in 2008. It did not when the lincoln prize. [laughter] the next came out from Oxford University press in 2012. In the fifth title is invasion. , the last it brought a third wink and prize to alan. Is currently working on a biography of robert e lee. T will be published b he and i will talk about his work today and ab