Doctoral fellow and virginia sensor for civil war studies. Im certainly really glad she is here and i think you all will be as well once you hear her talk. Its clear she will bring an awful lot to Virginia Tech in terms of teaching, research and outreach programs as well. She specializes in 19th century u. S. History. It but also north american slavery more generally. Her writing as appeared in civil war monitor annes and Civil War History journal among other publications. Her big project at the moment is converting her ph. D. Dissertation into a book. That is going to be well worth looking at a few years down the line. Its in the same topic we will speak about tonight. You can see the power point is already up there. Black prisoners of war in the confederate south. Under the rebel lash. Hero she was big for 30 or 35 minutes, which will leave us plenty of time for discussion. I think another advantage of the zoom format is that you can type in your questions using the queue and a featu
From digital humanities, digitalization, hot gas, historical fiction, public history. Remember when i said earlier about our speakers commitment to mentorship and to education. She is the author of essays published in 2018 and 19 on the civil war, transformation of american citizenship and new perspectives of the union war. As i was preparing this introduction with her work in the flagship journal a part of a round table discussion of the views on revision isnt. And the boundaries of freedom in washington, d. C. Is now under contract, i am pleased to say, explaining how black women in the Nations Capital made claims to liberty during the civil war. The program today free women, mobilizing emancipation and citizenship in wartime washington, d. C. It is from that work that the program today is derived. Free women mobilizing and self making in wartime deeds washington d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, tamika nunley. [applause] thank you. Good afternoon. I should thank you extra, because it is a
Her mas and ph. D. At the university of virginia. She has created the history design lab that allows students to develop scholarly projects that range from digital humanities, exhibit design, oral history, podcast, historical fiction, and public history. Remember what i said about our speakers and their commitment to mentorship and to education. Shes the author of essays published in 2018 and 19 in the civil war and the transformation of american citizenship and new perspectives on the union war. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in civil war histories as part of a round table discussion. Her book mentioned in your printed program at the threshold of liberty, womens laslavery i now under contract with unc press. It examines how black women used the laws, geography and Community Networks at the Nations Capital to make claims to liberty during the civil war. Ladies and gentlemen, tamika nunley. [ applause ] thank you. Good afternoon and i should thank you extra becaus
Outreach programs as well. She special ooiizes in 19th cen history, including, of course, the civil war era, but slavery more generally, warfare more generally as well. Her writing has appeared in civil war monitor and Civil War History journal among other publications. Her big project at the moment is converting her phd dissertation into a book. Thats going to be well worth looking out for a few years down the line. Its on the very same topic shell speak about tonight. As you can see, the powerpoint is up there called under the rebel lash black prisoners of war in the confederate south. Another advantage to the zoom format is you can type in your questions using the and a feature. You can type those in any time during the talk, after the talk, and of course we may not be able to get through all the questions depending how many you ask, but well certainly try to address as many as we possibly can, and well wrap things up by about 8 15. Okay . Well, thats all for me, so please join me i
2007. I want to thank shelby for her steadfast support for the biography center over all these years. It is her program that made this possible. Please note the next event is coming up in two days on this thursday october 15th where victor and i will interview larry about his timely and important new biography of joseph mccarthy. Tonight we are here to celebrate the publication of abe, Abraham Lincoln in his time a new biography by david reynolds. His book launch and the book has received early reviews and the Publishers Weekly and elsewhere and we encourage everyone to look it up on amazon or your own local bookstore. David reynolds is a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center and the author of Walt Whitmans america a cultural biography, winner of the bancroft prize. His other books include beneath the american renaissance, john brown abolitionist and mighty year than the sword, Uncle Toms Cabin and the battle for america. He is a regular book reviewer for the New York Times bo