material culture of the civil war and most especially clothing and that s the subject of a book she s working on right now clothing in the american civil war era one. i m very much looking forward to reading when it comes out. and we re gonna get a taste for scholarship and this subject tonight with her lecture and title clothing people for war over to you. thank you. well, thank you so much paul for the invitation to participate and for that wonderful introduction so glad to be able to participate in the weekend. so, let me share my screen real. quick all right. so when i began my current book project, i really wanted to understand. the human side of this war the intimacy with which it was both experienced and fought at a very material level at the level of material culture. how do people experience and negotiate the effects of war in their everyday lives how they wage war against one another both on and off the battlefield. what were the racial and gender dimensions of t
scholarship and this subject tonight with her lecture and title clothing people for war over to you. thank you. well, thank you so much paul for the invitation to participate and for that wonderful introduction so glad to be able to participate in the weekend. so, let me share my screen real. quick all right. so when i began my current book project, i really wanted to understand. the human side of this war the intimacy with which it was both experienced and fought at a very material level at the level of material culture. how do people experience and negotiate the effects of war in their everyday lives how they wage war against one another both on and off the battlefield. what were the racial and gender dimensions of that experience? how did women and men have to change in the midst of war? so as i began this research, i repeatedly encountered incidents related to clothing from the remark from the remarkable to the mundane. the more archival sources. i read the more clothing
being with us. thank you so much for having me. i m director of the virginia center for civil war studies. so our first speaker tonight and i ll just introduce each speaker in turn right before they speak. so our first speaker is dr. sarah jones wixel and she and her phd from the university of chicago. she s now the director of research and publications at the american historical association in washington dc. she s also an expert in the material culture of the civil war and most especially clothing and that s the subject of a book she s working on right now clothing in the american civil war era one. i m very much looking forward to reading when it comes out. and we re gonna get a taste for scholarship and this subject tonight with her lecture and title clothing people for war over to you. thank you. well, thank you so much paul for the invitation to participate and for that wonderful introduction so glad to be able to participate in the weekend. so, let me share my screen re
scholarship and this subject tonight with her lecture and title clothing people for war over to you. thank you. well, thank you so much paul for the invitation to participate and for that wonderful introduction so glad to be able to participate in the weekend. so, let me share my screen real. quick all right. so when i began my current book project, i really wanted to understand. the human side of this war the intimacy with which it was both experienced and fought at a very material level at the level of material culture. how do people experience and negotiate the effects of war in their everyday lives how they wage war against one another both on and off the battlefield. what were the racial and gender dimensions of that experience? how did women and men have to change in the midst of war? so as i began this research, i repeatedly encountered incidents related to clothing from the remark from the remarkable to the mundane. the more archival sources. i read the more clothing
Im director of the Virginia Center for civil war studies. So our first speaker tonight and ill just introduce each speaker in turn right before they speak. So our first speaker is dr. Sarah jones wixel and she and her phd from the university of chicago. Shes now the director of research and publications at the American Historical Association in washington dc. Shes also an expert in the material culture of the civil war and most especially clothing and thats the subject of a book shes working on right now clothing in the American Civil War era one. Im very much looking forward to reading when it comes out. And were gonna get a taste for scholarship and this subject tonight with her lecture and title clothing people for war over to you. Thank you. Well, thank you so much paul for the invitation to participate and for that wonderful introduction so glad to be able to participate in the weekend. So, let me share my screen real. Quick all right. So when i began my current book project, i re