Upcoming Lectures
The following lectures are open to the public.
Janney considers Civil War vets
Caroline E. Janney will present “Clasping Hands over the Bloody Chasm: Civil War Veterans’ Reunions and the Path to Reconciliation” at Baird Chapel, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, on Thursday, September 9, 2010 , at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Cumberland University. For more information, contact Professor Mark R. Cheathem, , ph. 615-547-1341.
Silber discusses the Civil War
Nina Silber will discuss “Why Gender Matters for Understanding the Civil War” at the Library Lecture Hall, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Department of History, Utah Valley University. For more information, contact Professor William W. Cobb Jr., .
Five OAH Lecturers to be featured at Idaho conference
David Armitage, Edwin Burrows, Joanne Freeman, Steve Hahn, and Matt Pinsker will be among the featured speakers at the 10th annual Idaho Council for History Education conference in Boise, October 7–8. The conference theme is “From Rome to Iraq, Civil Wars in History.” For more information, contact Russ Heller, .
McMillen discusses Seneca Falls
Sally McMillen will give the 2010 BB & T Lecture in American History entitled “Seneca Falls and the Nineteenth-Century Women’s Rights Movement” at Ragan Writing Center, Barton College, in Wilson, North Carolina, on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Barton College’s Department of History and the Wilson County Historical Association. For more information, contact Professor Jeff Broadwater,
Rhonda Williams examines Baltimore urban history
Rhonda Williams will present “Race and Place in Baltimore Neighborhoods: Rethinking Urban History from the Margins” at Ebenezer AME Church, 20 West Montgomery Street, Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday, October 21, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by Baltimore Heritage, Inc. For more information, contact Eli Pousson, , or visit http://www.baltimoreheritage.org.
Frank Williams considers Lincoln and civil liberties
The Honorable Frank Williams, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, will present “Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties in Wartime” at Stipes Hall 121, Western Illinois University, Western Avenue, Macomb, Illinois, on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 7 p.m. Sponsored by Western Illinois University. For more information, contact Dr. Tim Roberts, ph. 309–298–1053, , or visit http://www.wiu.edu/history/outreach.php#NEH.
Garcia examines immigration policy
Matt Garcia will speak on “Guest Workers, Free Trade, and the Making of U.S. Immigration Policy” at Saint Joseph Hall Auditorium, 985 Madison Avenue, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York, on Friday, October 29 at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by The Center for Citizenship, Race, and Ethnicity Studies at The College of Saint Rose. For more information, contact Professor John Williams-Searle, ph. 518-485-3791, .
Litwack reflects on African Americans and race
Leon Litwack will give a lecture entitled “Trouble in Mind: African Americans and Race Reflections from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement” at University Center, University of Memphis, in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, November 11, 2010, at 6 p.m. Sponsored by the University of Memphis’s Graduate Association for African American History. For more information, please contact Michael Blum, .
