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Lt. James B. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, with Capt. George A. Custer of the 5th Cavalry, U.S.A.
During the sesquicentennial of the Civil War (spring 2011–spring 2015), the Organization of American Historians is committed to bringing the best current thinking on this complex era to a wide audience. In keeping with our mission to promote excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, we aim to explore the war from its beginnings through its aftermath, remaining especially mindful of the needs of history students, the challenges faced by public historians, and the curiosity of the general public.
The OAH Distinguished Lecturers listed below can speak on all aspects of the conflict. To schedule a lecture or to request more information, contact the lectureship program coordinator.
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Distinguished Lecturers
Edward L. Ayers
University of Richmond
Stephen Berry
University of Georgia
Marjorie Wall Bingham
Hamline University, Emerita and St. Louis Park High School, Retired
Richard J. M. Blackett
Vanderbilt University
William A. Blair
Penn State University
David W. Blight
Yale University
Stuart M. Blumin
Cornell University, Emeritus
Anne M. Boylan
University of Delaware
Leslie Brown
Williams College
Thomas J. Brown
University of South Carolina
W. Fitzhugh Brundage
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles F. Bryan Jr.
Virginia Historical Society, Emeritus
Edwin G. Burrows
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Orville Vernon Burton
Coastal Carolina University
Victoria E. Bynum
Texas State University - San Marcos, Emerita
Peter S. Carmichael
West Virginia University
Richard Carwardine
Corpus Christi College and Oxford University
Andrew Cayton
Miami University
Bruce Chadwick
New Jersey City University
Margaret Creighton
Bates College
William Deverell
University of Southern California
Stephen D. Engle
Florida Atlantic University
C. Wyatt Evans
Drew University
Alice Fahs
University of California, Irvine
Michael Fellman
Simon Fraser University, Emeritus
Paul Finkelman
Albany Law School
Gary W. Gallagher
University of Virginia
Edward E. Gordon
independent historian
Lesley J. Gordon
University of Akron
Michael S. Green
College of Southern Nevada
Ariela J. Gross
University of Southern California
Kali Nicole Gross
Drexel University
Steven Hahn
University of Pennsylvania
Kristin Hoganson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael F. Holt
University of Virginia
John C. Inscoe
University of Georgia
Caroline E. Janney
Purdue University
Michael P. Johnson
Johns Hopkins University
Walter D. Kamphoefner
Texas A&M University
Stephen Kantrowitz
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mary Kelley
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Wilma King
University of Missouri-Columbia
Peter Kolchin
University of Delaware
Glenn W. LaFantasie
Western Kentucky University
Elizabeth D. Leonard
Colby College
Bruce Levine
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James W. Loewen
University of Vermont, Emeritus
Trish Loughran
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chandra Manning
Georgetown University
James Marten
Marquette University
Stephanie McCurry
University of Pennsylvania
Edna Greene Medford
Howard University
Joanne Pope Melish
University of Kentucky
Maria E. Montoya
New York University
Mark E. Neely Jr.
Penn State University
Scott Reynolds Nelson
College of William and Mary
Kenneth W. Noe
Auburn University
Susan O'Donovan
University of Memphis
James Oakes
Graduate Center, City University of New York
T. Michael Parrish
Baylor University
William Pencak
Penn State University
Dylan C. Penningroth
Northwestern University
Theda Perdue
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christopher W. Phillips
University of Cincinnati
Matthew Pinsker
Dickinson College
Dwight T. Pitcaithley
New Mexico State University
Carol Reardon
Penn State University
Heather Cox Richardson
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Adam Rothman
Georgetown University
Robert W. Rydell
Montana State University
Aaron Sheehan-Dean
University of North Florida
Nina Silber
Boston University
Brooks D. Simpson
Arizona State University
Manisha Sinha
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Merritt Roe Smith
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marjorie J. Spruill
University of South Carolina
William G. Thomas
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Elizabeth R. Varon
Temple University
Michael Vorenberg
Brown University
Barbara Y. Welke
University of Minnesota
Jeannie Whayne
University of Arkansas
LeeAnn Whites
University of Missouri-Columbia
Kenneth J. Winkle
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
