Podcasts: Civil War
At the Professional Staff Congress's CUNY and Race Forum, attorney and professor Frank Deale provides historical context for issues surrounding affirmative action and the City University of New York.
Professor, curator, photographer Deborah Willis discusses the pictorial record and a "new memory of photography."
Historian Mary Niall Mitchell uses less known and difficult to understand photographs to discuss the use of photography as propaganda during the Civil War.
Art historian, curator, and photographer Anthony Lee provocatively examines Civil War era photography by way of one case study.
Historian Martha Sandweiss challenges assumptions and uses of Civil War photographs as historical documents.
Historian Gary W. Gallagher discusses the concept of union in the nineteenth century and its importance in the Civil War.
Historian James Oakes describes how the interpretation of theĀ Emancipation Proclamation" as a turningpoint in the Civil War has obscured its pre-war origins.
Historian Stephanie McCurry (University of Pennsylvania) explains why understanding the Confederacy from the inside out changes our understanding of the Civil War.
Historian Gregory Downs (City College of New York, City University of New York) explains the range of scholarly approaches that shape our understanding of the Civil War.