October 18, 2011
Gregory Downs: Did the Real War Ever Get in the Books?
Gregory Downs, City College of New York, City University of New YorkCivil War @ 150: Did the Real War Ever Get in the Books?CUNY Graduate CenterFebruary 3, 2011 Introduced by Joshua Brown of ASHP/CML, Professor Downs presents the range of approaches taken by scholars over the last twenty-five years to discuss the American Civil War. […]
October 18, 2011
Stephanie McCurry: Did the Real War Ever Get in the Books?
Stephanie McCurry, University of PennsylvaniaCivil War @ 150: Did the Real War Ever Get in the Books?CUNY Graduate CenterFebruary 3, 2011 Introduced by Joshua Brown of ASHP/CML, Professor McCurry describes how she wrote her latest book, Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South, to bring the social history of the Confederacy into a […]
October 18, 2011
James Oakes: Did the Real War Ever Get in the Books?
James Oakes, CUNY Graduate CenterCivil War @ 150: Did the Real War Ever Get in the Books?CUNY Graduate CenterFebruary 3, 2011 In his twenty minute presentation, historian James Oakes counters revisionist interpretations that claim the North did not go to war to end slavery. Historians have often viewed the Emancipation Proclamation as the point in […]
September 26, 2011
Like Its Still Going On: A Civil War Sesquicentennial Reading and Discussion [part 1]
Frank Bidart, Wellesley CollegeVijay Seshadri, Sarah Lawrence CollegeKevin Young, Emory UniversitySally Dawidoff (moderator), American Social History ProjectThe Association of Writers and Writing Programs ConferenceWashington, DC, February 5, 2011 In the first part of this two-part panel discussion, held at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, distinguished contemporary American writers Frank Bidart, Vijay Seshadri, […]
September 16, 2011
Herbert Sloan: A Living Constitution
Herbert Sloan, Barnard CollegeA Living ConstitutionDecember 13, 2010 Legal historian Herbert Sloan argues against the theory of originalism in making the case for a “Living Constitution.” Sloan cites the lack of evidence from the Constitutional framers themselves to explain the difficulty of determining with any certainty their “original intent.” He also documents the belief of at […]
September 9, 2011
Mae Ngai: Historical Perspectives on Labor and Immigration Policy
Mae Ngai, Columbia UniversityRemembering the Triangle Fire – Labor and Immigration PolicyThe Graduate Center, CUNYMarch 24, 2011 Historian Mae Ngai spoke on a panel as part of the 100th anniversary remembrance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. She provides a historical perspective on the often contentious relationship between organized labor and immigrant activism. This fifteen-minute talk […]
September 9, 2011
Janice R. Fine: Immigrant Workers Then and Now
Janice R. Fine, Rutgers UniversityRemembering the Triangle Fire – Immigrant Workers Then and NowThe Graduate Center, CUNYMarch 24, 2011 Political scientist and labor studies professor Janice Fine spoke on a panel as part of the 100th anniversary remembrance of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. She contrasts the situation of immigrant workers in at the turn of […]
September 6, 2011
Like Its Still Going On: A Civil War Sesquicentennial Reading and Discussion [part 2]
Frank Bidart, Wellesley CollegeVijay Seshadri, Sarah Lawrence CollegeKevin Young, Emory UniversitySally Dawidoff (moderator), American Social History ProjectThe Association of Writers and Writing Programs ConferenceWashington, DC, February 5, 2011 In the second part of this two-part panel discussion, held at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, distinguished contemporary American writers Frank Bidart, Vijay Seshadri, and Kevin […]
July 20, 2011
Stan Deaton: Civil War Myths and Misinformation
Stan Deaton, Georgia Historical SocietyCivil War @ 150: Civil War Myths and MisinformationCUNY Graduate CenterApril 5, 2011 In this 12 minute talk, Stan Deaton (Senior Historian at the Georgia Historical Society) discusses the challenges his institution faces when discussing and commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. With many people unconvinced […]