Mission Statement

The Nau Civil War Center promotes scholarship, teaching, and public outreach regarding the United States in the era of the Civil War. It draws on rich resources at the University of Virginia, including members of the faculty in several departments and schools, impressive library holdings in both published and manuscript materials, talented graduate students from across the United States and abroad, and a deep pool of undergraduate students with an interest in the field.

The Center builds on longstanding strengths in the Department of History, which over the past 20 years has trained dozens of doctoral students in the field who have published widely in refereed journals, contributed to many books of essays, written a number of well-received books from leading presses, and competed successfully for tenure-track positions at colleges and universities. At the undergraduate level, courses relating to the South and 19th-century U.S. history consistently attract large and appreciative enrollments.

The Center‘s expansive program will include support for graduate and undergraduate research, funding for lectures and conferences designed to reach academic and lay audiences, a book prize for superior scholarship in the field, a postdoctoral fellowship, and undergraduate internships at public historical sites and institutions.

The Center’s activities will help maintain the University’s reputation as a preeminent location to explore a profoundly disruptive and transformative period in American history.  

Contact

Mailing Address: Nau Center for Civil War History, 1540 Jefferson Park Avenue, PO Box 400180, Charlottesville, VA 22904
Email: naucenter@virginia.edu