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Friday, July 26, 2024
We grieve the sudden death of our dear friend and distinguished historian, Peter S. Carmichael. As nearly everyone in the SCWH knows, Pete brought a rare invigorating spark to everything he touched. Those lucky enough to interact with him... [...]
Monday, July 8, 2024
The Nau Civil War Center held its third annual Summer Teacher Seminar this June. Twenty-four middle school and high school teachers from across the country traveled to UVA for the week-long seminar, which was directed by Gary W. Gallagher and... [...]
Friday, June 28, 2024
Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth R. Varon, whose latest book, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South, won the inaugural American Battlefield Trust Prize for History! The prize "recognizes an outstanding published... [...]
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Several Nau Center scholars travelled to the University of Oxford this week to take part in the Harmsworth Civil War Workshop. Graduate student Katie Wu presented a paper entitled "Indemnity for Outsiders: The 1886 Case of Reparations in Rock... [...]
Monday, May 6, 2024
Congratulations to Frank J. Cirillo (UVA PhD 2017), whose book, The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union (LSU Press 2023... [...]
Monday, April 22, 2024
The Nau Center is pleased to announced that Professor Justene Hill Edwards' new book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank, is now available for pre-order from W. W. Norton & Company!
From the book'... [...]
Friday, March 29, 2024
We are delighted to announce that John C. Rodrigue, the Lawrence and Theresa Salameno Professor of History at Stonehill College, has won the 2024 John L. Nau III Book Prize in American Civil War Era History for his new book, Freedom's... [...]
Monday, March 11, 2024
The University of North Carolina Press recently published The War That Made America: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher. This collection of essays, edited by historians Caroline E. Janney, Peter S. Carmichael, and... [...]
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The Nau Civil War Center is excited to welcome five new members to our Advisory Board: Amy Murrell Taylor, Lorien Foote, Hannah Rosen, Jonathan S. Jones, and Zachery A. Fry.
Amy Murrell Taylor is T. Marshall Hahn Jr.... [...]
Monday, February 5, 2024
Congratulations to Frank J. Cirillo (UVA PhD 2017), whose book, The Abolitionist Civil War: Immediatists and the Struggle to Transform the Union (LSU Press), is a finalist for the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize!
The Lincoln... [...]
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