News

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Congratulations to Managing Director Brian C. Neumann and Postdoctoral Fellow Clayton J. Butler for publishing their first books with LSU Press this spring! 

Neumann's book,... [...]

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

The Nau Civil War Center is excited to welcome four new members to our Advisory Board: Andrew F. Lang, Beth Parnicza, Kevin M. Levin, and Justene Hill Edwards. 

  • Andrew F. Lang is an associate professor at Mississippi State... [...]

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Congratulations to our Director, Caroline E. Janney, for winning the prestigious 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for her new book, Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's... [...]

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

The Nau Civil War Center is pleased to announce that Managing Director Brian C. Neumann's new book, Bloody Flag of Anarchy: Unionism in South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis, and postdoctoral fellow Clayton J. Butler's new book... [...]

Friday, September 24, 2021

Former Nau Center director Gary W. Gallagher and Executive Council member Stephen Cushman have just published Civil War Witnesses and Their Books: New Perspectives on Iconic Works (LSU Press, 2021). The book features essays by Gallagher... [...]

Friday, September 24, 2021

Director Caroline E. Janney has published her new book, Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox (UNC Press, 2021)!

From the publisher's website:

"The Army of Northern Virginia’s chaotic dispersal... [...]

Thursday, August 19, 2021

UVA Professor Stephen Cushman, a member of the Nau Center Executive Council, has just published a new book, "The Generals' Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today" (UNC Press, 2021).

From the publisher's website:

"In... [...]

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Don't forget to pre-order your copy of Nau Center Director Caroline E. Janney's new book Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox (UNC Press, 2021), to be released September 21, 2021!

From the book's... [...]

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

The Nau Center is thrilled to welcome Brian C. Neumann (UVA PhD 2020) as our new Managing Director and Digital Historian! 

Neumann has worked at the Nau Center since early 2017, first as a graduate research assistant and then as an... [...]

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

On July 3, CSPAN re-broadcast the first day of our "Black Virginians in Blue" signature conference. Director Caroline Janney hosted the conference, and Elizabeth Varon eloquently examined the digital project's findings and significance. Will... [...]