Past Events
Saturday, April 11, 2020
The following event has been postponed due to the University's efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus. For more information, please see the following announcement: https://www.virginia.edu/... [...]
Friday, April 3, 2020
UPDATE March 11, 2020: Our 2020 Signature Conference scheduled for April 3 has been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience and disappointment. For more information on UVA's current coronavirus polices and procedures, please see:... [...]
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Important Update: The Virginia Festival of the Book has been canceled for this year. As a result, we will not hold the following book panel on March 19. Please see their website for more information: ... [...]
Monday, March 2, 2020
As part of the weeklong celebration of Liberation and Freedom Day taking place during the first week of March, the Nau Center and Small Special Collections Library will co-host an event in the library’s auditorium on Monday, March 2, from 5:00 to... [...]
Saturday, February 22, 2020
The Nau Center will co-host this year's American Civil War Museum symposium. It will be held on February 22 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The 2020 Symposium, “20/20 Hindsight – and Insight – on the American Civil... [...]
Thursday, January 23, 2020
The Center's annual 2019-2020 Crozer Lecture will take place on Thursday, January 23, at 5 PM in the Small Special Collections Library auditorium at UVA. Historian A. Wilson Greene will give a talk titled “‘A Perfect Hell of Blood’: The Battle of... [...]
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Join us on Thursday, October 24 at 5 P.M. for a book talk delivered by Richard Blackett, professor of history at Vanderbilt University. He will be talking about his newest book, The Captive's Quest... [...]
Thursday, May 30, 2019
As part of this summer's citywide Charlottesvillle celebration of "Unity Days," UVA historian Elizabeth Varon will discuss the role of local African American soliders from Albemarle in the Union military during the Civil War. Based on several... [...]
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Join us on Thursday, April 18, 2019, for a book talk delivered by David Silkenat, professor of history at the University of Edinburgh. He will be talking about his newest book, Raising the White Flag: How Surrender... [...]
Friday, March 29, 2019
The John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History’s 2019 Signature Conference will take place at UVA’s Small Special... [...]
Friday, March 22, 2019
The Nau Center is pleased to once again partner with the Virginia Festival of the Book by sponsoring a Civil War-era book panel at this year’s festival. The 25th annual Virginia Festival of the Book will take place March 20-24, 2019 in... [...]
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Liberation and Freedom Day, which commemorates the ending of slavery in the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, will be celebrated in Charlottesville on Sunday, March 3, 2019.
Sunday’s events will begin at 3 p.m. at the... [...]
Saturday, March 2, 2019
The Nau Center is honored to once again co-host this year's American Civil War Museum symposium. The 2019 Symposium will share with attendees some of the ideas and insights that have informed the planning of the Museum’s new... [...]
Saturday, March 2, 2019
On Saturday, March 2, 9:00 AM, a “Monticello to Main Street” walking tour will begin at Court Square, and tell the story of local freedmen and their descendants who lived and worked downtown. At 10:30 AM, the tour will reach the Jefferson School... [...]
Monday, February 25, 2019
Join us on Monday, February 25, 2019, for a lecture delivered by Nina Silber, professor of history at Boston University. Professor Silber will talk about her latest book, This War Ain't Over: Fighting the Civil War in New Deal America (... [...]