Past Events
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Our annual Signature Conference, "Second Manassas: Campaign, Battle, and Aftermath," will take place on Saturday, April 20, in Nau Hall room 101. The conference will feature presentations by Gary W. Gallagher, Caroline E. Janney, KT Shively, John... [...]
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Professor Yael Sternhell of Tel Aviv University will deliver our annual Crozer Lecture on Wednesday, October 4, at 5pm in the UVA Special Collections Library auditorium. She will discuss her forthcoming book, ... [...]
Friday, April 14, 2023
Thursday, March 23, 2023
On Thursday, March 23, Professor Elizabeth R. Varon will moderate "The Price of Loyalty: Southern Unionism in the Civil War Era," a discussion with historians Brian C. Neumann and Clayton J. Butler. The event will begin at 5pm, and it will be... [...]
Saturday, February 18, 2023
The American Civil War Museum, in partnership with the Nau Civil War Center, will hold its 2023 Symposium on February 17-18 at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia! This year's theme is "The Civil War & Remaking America," and the symposium... [...]
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Professor Lorien Foote of Texas A&M University will deliver our annual Crozer Lecture on Wednesday, October 26, at 5pm in the UVA Special Collections Library Auditorium. Her lecture will be titled "The Sternest Feature of War: The Ritual of... [...]
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Marquette University Professor James Marten will deliver the Nau Civil War Center's 2021-2022 Crozer Lecture on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in UVA's Small Special Collections Library auditorium. His lecture, entitled "Soldiers, Civilians, and the... [...]
Friday, March 25, 2022
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
On May 4 at 7 pm ET, the Nau Center will officially launch its second digital project, "UVA Unionists." This project chronicles the more than sixty UVA students, alumni, or professors who served the Union cause during the Civil War.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The second day of our 2021 Signature Conference will take place on April 14 at 7pm (ET) on Zoom. The Nau Center will host a conversation between Director Caroline E. Janney and historians Holly Pinheiro, Amy Murrell Taylor, and Emmanuel K. Dabney... [...]
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The first day of our 2021 Signature Conference will be held on April 13 at 7 PM (ET) on Zoom. The Nau Center will officially launch its Black Virginians in Blue digital project. The project chronicles the experiences of 256 Black... [...]
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Confederate Ambitions: Flawed Visions for a New Nation
Historians Adrian Brettle (... [...]
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
The March 1865 arrival of Union troops to UVA and Charlottesville, the liberation of the area’s enslaved community, and the lives of local Black men who served as Union soldiers and sailors are at the center of this panel conversation... [...]
Saturday, February 20, 2021
When the American Civil War started, no one could anticipate how long it would last or what the outcomes would be. Both unexpected events and deliberate choices altered the course of the war throughout its four years. From enslaved people seeking... [...]
Thursday, February 11, 2021
This year's annual Crozer Lecture will be a conversation with Joseph Reidy about his book, Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the... [...]