Past Events
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... [...]
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Please save the date for a conversation with Thavolia Glymph about her latest book, The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation... [...]
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... [...]