UPCOMING
LECTURES & CONFERENCES
BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
LECTURES:
Thursday,
January 28, 2016 at 7 PM.
The Battle of Bristoe Station “Myths and Memory” Author and Bristoe
Station Battlefield Site Manager Bill Backus will discuss the many myths
surrounding the Battle of Bristoe Station. The Battle of Bristoe Station was
the last major battle of the Civil War in Prince William County. Old Manassas
Courthouse 9248 Lee St., Manassas, VA. FREE but donations accepted.
Friday, February 19 at 7 PM. Our own Fergus Bordewich returns to DC and Politics & Prose to present on his latest book, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government. FREE.
Friday, February 19 at 7 PM. Our own Fergus Bordewich returns to DC and Politics & Prose to present on his latest book, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government. FREE.
IN THE NEWS:
From our
VP, Kurt Desoto-- Construction crew unearths remains of ‘corduroy road’ in
Fairfax:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/construction-crew-unearths-remains-of-corduroy-road-in-fairfax/2015/12/21/be1e0b9a-a5d2-11e5-ad3f-991ce3374e23_story.html
CALL FOR BLOGGERS!
Civil Discourse-A Blog of the Civil War Era. Zac Cowsert and Katie L. Thompson, doctoral students at West Virginia University, are the editors and writers for Civil Discourse, a cooperative, historical blog. Civil Discourse seeks to integrate popular, public, and academic history via explorations of the antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction eras, along with their legacy today.
Civil Discourse launched in January, 2015. Over the course of the past year, permanent and guest scholars have written over one hundred posts examining not just Lincoln, Lee, and Gettysburg, but also antebellum criminal justice, mental trauma in the Union army, the Confederacy’s legacy in the wake of the Charleston shooting, and more to integrate the diversity of academia into historical storytelling, while always connecting its stories to the big picture (answering the important, occasionally difficult, “so what?” question).
Civil Discourse wants to expand its historical horizons and is in search of new contributors, historians and scholars who enjoy investigating the past while writing for public audiences. They are looking for contributors of all stripes and all backgrounds—graduate students, professors, public historians, independent scholars. They are very flexible—you determine how much and on what topics you’ll write, and most blog posts run around 1-3,000 words.
If you’re interested in contributing to Civil Discourse, feel free to contact Zac and Katie at civildiscouse.historyblog@gmail.com; they will happily answer questions and provide more information. Moreover, Katie Thompson is presenting at the AHA conference this January, and both of us are presenting our research at the Society of Civil War Historians conference in June. Talk to us about Civil Discourse in person! Read more or reply
