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Civil War Research on African American Soldiers Draws National Attention

Presenting his findings on African American service in the Civil War, Miller Boyd, an advanced doctoral student of history at the … [Read More...]

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Rachel Smith Purvis Awarded Yale Fellowship

A Department of History doctoral student, Rachel Smith Purvis, has been awarded the Cassius Marcellus Clay Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Yale … [Read More...]

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WSJ Five Best Books: Sheila L. Skemp’s First Lady of Letters

The Wall Street Journal featured the Federalist-era women's rights advocate and Professor Skemp's First Lady of Letters: Judith Sargent … [Read More...]

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Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the American Civil War

Dr. Daniel Sutherland will speak at the Overby Center at 6:30 p.m., April 26, 2012.  The Center for Civil War Research is pleased to … [Read More...]

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Dr. Howard Guest Editor for Music-Focused Special Issue of 20th Century China

Croft Associate Professor of History Dr. Joshua Howard was recently invited to be the guest editor of a special issue of the … [Read More...]

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Professor of Middle Eastern History’s New Volume Published

Croft Professor of Middle Eastern History Vivian Ibrahim recently edited a volume of essays entitled Political Leadership, Nations and … [Read More...]

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A Talk with Marian Wright Edelman

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Featured Publications

The Making of a Patriot by Sheila Skemp

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Political Leadership, Nations and Charisma Co-edited by Vivian Ibrahim

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A Laboratory of Liberty by Marc H. Lerner

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At Home and Under Fire by Susan R. Grayzel

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The West African Slave Plantation by Bashir Salau

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Flashes of a Southern Spirit by Charles Reagan Wilson

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Writing Women’s History by Elizabeth Anne Payne

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