About
this Session
About
Professor Barney
How
to Register
Links
to Websites Concerning this Topic
About
this Session
This session on
the Civil War will focus on the recent changes in the historiography on
the war, that is, the way in which historians are reconceptualizing the
war and formulating new questions to ask of hitherto understudied aspects
of the war. On the military side, historians have abandoned earlier notions
of inevitability and now stress that Union victory was not foreordained
but evolved out of the successful strategic initiatives undertaken by the
Union high command and the concomitant inability of the Confederacy to
maximize its effort across the multiple theaters of the war. Secondly,
the common soldiers - their motivations and degree of commitment - have
come in for a great deal of recent attention. We'll also look at fresh
work on the respective home fronts (including a new UNC website on the
Southern home front during the war) and pay particular attention to the
agency of women and African Americans. Handouts will be available on much
of this literature.
Coffee and refreshments will be served beginning at 9:30 am, and we will provide lunch. Participants will receive a set of materials including the primary documents that will be discussed at the seminar. Each attendee who completes the seminar will also receive a letter attesting to his or her participation, which may be given to the appropriate authorities to receive renewal credit.
About
Professor Barney
William L. Barney
received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1972 and after teaching
for three years at Trenton State College in New Jersey came down to UNC
in 1975. He is a 19th century U.S. historian with special research interests
in the Civil War and the late antebellum South. Among his publications
are The Secessionist Impulse (1974), Flawed Victory (1975),
The
Passage of the Republic (1987), and Battleground for the Union:
The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction (1990).
How
to Register
PHE events are open
to all current and future North Carolina school teachers, public and private,
as well as faculty and graduate students in local departments of history
and schools of education. There is no fee for this event, but in
order to attend, you must register by Monday, February 28, so that we will
have an accurate count for our caterer and photocopying service.
To RSVP, call the PHE office (919-962-2385) and leave a message confirming
your attendance, or e-mail our coordinator, Kathy Walbert (phe@unc.edu)
by that date. If you leave a message or send an e-mail, you can assume
that you have been added to the registration list, but please leave us
your phone number or e-mail address in case we need to get in touch with
you. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kathy
through any of these means. We hope to see you on March 4.
Links
to Websites about the Civil War
Coming soon!
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