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Civil War

It is dangerous “when the side that loses the debate cannot accept the result”

John Fea   |  December 2, 2023

Yale historian David Blight from a 15-year-old lecture on the Dred Scott case and John Brown:...

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The Author’s Corner with Yael Sternhell

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 20, 2023

Yael Sternhell is Professor in the Department of History and Department of English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University. This interview is based on her new book, War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War...

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The Author’s Corner with Edward Gray

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 10, 2023

Edward Gray is Professor of History at Florida State University. This interview is based on his new book, Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation (Harvard University Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Mason-Dixon? EG: After writing two short biographical studies,...

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The Author’s Corner with William C. Harris

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 7, 2023

William C. Harris is Professor Emeritus of History at North Carolina State University. This interview is based on his new book, Confederate Privateer: The Life of John Yates Beall (LSU Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Confederate Privateer? WH:...

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The Author’s Corner with Peter Radan

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 6, 2023

Peter Radan is Honorary Professor of Law at Macquarie University. This interview is based on his new book, Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America (University Press of Kansas, 2023). JF: What led you to write...

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The Author’s Corner with Fergus Bordewich

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 30, 2023

Fergus Bordewich is an independent historian and writer. This interview is based on his new book, Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction (Knopf, 2023). JF: What led you to write Klan War? FB: Many of my...

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Ideas in Progress: Pearl J. Young on southern religion and the Civil War

Pearl J. Young   |  October 11, 2023

A physics major turned historian tells about her research.

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The Author’s Corner with Stephen D. Engle

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 2, 2023

Stephen D. Engle is Professor of History and Associate Provost for Academic Personnel at Florida Atlantic University. This interview is based on his new book, In Pursuit of Justice: The Life of John Albion Andrew (University of Massachusetts Press, 2023)....

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The Author’s Corner with Joseph Beilein Jr.

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 13, 2023

Joseph Beilein Jr. is Associate Professor of History at Penn State Behrend. This interview is based on his new book, A Man by Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood (University of Georgia Press, 2023)....

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The Author’s Corner with James Jewell

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 7, 2023

James Jewell is Professor of History and Co-Chair of the Social and Behavioral Science Division at North Idaho College. This interview is based on his new book, Agents of Empire: The First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior...

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The Author’s Corner with Maury Nicely

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 31, 2023

Maury Nicely is a lawyer specializing in employment litigation, labor law, and general business litigation at Evans Harrison Hackett, PLLC. This interview is based on his new book, Forging a New South: The Life of General John T. Wilder (University...

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The Author’s Corner with Stephen Kantrowitz

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 14, 2023

Stephen Kantrowitz is Plaenert-Bascom and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This interview is based on his new book, Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of the Nineteenth-Century United States (University of North...

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The Author’s Corner with Leslie A. Schwalm

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 27, 2023

Leslie A. Schwalm is Professor Emeritus of History and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. This interview is based on her new book, Medicine, Science, and Making Race in Civil War America (University of North Carolina...

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The Author’s Corner with Scott Hippensteel

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 22, 2023

Scott Hippensteel is Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. This interview is based on his new book, Sand, Science, and the Civil War: Sedimentary Geology and Combat (University of Georgia Press, 2023). JF:...

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The Author’s Corner with W. Dale Weeks

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 23, 2023

W. Dale Weeks is Instructor of History at Blinn College. This interview is based on his new book, Cherokee Civil Warrior: Chief John Ross and the Struggle for Tribal Sovereignty (University of Oklahoma Press, 2023). JF: What led you to...

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Messiah University is looking for someone to teach an intro course on the Civil War and Reconstruction in Fall ’23

John Fea   |  February 16, 2023

If you are interested, let me know. It will be a night class (6:15-9:15) that will meet once a week. We are looking for someone: The course is geared toward non-history majors, but it is likely that a handful of...

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The Author’s Corner with Victoria E. Ott

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 20, 2023

Victoria E. Ott is James A. Wood Professor of American History and the coordinator of Gender and Women’s Studies at Birmingham-Southern College. This interview is based on her new book, The Failure of Our Fathers: Family, Gender, and Power in...

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The Author’s Corner with Jacqueline Jones

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 13, 2023

Jacqueline Jones is Ellen C. Temple Professor of Women’s History Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin. This interview is based on her new book, No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the...

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The Author’s Corner with John Rodrigue

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 23, 2022

John Rodrigue is Lawrence and Theresa Salameno Professor in the Department of History at Stonehill College. This interview is based on his new book, Freedom’s Crescent: The Civil War and the Destruction of Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley (Cambridge...

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David Blight: “Dred Scott was the point of no return”

John Fea   |  December 21, 2022

I hope you get some time this week to read Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight’s piece at The New York Times Magazine, “Was the Civil War Inevitable?” Blight reflects on the 1850s, particularly the Dred Scott case, and wonders if...

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