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Reconstruction

The Author’s Corner with Drew Swanson

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 24, 2023

Drew Swanson is Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Distinguished Professor of Southern History at Georgia Southern University. This interview is based on his new book, A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North...

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The Author’s Corner with Giuliana Perrone

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 24, 2023

Giuliana Perrone is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This interview is based on her new book, Nothing More than Freedom: The Failure of Abolition in American Law (Cambridge University Press, 2023). JF: What led...

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The Author’s Corner with Stephen Longenecker

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 20, 2023

Stephen Longenecker is Professor of History, Emeritus at Bridgewater College. This interview is based on his new book, Pulpits of the Lost Cause: The Faith and Politics of Former Confederate Chaplains during Reconstruction (University of Alabama Press, 2023). JF: What...

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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 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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The Author’s Corner with Chad Pearson

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 18, 2022

Chad Pearson is Principal Lecturer of History at the University of North Texas. This interview is based on his new book, Capital’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What...

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The Author’s Corner with Evan C. Rothera

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 2, 2022

Evan C. Rothera is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith. This interview is based on his new book, Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico, and Argentina, 1860–1880 (LSU Press, 2022)....

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Will November 2022 be like November 1866?

John Fea   |  October 12, 2022

University of Connecticut’s Manisha Sinha explains: Midterm elections are usually not history-making stuff. Few have been memorable. But in the 2022 midterms, as in the 1866 elections, the fate of American democracy hangs in the balance. If there is a moment...

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Eric Foner: “We can’t accept the principle that the way to judge a course of study is by how much money you will make.”

John Fea   |  September 19, 2022

Eric Foner reflects on his life as a historian in this interview with Nawal Arjini at New York Review of Books. A taste: Nawal Arjini: How did you come to specialize in Civil War history? Eric Foner: When I was in college in...

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The Author’s Corner with Anna Koivusalo

Rachel Petroziello   |  July 1, 2022

Anna Koivusalo is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies at the University of Helsinki. This interview is based on her new book, The Man Who Started the Civil War: James Chesnut, Honor, and Emotion...

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The Author’s Corner with Paul Escott

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 8, 2022

Paul Escott is Reynolds Professor of History Emeritus at Wake Forest University. This interview is based on his new book, Black Suffrage: Lincoln’s Last Goal (University of Virginia Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write Black Suffrage? PE: My two...

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Henry E. Hayne represented the promise of Reconstruction. Why don’t we know more about him?

John Fea   |  January 24, 2022

Robert Greene II and Tyler D. Parry are trying to correct that. Here is a taste of their piece on Hayne at The Washington Post: In 1872, Hayne became South Carolina’s secretary of state. This elective position probably provided him...

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The 1877 Project?

John Fea   |  December 21, 2021

It sure sounds like the Dunning School to me. Here is Eric Levitz at New York Magazine: In a recent column for The American Conservative, Helen Andrews argues that Reconstruction — that brief slice of the 19th century during which Black Southerners enjoyed extensive political...

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The Author’s Corner with Jack Noe

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 20, 2021

Jack Noe is Teaching Associate at the Queen Mary University of London. This interview is based on his new book, Contesting Commemoration: The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South (LSU Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Contesting...

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Black Americans have a long history of creating spaces against violent white resistance

John Fea   |  December 7, 2021

Alicia Jackson teaches history at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Here is a taste of her Washington Post piece, “Black Americans have long envisioned and created spaces of sanctuary”: On a plot of land near Toomsboro, Ga., three dozen people...

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The Author’s Corner with William Kiser

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 29, 2021

William Kiser is Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University. This interview is based on his new book, Illusions of Empire: The Civil War and Reconstruction in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). JF: What led you...

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The Author’s Corner with Robert S. Levine

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 9, 2021

Robert S. Levine is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Maryland. This interview is based on his new book, The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021). JF:...

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A Third Reconstruction?

John Fea   |  May 18, 2021

Matt Ford gives us a lot to think about in this piece at The New Republic. titled “Our 250-Year Fight for Multiracial Democracy.” A taste: Some scholars and activists, by the same token, break down American history into presidencies or...

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The Author’s Corner with Van Gosse

Annie Thorn   |  February 25, 2021

Van Gosse is Professor of History and Chair of Africana Studies at Franklin and Marshall College. This interview is based on his new book, The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War (The John...

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What Joe Biden can learn about fighting white supremacy from U.S. Grant

John Fea   |  February 4, 2021

In last Sunday’s “Odds and Ends” I called your attention to Casey Michel’s piece at Politico, “What Ulysses Grant Can Teach Joe Biden About Putting Down Violent Insurrection.” Today I want to call your attention to a similar piece at...

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