History Buzz March 5, 2012: James McPherson: Returns to Gustavus College as Civil War Sesquicentennial Scholar

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP James McPherson: Returns to Gustavus as Sesquicentennial Scholar Source: Gustavus News, 3-5-12 Sesquicentennial Scholar and 1958 Gustavus alumnus James McPhersonGustavus alumnus, Civil War historian, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson ‘58 will return to his alma mater April 15-17 as a Sesquicentennial Scholar. Besides visiting [...]

History Buzz February 10, 2012: Peniel Joseph: Stetson University presents civil rights / social justice lecture by historian

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Peniel Joseph: Stetson University presents civil rights/social justice lecture by historian Source: Florida Courier, 2-10-12 Stetson University presents author and historian Dr. Peniel Joseph to speak on “Stokely Carmichael and American Democracy in the 1960s” as part of the university’s civil rights and social justice [...]

History Buzz February 8, 2012: Allen Ballard: Amtrak Showcases the Great Migration Exhibit in Honor of Black History Month

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Amtrak Showcases the Great Migration Exhibit in Honor of Black History Month Exhibit featured on MyBlackJourney.com website Source: PR Newswire, 2-8-12 In celebration of Black History Month, Amtrak is featuring the Great Migration of African Americans exhibit on their MyBlackJourney.com  microsite.  The Great Migration exhibit [...]

History Buzz January 25, 2012: James Davis: Civil War lecture to be history professor’s last at Illinois College

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY ANNOUNCEMENTS Civil War lecture to be history professor’s last at IC Source: Jacksonville Journal Courier, 1-25-12 Illinois College invites the community to attend a presentation on how Illinois College and the Jacksonville community were involved in the Civil War. Historian and Illinois College Professor Emeritus of History James Davis [...]

Robert Korstand: Black leaders to speak at Furman University forum on Civil War and civil rights

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Greenville Online, 7-24-11 U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, civil rights activist Cleveland Sellers and Isabel Wilkerson, the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, will speak during a Furman University series on the Civil War and civil rights that will run from Tuesday until Aug. 16. John W. McCardell [...]

Tim Barringer: Yale professor to examine effects of Gothic Revival

Source: Daily Utah Chronicle, 3-9-11 The College of Humanities’ Gordon B. Hinckley Lecture Series will feature Yale art historian Tim Barringer on Thursday night. “Barringer will be talking about the neo-gothic architecture movement when it was in revival in the mid-1800s, and how it inspired architecture and pop culture,” said Rachel Leiker, graphic designer for [...]

Annette Gordon-Reed: Pulitzer Prize winner to participate in Festival of Books

Source: Arizona Daily Star, 1-23-11 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed, whose new book on President Andrew Johnson was released Tuesday, will participate in the third annual Festival of Books March 12-13. Gordon-Reed, a historian and law professor, won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in History and the 2008 National Book Award for her book “The Hemingses [...]

Jill Lepore: Author ponders thoughts of the founders

Source: The Kansas City Star, 1-22-10 Historian Jill Lepore will speak Wednesday at the Kansas City Central Library. Jill Lepore teaches early American history and studies the relationship between history and memory. So you can imagine how the recent tea party movement, with its references to Revolutionary events and thought, grabbed her attention. Lepore, a [...]

A.J. “Tony” Badger: Cambridge historian to discuss Obama and ‘Lessons of the New Deal’

Source: ASU News, 1-21-11 6 p.m., Feb. 3, Coor Hall, Arizona State University American historian A.J. “Tony” Badger will present the inaugural Historical Studies Lecture at ASU. Cambridge Professor A.J. “Tony” Badger will bring his expertise on the New Deal to Arizona State University Feb. 3 for the inaugural Historical Studies Lecture. He will deliver [...]