[Grad_history_students] American History Colloquium on the Civil War in Summer Session II

[Margaret Storey]

Please see the announcement below:







American History Graduate Colloquium on the Civil War

Open for Summer Session II



This course will not be offered at the graduate level in the next two  
years, so this is a great opportunity to explore recent scholarship  
about the American Civil War and its aftermath. In it, we will focus  
on the socio-political, cultural, and military history of both the  
North and South during this very significant and defining moment in U.  
S. history. In keeping with the History M. A. program as a whole, we  
will emphasize historiographical questions: How have different  
scholars approached and written about this topic? What sources and  
methods have they used? What are major points of consensus or  
disagreement (if any) on this topic? What is the “state of the  
question”? How have views of the issue changed over time? Have  
teaching texts kept up with the latest scholarship? This is an  
excellent course for those hoping to pursue a career in teaching or  
further graduate studies in U. S. History.



To do this, we will be reading the following excellent and prize- 
winning studies of the era:



· Drew Faust’s new and acclaimed This Republic of Suffering: Death and  
the American Civil War


· Mark Grimsley’s masterful military history, The Hard Hand of War:  
Union Military Policy toward Southern Civilians


· Edward Ayers’ social history of the war, In the Presence of Mine  
Enemies: The Civil War in the Heart of America


· David Blight’s book of essays on race and the Civil War, Beyond the  
Battlefield: Race and Civil War Memory



· Jacqueline Glass Campbell’s exploration of Confederate nationalism,  
When Sherman Marched North from the Sea: Resistance on the Confederate  
Homefront


· James Hogue’s study of Reconstruction paramilitarism, Uncivil War:  
Five New Orleans Street Battles and the Rise and Fall of Radical  
Reconstruction



In addition to these books, we will be reading a series of scholarly  
articles and exploring a range of primary sources from the period. I  
hope you can join us!


Margaret Storey
Associate Professor
Margaret M. Storey
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Programs
History Department
DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue, SAC 420
Chicago IL 60614
773.325.7482
mstorey at depaul.edu

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