2017: Borders, Boundaries, and Lines in the Civil War

Borders, Boundaries, and Lines in the Civil War

The Center for Civil War Research and the Arch Dalrymple III Department of History present the eleventh annual Conference on the Civil War.

The keynote address will be given by Dr. Christopher Phillips (University of Cincinnati) author of The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border, which was the winner of the 2017 Tom Watson Brown Book Award.

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Schedule
2017
Friday, September 29th
9:00 AM

First Session: Missouri and the Border War

Elle Harvell, University of California, Los Angeles
Jesse George-Nicol, University of Virginia
Amy Fluker, University of Mississippi

Yerby Conference Center

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Second Session: Native Americans and Southeastern Margins

Zachery Cowsert, West Virginia University
Christine Rizzi, University of Mississippi
Nicholas Roland, University of Texas

Yerby Conference Center

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

2:00 PM

Third Session: African-American Soldiers and the State

Joe Funk, Catholic University of America
Andrew Lang, Mississippi State University

Yerby Conference Center

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

4:00 PM

Wiley-Silver Prize Presentation

Matthew Hulbert, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Yerby Conference Center

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM

Reception

Conference Participants

Bryant Hall

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

6:30 PM

Keynote Address

Christopher Phillips, University of Cincinnati

Croft Institute, Room 107

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Saturday, September 30th
9:00 AM

First Session: The Homefront on the Midwestern Border

Timothy Roberts, Western Illinois University
Stephen Rockenbach, Virginia State University

Yerby Conference Center

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Second Session: Black Civilians on the Boundaries of Freedom

Gary Edwards, Arkansas State University
G. David Schieffler, University of Arkansas

Yerby Conference Center

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

2:00 PM

Third Session: The Eastern Border

Daniel Farrell, Kent State University
Judkin Browning, Arkansas State University
Madeleine Forrest, University of Arkansas

Yerby Conference Center

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM