2021: Crossroads of Memory: A Conference Honoring the Life and Work of John Neff

Dr. John Neff, author of Honoring the Civil War Dead: Commemoration and the Problem of Reconciliation, was a historian of Civil War memory and the founder of the Center for Civil War Research at the University of Mississippi. Friends, colleagues, and fans of Dr. Neff interested in attending, participating, or receiving updates about the conference, please email aholm @ olemiss.edu.

Schedule
2021
Friday, October 29th
2:00 PM

Panel 1: One Museum, Two Boats, Three Famous Lecturers, and One Giant Painting: Buying and Selling the Civil War

Caroline E. Janney, University of Virginia
James Marten, Marquette University
Jonathan W. White, Christopher Newport University
Anna Gibson Holloway, Fleet History at Naval History and Heritage Command

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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
4:15 PM

Wiley-Silver Prize Presentation for Best First Book in Civil War History

Christopher Mortenson, Ouachita Baptist University

Zoom

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
4:45 PM

Virtual Gathering to Remember Dr. John Neff

Conference Participants

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4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
6:00 PM

Keynote Address

Barbara Gannon, University of Central Florida

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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 30th
10:00 AM

Panel 2: The Uses of Historical Memory

Sarah Elliott, University of Mississippi
Stanley Schwartz, Temple University
Tim Galsworthy, University of Sussex
Heath Anderson, Mississippi State University

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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM

Break

Conference Participants

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM

Panel 3: Wartime and the Shaping of Civil War Memory

Thomas Robinson, Museum of Florida History
Kristin Bouldin, University of Mississippi
Andrew Davis
Beth Kruse, University of Mississippi

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12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:15 PM

Panel 4: Spirits, Hauntings, and History's Shadow

Christopher Wilkins, William Jewell College
Adam Petty, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Jennifer Ford, University of Mississippi
Amy Laurel Fluker, Youngstown State University

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2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:45 PM

Closing Comments & Gathering

April Holm, University of Mississippi

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3:45 PM - 4:30 PM