October 16-18, 2025
A Porter Fortune Symposium
The Center for Civil War Research and the History Department at the University of Mississippi invites attendees to the 2025 Conference on the Civil War, to be held October 16-18, 2025 in Oxford, Mississippi.
All events are free and open to the public. Program highlights:
Special Roundtable on the Legal History of the Civil War Era
Thursday, October 16, 4:00-5:30 (Butler Auditorium, Triplett Alumni Center). Featuring Cynthia Nicoletti (University of Virginia), Gautham Rao (American University), and Anne Twitty (Stanford University)
Opening Reception and Wiley-Silver Prize Presentation
Thursday, October 16, 5:45-8:00 (University Archives and Special Collections, J. D. Williams Library). Featuring Wiley-Silver Prize Winner Cecily Zander (University of Wyoming), author of The Army Under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era. Announcing the Harry Owens Civil War Archival Collection.
Keynote Address
Friday, October 17, 5:00, Student Union Auditorium (Room 124). Featuring Ariela Gross (University of California, Los Angeles), presenting “Erasing Slavery, Rewriting Freedom: How Stories of Slavery and Emancipation Shape Battles Over the Constitution”.
Panels
Thursday, October 16 through Saturday October 18 (Butler Auditorium, Triplett Alumni Center)
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| Thursday, October 16th | ||
| 2:30 PM |
Panel 1: U.S. Law and the World Robert Bonner, Dartmouth College Butler Auditorium 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Special Roundtable on the Legal History of the Civil War Era Cynthia Nicoletti, University of Virginia Butler Auditorium 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
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| 5:45 PM |
Opening Reception and Wiley-Silver Award Presentation Cecily Zander, University of Wyoming J. D. Williams Library, Archives and Special Collections 5:45 PM - 8:00 PM |
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| Friday, October 17th | ||
| 9:00 AM |
Jared Asser, University of Georgia Butler Auditorium 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
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| 10:45 AM |
Panel 3: New Interpretations of the Reconstruction Amendments Giuliana Perrone, University of California, Santa Barbara Butler Auditorium 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Panel 4: Freedom Seekers and Emancipation Kelly Houston Jones, Arkansas Tech University Butler Auditorium 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Ariela Gross, University of California, Los Angeles Student Union Auditorium, Room 124 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
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| Saturday, October 18th | ||
| 9:00 AM |
Panel 5: Civil Rights in the Civil War North Makato Hunter, University of California, Santa Barbara Butler Auditorium 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
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| 10:30 AM |
Panel 6: Enforcing Reconstruction Legislation Evan Bernick, Northern Illinois University Butler Auditorium 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
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