1981: The Confederacy, The Old South in the Crucible of War

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Schedule
1981
Wednesday, October 14th
8:00 PM

Reckoning with Rebels

Emory M. Thomas, University of Georgia
John Hubbell, Kent State University

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Thursday, October 15th
9:30 AM

The Failure of Confederate Nationalism

Paul D. Escott, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Walter Howell, Mississippi Historical Society

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

9:30 AM

2:00 PM

Alloyed Allegiances: Northerners, Southerners, and the Pursuit of Profits in Civil War Natchez

Lawrence N. Powell, Tulane University
Michael Wayne, Tulane University
Edward C. Skeen, Memphis State University

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

2:00 PM

5:00 PM

Reception

Conference Attendees

Center for the Study of Southern Culture

5:00 PM

8:00 PM

Many Thousands Gone: Afro-Americans and the Confederacy

Leon F. Litwack, University of California, Berkeley
Robert M. Walker, NAACP

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

8:00 PM

Friday, October 16th
10:00 AM

The American Civil War in Film: John Houston's The Red Badge of Courage

John Houston

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

10:00 AM

2:00 PM

Did the Confederacy Change the Confederate Soldier?

Michael Barton, Pennsylvania State University, Capital Campus
David Sansing, University of Mississippi

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

2:00 PM

8:00 PM

The Dimensions of Continuity Across the Civil War

Thomas B. Alexander, University of Missouri, Columbia
Porter L. Fortune Jr., University of Mississippi

Ole Miss Union Ballroom

8:00 PM