Endnotes

Call for Papers

2012 Symposium on Democracy: Democracy and The American Civil War Hosted by Kent State University, April 23-25, 2012

The planning committee for the 2012 Symposium on Democracy at Kent State University invites specialists in the Civil War era to submit paper proposals for next spring’s event. The annual Symposium on Democracy honors the memories of the four students who lost their lives on May 4, 1970, with an enduring dedication to scholarship that seeks to prevent violence and promote democratic values and civil discourse. Devoted to a specific theme each year, the Symposium aspires to fulfill the injunction visitors encounter at the May 4th Memorial Site: Inquire, Learn, Reflect. This year, our theme will be “Democracy and The American Civil War.” Accordingly, the faculty organizers of the event are soliciting paper proposals from historians, particularly early-career scholars and graduate students, whose research touches upon this year’s theme. It should be noted at the outset that we construe the “Civil War era” broadly: The organizers urge scholars working on Reconstruction, the “Long Civil Rights Movement,” and related themes to submit proposals. Accepted papers will be organized into panels that will follow presentations by invited scholars on the second and third days of the symposium; they will also be considered for inclusion in a Symposium collection published by The Kent State University Press.

Process: Interested participants should electronically submit current vitas and paper abstracts of no more than one page in length to the faculty co-chairs, Leonne Hudson and Kevin Adams, by February 15, 2012. The Symposium organizers will notify applicants of the final disposition of their proposals by early March. Electronic submissions, as well as questions concerning specific proposals, the application process, and the Symposium on Democracy writ large may be directed to Kevin Adams, Associate Editor, Civil War History, Department of History, Kent State University, kadams9@kent.edu; Leonne Hudson, Associate Professor, Department of History, Kent State University, lhudson@kent.edu.

Exhibits

In observance of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War (1861–65), the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (www.ncculture.com) has organized the “Freedom, Sacrifice, Memory: Civil War Sesquicentennial Photography Exhibit” to travel the state from April 1, 2011 through spring 2013. Visitors will see well-known Confederate generals, women who served as Confederate spies, reenactment images of soldiers and battles, and more. The battlefield, home front, African Americans, and women all are reflected in the exhibit. An accompanying notebook will offer sketches of the generals, African Americans fleeing bondage, a woman whose home became a hospital, and other glimpses of lives from that turbulent time. The tour will visit forty-nine public libraries and was organized through the State Library of North Carolina. For information on the tour, visit www.nccivilwar150.com or call (919) 807-7389.

Web Sites

What did Civil War veterans expect in their war stories? What did the New England Journal of Medicine want from Anne Hutchinson? And why were early American viewers fascinated with slow art? For the answers to these questions and the next installment of Ithaca, point your browsers to http://www.common-place.org. For more information, contact Catherine E. Kelly, Editor, Department of History, University of Oklahoma, at c-peditor@ou.edu.

Announcements

Civil War History and the Kent State University Department of History are pleased to announce the creation of a graduate Editorial Assistantship for Civil War History. For well over five decades, Civil War History has served as the preeminent journal for academic scholarship on the American Civil War. Thanks to a unique partnership between Civil War History and the Kent State University Department of History, Editor Lesley Gordon (University of Akron) and Associate Editor Kevin Adams (Kent State University) are seeking applications for a two-year appointment as editorial assistant to Civil War History. The successful applicant must enroll in Kent State University’s M.A. program in History, with the expectation that they will finish an M.A. thesis within two years. During the period of appointment, the successful applicant will receive a full fee waiver and a yearly stipend of approximately $9,500. Reappointment for the second year of the...