Each fall and spring, the Richards Center sponsors a series of Civil War Era Workshops for students and faculty. These workshops familiarize students with the research process by bringing senior scholars from around the country to Penn State to discuss their works in progress. Graduate students have also been invited to share their work or serve as commentators. Through the workshops, the Richards Center has a hand in encouraging the latest research in the Civil War era.
Workshop Schedule
Date
Event
Time
Location
September 11, 2009
David Langbart, The National Archives and Records Administration
"Navigating the National Archives"
4:00 p.m.
102 Weaver
October 2, 2009
Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia
"The North's Civil War: Union and
Emancipation in Wartime and Retrospect"
4:00 p.m.
The Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom
December 4, 2009
Nancy Bercaw, University of Mississippi
"Science and Citizenship: African American and Indian Bodies in Post-Emancipation America"
4:00 p.m.
102 Weaver

William Blair and David Eltis

Professor Eltis, Emory University, presented a lecture, "The Transatlantic Slave Trade Based in North America: Perspectives from the New On-line Database" on September 28, 2007.