Conference on the Civil War
Every two years, the center hosts a slate of emerging and established scholars of the Civil War era
Attendees at the 2010 conference, "And the War Came," which marked the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's election and the secession crisis.
The Conference on the Civil War takes place every two years in the fall. The center invites papers from scholars at all stages in their careers. The next conference will take place in the fall of 2025.
The 2023 Conference on the Civil War
The Passage of the Armies: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Enslaved in the Civil War and Reconstruction
A Porter Fortune Symposium in conjunction with the University of Mississippi Department of History
October 12-14, 2023
- 1:30-2:30 Campus Tour on the History of Slavery at the University (meet at Lyceum steps facing the Circle)
- 3:00-4:15 Panel 1: Shifting Loyalties (Butler Auditorium, Triplett Alumni Center)
- 4:30-6:00 Special Roundtable: New Directions in the History of Civil War Civilian-Military Interactions [Amy Murrell Taylor (University of Kentucky), Andrew Lang (Mississippi State), Barton Myers (Washington and Lee)] (Butler Auditorium)
- 6:30-8:00: Welcome Reception (Farrington Gallery, Bryant Hall)
- 9:00-10:30 Panel 2: Reconstruction (Butler Auditorium, Triplett Alumni Center)
- 10:45-12:00 Panel 3: Confronting Freedom (Butler Auditorium)
- 2:45-4:00 Panel 4: Soldiers and Civilians (Butler Auditorium)
- 5:00 Keynote Address: "The Union Army and the Limits of Presidential Power in the Civil War" (William Blair, Penn State) (Auditorium 124, Student Union)
- 9:00-10:15 Panel 5: Wartime Emancipation (Butler Auditorium, Triplett Alumni Center)
- 10:30-12:00 Panel 6: Imagined Futures (Butler Auditorium)
Conference Highlights
2015 Conference
Panelists at the 2015 conference, "Gender, Memory, and War in the Anglo-American World," which commemorated the 150th, 100th, and 75th anniversaries of the American Civil War, the First World War and the Second World War.
2010 Conference
Dr. John Neff introduces a panel at the 2010 conference, which commemorated the 150th anniversary of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession crisis.
2012 Conference
A speaker delivers a paper at the 2012 conference, "The War at Home: Civilian Life During the American Civil War."
UM Graduate Students and Faculty at 2023 Conference
Graduate students Brianna Taylor and Julian Flesch stand with Dr. April Holm and Dr. Robert Colby at the 2023 conference.
2023 Conference
Speakers at the 2023 conference, "The Passage of the Armies: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Enslaved in the Civil War and Reconstruction," enjoy a dinner at Taylor Grocery.
2015 Conference
A speaker presents at the 2015 conference, "Gender, Memory, and War in the Anglo-American World," which commemorated the 150th, 100th, and 75th anniversaries of the American Civil War, the First World War and the Second World War.
2016 Conference
Edward Valentin, Jr. presents a paper at the 2016 conference, "A Just and Lasting Peace: Reconstruction and the making of postwar America."
Conference 2014
Dr. Charles Ross delivers the keynote address at the 2014 conference, "Science, Medicine, and Technology in the Civil War."
Past Conference Topics and Dates
Crossroads of Memory: A Conference Honoring the Life and Work of John Neff
October 20 & 30, 2021
Borders, Boundaries, and Lines in the Civil War
September 29 & 30, 2017
A Just and Lasting Peace: Reconstruction and the Making of Postwar America
A Porter Fortune Symposium
October 7 & 8, 2016
Gender, Memory, and War in the Anglo-American World
Commemorating the 150th, 100th, and 75th Anniversaries of the U.S. Civil War, the First World War, and the Second World War (in conjunction with WAR-Net)
October 1-3, 2015
Science, Medicine, and Technology in the Civil War
October 9 & 10, 2014
This Terrible War: Marking the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War
A Porter Fortune Symposium
October 3-5, 2013
The War at Home: Civilian Life During the American Civil War
October 19 & 20, 2012
And the War Came: The 150th Anniversary of the Secession Crisis
A Porter Fortune Symposium
October 13-15, 2010
Civil War Leadership
October 30 & 31, 2009
The Experience of Combat
May 18 & 19, 2007
Understanding the African-American Civil War Experience
May 19 & 20, 2006
Remembering America's Civil War
May 27 & 28, 2005
