There are not many good aspects to the current COVID Pandemic. Three of my own family members have gotten the virus and Long Island, where I live, has been greatly afflicted. But, because so many places have been shut down, there are plenty of virtual events coming up that you can attend. Here are a few. Follow the links. Some of them require pre-registration.
On October 27 at 7 PM EST The Brooklyn Historical Society Presents Lincoln’s Lie: Lessons from the Civil War on Fake News and its Consequences “In her new book, investigative journalist Elizabeth Mitchell explores a pivotal moment in the history of the intersection between politics and the press. Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House, examines how, at the height of the Civil War, a falsified call for the conscription of more troops sent shockwaves through New York. From fears of more draft riots, to chaos on Wall Street, to the fallout from Lincoln’s actions against the newspapers that spread the proclamation, Mitchell touches on a history of misinformation that is more relevant with each passing day. She is joined in conversation by author Kurt Andersen, host and co-creator of the erstwhile Peabody award-winning public radio program Studio 360.”
November 10 at 8 PM EST Curator Conversations—Make Way for Liberty: A Conversation about Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War with ‘Make Way for Liberty’ author Jeffrey Kannel and Wisconsin Veteran Museum staff Kevin Hampton, curator of history, Christopher Kolakowski, museum director, and museum board member Nathaniel T. Millsap.
These two seminars are being offered for free from the Journal of the Civil War Era. The descriptions come from the Journal’s web site.
Fri. Oct. 30, 4:00 PM ET
Nineteenth-Century Governors’ Papers: A Roundtable
Nineteenth-century governors’ papers are a treasure-trove of everyday experiences because Americans of all backgrounds regularly contacted their governors with complaints and requests. This roundtable includes representatives for the Civil War Governors of Kentucky (CWGK), the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi (CWRGM), and the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Alabama (CWRGA) projects. They will share insights their collections offer historians and discuss how the collections are challenging historiographical norms. The presenters will also address the public history nature of the projects and seek feedback from audience members regarding new questions the teams might investigate.
Register for the webinar here.
Thurs. Dec. 3, 4:00 PM ET
Dr. Alexandra J. Finley, An Intimate Economy: Enslaved Women, Work, and America’s Domestic Slave Trade
Alexandra Finley’s recently published An Intimate Economy adds crucial new dimensions to the boisterous debate over the relationship between slavery and capitalism by placing women’s labor at the center of the antebellum slave trade, focusing particularly on slave traders’ ability to profit from enslaved women’s domestic, reproductive, and sexual labor. She will speak with the JCWE editors about how women’s work was necessary to the functioning of the slave trade and its spread and how slavery reached into the most personal spaces of the household, the body, and the self.
Register for the webinar here.
Follow Reconstruction Blog on Social Media:
