Over the past year, I have definitely developed my skills as a historian and a graduate student. When I came into the program, I had a bachelor’s degree in history, but it quickly became clear to me that I had … Continue reading
Goochland County CSA monument, 1918 I am happy to report the completion of a successful committee meeting! I was very pleased with my committee recommendations, and it seems they are all excited to have a hand in … Continue reading
With only three more weeks left in the semester, here are two more secondary sources I looked at this week: “Creating and Instrumenting Nationalism: The Celebration of National Reunion in the Peace Jubilees of 1898,” by Fabian Hilfrich, in the … Continue reading
This week I met with my adviser, Dr. Quigley, to go over his comments on my draft proposal. His comments were very helpful. We talked about my chapter outline, which we both see as needing improvement as I get deeper … Continue reading
I thought that writing my proposal draft for last week would be really difficult after having seen the proposal presentations by second year students in historical methods last semester. Of course I realize that I as watching the presentation of … Continue reading
I am researching Confederate memory in Virginia during the World War I period, circa 1914-1920. Focusing on public memory, especially the erection of Confederate monuments during those years, I ask if and how international conflict affected Civil War memorialization. America … Continue reading
I am researching Confederate memory in Virginia during the World War I period, circa 1914-1920. Focusing on public memory, especially the erection of Confederate monuments during those years, I want to examine the effects of international conflict on Civil War … Continue reading
This week I read an article called “Graves, Worms, and Epitaphs: Confederate Monuments in the Southern Landscape” by J. Michael Martinez and Robert M. Harris in the volume Confederate Symbols in the Contemporary South, edited by Martinez, William D. Richardson, … Continue reading
This week I read two more secondary sources that I thought would be significant to my studies. The first, David W. Blight’s Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War (2002) is a collection of Blight’s essays and … Continue reading
First, forgive the title…a pun and a Cyndi Lauper reference may be taking it a little far. Now let me discuss the significance of the primary source I have chosen to expound upon during our next class. It is a … Continue reading