Please join us for the kickoff event for the Draper Workshop Series, a panel discussion entitled "Recasting the Confederacy: Monuments and Civil War Memory." This event will take place from 4:00 PM- 6:00 PM on Monday, November 6th in Konover Auditorium, Dodd Research Center.
We have invited a panel of experts to take part in this conversation. They are leading scholars of Civil War memory and have contributed to recent public debates surrounding Confederate monuments.
Speakers:
David Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History, Yale University; Director, Gilder Lehrman Center
W. Fitzhugh Brundage, William B. Umstead Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina
Nina Silber, Professor of American History, Boston University
Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair in American History, University of Connecticut
For more information, contact: Mary Mahoney/History at Mary-Margaret.Mahoney@uconn.edu