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Call for Predoctoral Fellowship Applications

In acknowledgement of the unprecedented challenges experienced by graduate students as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Richards Civil War Era Center invites applications for two predoctoral dissertation fellowships in the history of the Civil War Era, beginning July 1, 2022. Benefits include a living stipend, no teaching, and no enrollment at Penn State. […]

Ariel Ron, Author-Meets-Readers, with Matthew Karp, Sally McMurry, and Gautham Rao, and moderated by Emma Teitelman (open to the public)

Grassroots Leviathan: Agricultural Reform and the Rural North in the Slaveholding Republic. Virtual event on Thursday, February 24, 2022, 4:00 p.m. EST. Registration required. In this sweeping look at rural society from the American Revolution to the Civil War, Ariel Ron argues that agricultural history is central to understanding the nation’s formative period. Upending the […]

Congratulations to Jonathan Jones, 2021 Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize winner!

We are happy to announce that Jonathan Jones, former Richards Center Postdoctoral Scholar, has been awarded the Anne Bailey Prize for 2021 for his dissertation, “Opium Slavery: Veterans and Addiction in the American Civil War Era.” The selection committee was chaired by Jane E. Schultz, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, and included Kathryn Shively, Virginia Commonwealth University, […]

Professor Blair’s Latest Book Covers Violence and Narrative After the Civil War

William A. Blair, Ferree Professor Emeritus of Middle American History and Director Emeritus of the Richards Center, published his latest book with the University of North Carolina Press this month. Grounded in deep archival research in the records of the Freedmen’s Bureau, The Record of Murders and Outrages: Racial Violence and the Fight over Truth […]

Davis Makes National Media Appearances

Amira Rose Davis, assistant professor of history and African American studies, recently spoke with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! and Melissa Harris-Perry of WNYC’s The Takeaway about Naomi Osaka’s decision to withdraw from this month’s French Open tennis tournament. Osaka had been threatened with escalating fines and possible disqualification from the tournament for declining media […]

Sanders Wins Robinson Equal Opportunity Award

Dr. Crystal Sanders

Crystal Sanders, associate professor of history, will receive the 2021 Dr. James Robinson Equal Opportunity Award from Penn State. The award recognizes her many efforts to promote equal opportunity and promote cross-cultural understanding at the university. In announcing the award, the university noted that her nominators “called Sanders a fierce proponent of the history of […]

Richards Center Welcomes Postdoctoral Fellows Mycah Conner and Kellen Heniford

We are pleased to announce that Mycah Conner and Kellen Heniford will join the Richards Center in August 2021 as postdoctoral Fellows in the Civil War Era. The expansion of the fellowship program to support two fellows enables the Richards Center to promote a broad range of innovative new scholarship that will shape future study […]

Ginzberg to Deliver Gerrity Lecture

Professor of History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Lori Ginzberg will deliver this year’s Francis X. Gerrity Lecture at St. Joseph’s University. Her talk, “Rights, Racism, and Commemoration: The Complex Legacies of Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” will take place Monday, March 22 at 4:00 pm, via Zoom. It is free and open to the public.

Shelden Appears on The Alarmist

Richards Center director Dr. Rachel Shelden discussed the disputed 1876 election on a recent episode of The Alarmist podcast.

Davis Publishes Chapter in New Book on Legacy of Jackie Robinson

Amira Rose Davis

Dr. Amira Rose Davis has authored a chapter in the book, 42 Today: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy. Her chapter is titled, “‘The Female Jackie Robinson’ and the Legacy of Support for Black Women Athletes.”  42 Today will be published this month by New York University Press.