I would love to see nine movies made. There seems to be a reluctance there that is misplaced. A lot of books that have nothing to do with islamic terrorism. In the code of conduct they all had to do with someone at the un. Hidden order was all about a series of murders taken place around boston. I normally dont say its about the fed when i publicize it because how could you make that sexy and be a thriller. Lets just one of several examples there was one muslim guy in it. It was one guy for all of that. Another theme intergovernmental intrigue. I talked to family members and things like this. Not close immediate family members. Francie tucker intrigue and i realize this is a same government that could not run the post office. All of the things that people want to put on dc makes for interesting fiction and i think we find it very easy to believe that there are forces behind the scene puppeteers that are controlling everything. I think that makes for interesting reading i grew up readin
Anything that Stephen Berry writes, ive got to read. Stephen berry always brings to his research incredible, beautiful writing, with rich insights and what i think, many of us, we like him so much and thats a good thing. His work is so good that you want us to come to the jealousy but you cant, stephen is such a wonderful guy. He is a fantastic teacher as well. Many of my students have gone to work with him over the years. At the university of georgia he has not only he is not only a prolific scholar, but he has written or edited six books. My favorite is all that makes a man, love and ambition in the civil war south. That was his him his dissertation done sometime ago at the university of North Carolina. William barney is his advisor who is still there. Another book i would highly recommend, which he edited, a fantastic book called were doing the war. War, storieshe from the civil war possible ragged edge. The other thing, hes engaged in a lot of Digital Projects and has many of his s
I am peter carmichael, the director of the Civil War Institute and the director of the History Department here at gettysburg college. It is my pleasure to welcome my good friend Stephen Berry. Stephen berry is the gregory professor of civil war at the university of georgia. I have a few rules, and this is one. Everything Stephen Berry writes ive got to read. He brings incredible writing with rich insights. His work is so good that you want to succumb to the jealousy, but you cant. He is a terrific guy. At the university of georgia, he scholar,nly a prolific he has written or edited six books. My favorite is all that makes a ambition, and the civil war south,s dissertation at the university of North Carolina. Bardi was still teaching at North Carolina. Edited is a he fantastic book called were doing the war. , he iss another thing engaged in a lot of Digital Projects and has his graduate students working on his projects as well. My favorite of all the Digital Projects is titled private
Professor looks at his work on the digital history project, private voices which gathers and digitizes letters written during the civil war. This is part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute summer conference. It is about one hour. Second let me reintroduce myself to the cspan audience, i am peter carmichael, the director of the Civil War Institute and also a member of the history department. It is my pleasure to welcome my good friend Stephen Berry. Stephen berry is the gregory professor of Civil War History at the university of georgia. Let me just say, i have a few rules i live by in our field and this is one of them. Anything that Stephen Berry writes i have got to read. Stephen berry also always brings to his research, incredible and beautiful writing with rich insight and we like him so much because his work is so good and stephen is such a wonderful guy and is a fantastic teacher as well. And i have as well as many of my students have worked with steve over the years. A
Im director of the civil war institute. It is my pleasure to welcome professor edward ayers for the robert bloom lecture. Professor ayers is the Tucker Boatwright professor of humanities and Professor Emeritus at the university of richmond. He is the author of numerous books and articles including in the presence of mine enemies the civil war and heart of america the winner of the bancroft prize. He also wrote the promise of the new south. Excellent book i read in grad school many years ago and most recently he is the author of the thin light of freedom the civil war and emancipation in the heart of america published in 2017, and the 2018 lincoln prize winner. One of the things that professor ayers has done throughout his career, hes made it a point to speak to public audiences. Professor ayers is again, i think hard evidence that this supposed gap between academics and public historians and academics and general audiences has if there is maybe a gap there, but it is ever so slight, an