2013 CWI Conference Registration - Now Open

Registration is now open for the 2013 CWI summer conference, The War in 1863 (June 21-25, 2013). Conference participants will discover new dimensions of the events of 1863, with a special focus on the Gettysburg Campaign, through lectures, discussions, and tours of the battlefield.

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CWI Partners with Center for Public Service for Alabama Immersion Trip

Selma to Montgomery

In January 2013, CWI Associate Director Jill Ogline Titus will serve as the faculty advisor for a Center for Public Service-sponsored Immersion Trip to Alabama. Over the course of the nine-day trip, Dr. Titus and seven Gettysburg College students will visit some of the sites that played a central role in the 20th-century black freedom struggle. Learn more.

The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th

Hancock Avenue Postcard

From March 14-16, 2013, the Civil War Institute will host an innovative conference on the future of Civil War history in partnership with Gettysburg National Military Park. Through a wide variety of presentations, panels, working groups, and field experiences, attendees will explore new ways to make the Civil War past engaging, accessible, and usable to public audiences beyond the 150^th anniversary commemorations. The conference will feature over 125 speakers, including James McPherson, Dwight Pitcaithley, Cathy Stanton, Ed Linenthal, Stephen Berry, Tiya Miles, John Hennessy, and Scott Hartwig. Scholars, public historians, museum professionals, educators, graduate students, and members of the general public are equally encouraged to participate.

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