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Spend a Day in the World of Ideas...
The War Between the States
A FREE workshop for middle and high school History teachers!
Thursday, April 5th -Houston Baptist University
Speakers:
Bradley Birzer is an Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale
College in Hillsdale, Michigan. Birzer has been a visiting professor in
western American and Indian History at the University of Texas at San
Antonio. He received his Ph.D. in United States History from Indiana University,
with a minor in Latin American History. He received his B.A. in European
and U.S. History from the University of Notre Dame and his M.A. in Western
American History from Utah State University. Dr. Birzer is a Senior Fellow
with the Center for the American Idea.
Donald Frazier is Associate Professor of History at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. He is Fellow and Executive Director of Grady McWhiney Research Foundation, a private foundation for furthering education on topics regarding the history of the middle years of the 19th century in American History and topics in military history. He has authored five books and his writings have been included in history encyclopedias and college manuals. His historical cartography of over 500 thematic maps have been featured in more than two dozen publications, including Texas History textbooks. Dr. Frazier received his B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Texas Christian University.
Tentative
Lecture Topics:
• A Benign Fascism: The Yankee Leviathan and Confederate Agrarian
Socialism
• The Machine and the Garden: Sherman and Total War
• A Good Man in a Bad Spot: Anderson and Fort Sumter
• Confederate Empire in the Southwest
• Campaigns of Robert E. Lee
• A Study in Leadership: Lee vs. Grant and Jackson vs. Sherman
Important Details:
There is no charge to attend American Idea Workshops.
Continental breakfast and lunch included.
Useful handouts on subjects presented will be available.
Books will be available for purchase at reduced cost. MasterCard, Visa, Cash & Checks accepted.