C-SPAN is currently running a series on First Ladies, with an episode on Elizabeth Monroe airing tonight, Monday (March 18) at 9 pm eastern time. In addition to being on the television, it will stream live on line at the C-SPAN website (www.C-SPAN.com) and will be available for viewing any time after it airs. Among the show’s interviewees is Daniel Preston, Editor of the Papers of James Monroe at UMW. He’ll be an in-studio guest on Monday.
For more information, see this link.
A class session from Associate Professor Jeffrey McClurken’s “U.S. History in Film” course will air on C-SPAN 3 on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. and midnight and on Sunday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m.
The class session, focused on the film “Gone With the Wind,” was filmed at UMW in October 2012. Jeffrey McClurken evaluates the 1939 film, examining it as a source on Southern culture during the Civil War & Reconstruction, and reflective of the Depression era in which it was created.
For more information, visit C-SPAN.
The Civil War – Before the Battle of Fredericksburg
Saturday, December 8th, 6 & 10 pm – CSPAN-3
University of Mary Washington history professor Jeffrey McClurken talks about the Civil War leading up to December 1862. He discusses the political situations in the North and South, and traces changes in the Union and Confederate commands to that point in the war. Using the words of politicians, military officers, journalists, and people living in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia during that period, Professor McClurken sets the stage for the Battle of Fredericksburg, which was fought from December 11th to the 13th, 1862.
For more on the full series, see this link. Dr. McClurken’s lecture was originally presented at the Fredericksburg Area Museum & Cultural Center (famcc.org) on October, 16th, 2012.
