MDP was at the Overby Center tonight recording Professor Gary Gallagher’s lecture on the Civil War in Hollywood. The presentation, sponsored by the UM Center for Civil War Research, addressed the main interpretations of the Civil War as depicted in motion pictures.
Dr. Neff on Memory and the Civil War
University of Mississippi History Professor John Neff recently delivered his 2009 Humanities Teacher of the Year address, “Our Hearts Were Touched with Fire: The Memory of the Civil War.” Media and Documentary Projects was there to record the very timely Lecture. Dr. Neff is the founding director of the UM Center for Civil War Research. Edited by MDP graduate intern Xaris Martinez.