BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6089-d37b49b1061f0722435e98edaf1f6480@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260608T222212Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T190000 SUMMARY:The 2019 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series with Dr. L orien Foote DESCRIPTION:The 2019 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Serie s will take place on \;Oct. 24&ndash\;26 in Paterno Library&rsquo\;s Foster Auditorium. Dr. Lorien Foote\, Patricia &\; Bookman Peters Pr ofessor in History at Texas A&\;M University\, \;will deliver thr ee lectures on \;&ldquo\;Civilization and Savagery in the American C ivil War: Retaliation and the Conduct of Campaigns&rdquo\; during the se ries\, which are all free and open to the public. This lecture series is sponsored by the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn S tate\, through the generosity of an endowment by Steven and Janice Brose .\n\nEvery military campaign of the American Civil War included a ritual of retaliation. In these incidents\, a commander charged his opponent w ith violating the customs of civilized warfare among western nations. Th e commander stated that if he did not receive a satisfactory response to his charge\, he would retaliate\, often threatening to execute \;pr isoners of war that had been set aside for the purpose. During these neg otiations\, military commanders and the Lincoln and Davis administration s drew the lines that they believed should not be crossed in civilized w arfare. Retaliation shaped how the Union and the Confederacy conducted t heir military campaigns\, yet there has been no scholarly study \;of the practice. The Brose Lectures will use the rituals of retaliation to help the audience understand the cultural construct of &ldquo\;civiliza tion&rdquo\; \;in the 19th century \;and its relationship to mil itary practice in the Civil War.\n\nThe 2019 Steven and Janice Brose Dis tinguished Lecture Series schedule is as follows:\n\n 6:00 p.m. \;on Thursday\, Oct. 24: \;&ldquo\;&lsquo\;The Sternest Feature of War&r squo\;: The Ritual of Retaliation&rdquo\;\n 6:00 p.m. on \;Friday\, Oct. 25: \;&ldquo\;Barbarians in a Civilized War: Retaliation and Se rvile Insurrection&rdquo\;\n 4:00 p.m. \;on Saturday\, Oct. 26:  \;&ldquo\;&lsquo\;Present Difficulty and Future Danger&rsquo\;: Retaliat ion and Free Black POWs&rdquo\;\n\nDr. Foote is the author of four \ ;books \;on the American Civil War and \;numerous articles and e ssays. Her books include \;The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoner s and the Collapse of the Confederacy \;(2016)\, which was a 2017 Ch oice Outstanding Academic Title\, and \;The Gentlemen and the Roughs : Manhood\, Honor\, and Violence in the Union Army \;(2010)\, which was a finalist and Honorable Mention for the 2011 Lincoln Prize. \;& nbsp\;Her digital humanities project\, \;which is mapping the escape and movement of 3\,000 Federal POWs\, can be explored online. She is al so the co-editor\, along with Earl J. Hess\, of the forthcoming \;Ox ford Handbook of the Civil War. \; \;\n\nFor more details: https ://events.la.psu.edu/event/the_2019_steven_and_janice_brose_distinguishe d_lecture_series_with_dr_lorien_foote/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 2019 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series will ta ke place on Oct. 24–26 in Paterno Library’s Foster Audi torium. Dr. Lorien Foote, Patricia & Bookman Peters Professor in His tory at Texas A&M University, will deliver three lectures on&nb sp;“Civilization and Savagery in the American Civil War: Retaliati on and the Conduct of Campaigns” during the series, which are all free and open to the public. This lecture series is sponsored by the Geo rge and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State, through the gen erosity of an endowment by Steven and Janice Brose.

Every military campaign of the American Civil War included a ritual of retaliation. In these incidents, a commander charged his opponent wi th violating the customs of civilized warfare among western nations. The commander stated that if he did not receive a satisfactory response to his charge, he would retaliate, often threatening to execute prison ers of war that had been set aside for the purpose. During these negotia tions, military commanders and the Lincoln and Davis administrations dre w the lines that they believed should not be crossed in civilized warfar e. Retaliation shaped how the Union and the Confederacy conducted their military campaigns, yet there has been no scholarly study of the pr actice. The Brose Lectures will use the rituals of retaliation to help t he audience understand the cultural construct of “civilization&rdq uo; in the 19th century and its relationship to mil itary practice in the Civil War.

The 2019 Steve n and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series schedule is as follows:< /p>

Dr. Foote is the author of four&nbs p;books on the American Civil War and numerous articles and es says. Her books include The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisone rs and the Collapse of the Confederacy (2016), which was a 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title, and The Gentlemen and the Ro ughs: Manhood, Honor, and Violence in the Union Army (2010), wh ich was a finalist and Honorable Mention for the 2011 Lincoln Prize.&nbs p; Her digital humanities project, which is mapping the escape and movement of 3,000 Federal POWs, can be explored online. She is also the co-editor, along with Earl J. Hess, of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Civil War.  

For more detail s: https://events. la.psu.edu/event/the_2019_steven_and_janice_brose_distinguished_lecture_ series_with_dr_lorien_foote/

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