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:6079-d5f2e401e99c8f15ac256fded1e11f34@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260611T004958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191025T190000 SUMMARY:The 2019 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series with Dr. L orien Foote DESCRIPTION:\nThe 2019 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Ser ies will take place on \;Oct. 24&ndash\;26 in Paterno Library&rsquo\ ;s Foster Auditorium. Dr. Lorien Foote\, Patricia &\; Bookman Peters Professor in History at Texas A&\;M University\, \;will deliver t hree lectures on \;&ldquo\;Civilization and Savagery in the American Civil War: Retaliation and the Conduct of Campaigns&rdquo\; during the series\, 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 State\, through the generosity of an endowment by Steven and Janice Bro se.\n\nEvery military campaign of the American Civil War included a ritu al of retaliation. In these incidents\, a commander charged his opponent with 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 \; prisoners of war that had been set aside for the purpose. During these n egotiations\, military commanders and the Lincoln and Davis administrati ons drew the lines that they believed should not be crossed in civilized warfare. Retaliation shaped how the Union and the Confederacy conducted their 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\;civili zation&rdquo\; \;in the 19th \;century \;and its relationshi p to military practice in the Civil War.\n\nThe 2019 Steven and Janice B rose Distinguished Lecture Series schedule is as follows:\n\n 6:00 p.m.& nbsp\;on Thursday\, Oct. 24: \;&ldquo\;&lsquo\;The Sternest Feature of War&rsquo\;: The Ritual of Retaliation&rdquo\;\n 6:00 p.m. on \;F riday\, Oct. 25: \;&ldquo\;Barbarians in a Civilized War: Retaliatio n and Servile Insurrection&rdquo\;\n 4:00 p.m. \;on Saturday\, Oct. 26: \;&ldquo\;&lsquo\;Present Difficulty and Future Danger&rsquo\;: Retaliation and Free Black POWs&rdquo\;\n\nDr. Foote \;is the author of four \;books \;on the American Civil War and \;numerous articles and essays. Her books include \;The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy \;(2016)\, which was a 2017 Choice 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. \; \;Her digital humanities project\, \;which is mapp ing the escape and movement of 3\,000 Federal POWs\, can be explored&nbs p\;online. She is also the co-editor\, along with Earl J. Hess\, of the forthcoming \;Oxford Handbook of the Civil War. \; \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/the_2019_steven_and_janic e_brose_distinguished_lecture_series_with_dr_lorien_foote_3454/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 2019 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series will take place on O ct. 24–26 in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium. Dr. Lorien Foote, Patricia & Bookman Peters Professor in History at Texas A&am p;M University, will deliver three lectures on “Civiliza tion and Savagery in the American Civil War: Retaliation and the Conduct of Campaigns” during the series, which are all free and open to t he public. This lecture series is sponsored by the George and Ann Richar ds Civil War Era Center at Penn State, through the generosity of an endo wment by Steven and Janice Brose.

Every military campaign of the A merican Civil War included a ritual of retaliation. In these incidents, a commander charged his opponent with 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 prisoners of war that had been set aside fo r the purpose. During these negotiations, military commanders and the Li ncoln and Davis administrations drew the lines that they believed should not be crossed in civilized warfare. Retaliation shaped how the Union a nd the Confederacy conducted their military campaigns, yet there has bee n no scholarly study of the practice. The Brose Lectures will use t he rituals of retaliation to help the audience understand the cultural c onstruct of “civilization” in the 19th  century and its relationship to military practice in the Civil War.

The 2019 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series sch edule is as follows:

Dr. Foote is the author of f our books on the American Civil War and numerous articles and essays. Her books include The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy (2016), which was a 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title, and The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Manhood, Honor, and Violence in the Union Army (20 10), which was a finalist and Honorable Mention for the 2011 Lincoln Pri ze.  Her digital humanities project, which is mapping the escape and movement of 3,000 Federal POWs, can be explored online< /b>. She is also the co-editor, along with Earl J. Hess, of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Civil War.  

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/the_2019_steven_and_janice_bros e_distinguished_lecture_series_with_dr_lorien_foote_3454/

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