Children And War
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009As part of both our Common Theme and our team-taught course on War and Peace, we have a special treat tomorrow night – Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Dr. James Marten, Chair of the History Department at Marquette University will be present with us through the use of telecommunications technology. Dr. Marten is the influential author and editor of many books including Children in Colonial America: Children and Youth in America, The Boy of Chancellorville and Other Civil War Stories, Childhood and Child Welfare in the Progressive Era & Muckraking, Lessons of War: The Civil War in Childern’s Magazines, The Children’s Civil War and of course the text we are using in the course – Children and War.
He will speaking about the book and about his own work on children’s lives during the Civil War. He’ll be able to provide a historian’s insight on interpreting children’s feelings, thoughts, experiences and behaviors in the past. It will be an amazing opportunity to ask about different research methodologies.
We are very excited to welcome him and would love to have you join us. We will be in IS 1034 at 5:15 pm. Please come along for an interesting evening.