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ACHS Annual Membership Meeting w/Edward Ayers

Edward Ayers has been named National Professor of the Year,
received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama at the White House, won the Bancroft, Beveridge, and Lincoln prizes in American history, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, served as president of the Organization of American Historians, and worked as the founding chair of the board of the American Civil War Museum. He is executive director of New American History, dedicated to sharing innovative work in words, maps, audio, and video with broad audiences and the nation’s schools. He is Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus at the University of Richmond as well as former Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia. Dr. Ayers will discuss how "All History is Local."

Jan 19, 2021 07:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)