News

  • The Society of Civil War Historians fall luncheon will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans, Saturday, October 11, 2008. (registration form and additional information)

  • The Society of Civil War Historians hosted its first biennial conference on June 15 through 17, 2008, at The Union League in Philadelphia. More than eighty people participated in twenty sessions, with the number of people attending totaling over one hundred and fifty.

  • The next SCWH conference will be hosted by the University of Richmond in 2010.

Welcome

The Society of Civil War Historians (SCWH) is an association of scholars dedicated to exploring slavery, the sectional crisis, Civil War, emancipation, and reconstruction roughly from the 1830s through 1880.  The society also looks at the legacies of the conflict that continue to have an impact on society today.  SCWH’s mission is to encourage scholarly activity and academic exchange among historians, graduate students, and professionals who interpret history in museums, national parks, archives, and other public facilities.  SCWH’s goal is to bring greater coherence to the historical field by encouraging the integration of social, military, political, and other forms of history and generally to promote the study of the Civil War era.