I regularly give talks to university and public audiences about the American Civil War, U.S. western history, American popular culture, and other topics.
Speaking Schedule: 2020
- June 25: Filson Historical Society (Louisville, Ky.)
- June 12-15: Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College
- May 9: Pikes Peak Region History Lecture, Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
- March 25: Central Massachusetts Civil War Roundtable (Worcester, Mass.)
- March 24: New Bedford (Mass.) Civil War Roundtable
- March 20: Keynote Address, Virginia Tech Graduate Conference
- February 27: Annaley Naegle Redd Lecture, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
- February 14: General Lander Civil War Roundtable (Lynn, Mass.)
- February 7: Featured Speaker, Lincoln Dinner, Union Club (Boston, Mass.)
Speaking Schedule: 2019
- November 9: History in the Headlines Panel, Southern Historical Association Meeting, Louisville
- October 18: South Meets West Panel, Western History Association Meeting, Las Vegas
- October 12: Writing the West Breakfast, Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Meeting, Denver
Filmed Lectures (American History TV, C-SPAN3) and Interviews:
- Native Americans in the Civil War (Western History Association Meeting, October 2018)
- “Harvard Sexism and ‘Locker Room Talk,'” The Take with Sue O’Connell (New England Cable News, November 9, 2016)
- Battle Logs: Visualizing the Destruction of Forests in the American Civil War (ALA 2015, San Francisco)
- Looking at Landscapes of War: The Ruins of Columbia, S.C. (February 2015)
- Ruins of Revenge: The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (June 2014)
- Guerrilla Warfare during the Civil War (October 2013). Virginians, be warned: I mispronounce “Mosby” throughout. My apologies.
- Images of the Dead at Antietam (June 2012)
Radio and Podcast Interviews:
- Talking with Ed O’Donnell about Mercy Street, In the Past Lane (2016)
- Interview with Liz Covart, Ben Franklin’s World (2016)
- Interview with Al Zambone, Historically Thinking (2015)
- Interview with David Silkenat, American History Untucked (2014)
- Interview with Gerald Prokopowicz, Civil War Talk Radio (2013)
- “The Sleeve Makes the Man,” interview with Ed Ayers, BackStory with the American History Guys (2012)