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COURSES FALL 2007

Histart 192F.1

UG SEMINAR: The American Civil War: Slaves, Soldiers and New Technologies (4 UNITS) Mondays 12:00-3:00 425 Doe, CCN 05589 Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby

This seminar will examine visual representation during the American Civil War, focusing especially on slaves and soldiers. We will also be concerned with prominence of reproductive media such as the illustrated press and photography. Case studies include illutrations by Winslow Homer and Thomas Nast; the famous photographs of war and battlefield by Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner; the widespread use of photographic portraiture; the cartes-de-visite of ex-slave and orator Sojourner Truth; the Republican and Confederate designs for stamps and paper money; the early Civil War paintings by Winslow Homer and, finally, the public sculptures that subsequently memorialized the war. We will read many primary sources including narratives by ex-slaves and soldiers and the criticism of Oliver Wendell Holmes. This seminar is offered in conjunction with UCB’s  On the Same Page Program featuring Garry Will’s book Lincoln at Gettysburg.

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