The Advocates with Dr. Anne Sarah Rubin talks about ”Lincoln and the New Republicans- February 14, 2016

Anne Sarah Rubin is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for Digital History and Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  She received her AB from Princeton University and her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia.  Her study of the place of Sherman's March in American culture and history, entitled Through the Heart of Dixie:  Sherman's March in American Memory was published in September 2014 by UNC Press.  The project also has a multimedia component, which can be found at http://www.shermansmarch.org. 

Dr. Rubin's first book, A Shattered Nation:  The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy (UNC, 2005), received the 2006 Avery O. Craven Award from the Organization of American Historians, for the most original book on the Civil War era.  She was a co-author of the award-winning Valley of the Shadow, an interactive history of the Civil War in two communities.  She has also published numerous essays and journal articles.Dr. Rubin was President of the Society of Civil War Historians from 2012-2014 and is a member of its Advisory Board.  She is also a member of the Southern Association of Woman Historians Executive Committee, and has been on the Maryland State Archives Legacy of Slavery Project Advisory Board and the Editorial Board of Civil War History.    She is an OAH Distinguished Lecturer (2011-2017). Her personal website can be found at http://annesarahrubin.com. Dr. Rubin last appeared on The Advocates on February 16, 2011, and we discussed “Lincoln and the Myths of Secession.”