A few weeks ago I was contacted by Prof. Gregory Pfitzer, who is currently teaching a course in American Studies at Skidmore College. His students are examining various aspects of Civil War memory and as part of their reading Prof. Pfitzer assigned one of my blog posts on the recent controversy surrounding the SCV’s Davis-Limber statue that was supposed to be placed on the grounds at the Tredegar Ironworks in Richmond. I agreed to respond to their comments. I did my best to respond to every student and on more than one occasion the give and take resulted in lengthy threads. The students’ comments were incredibly thoughtful and forced me to rethink some of my own assumptions about this story. [Skidmore comments begin with #17 on March 11]
Prof. Pfitzer and I decided to follow up the assignment with a Skype interview, which we thought would give students a chance to ask further questions about the subject or anything else on their minds about Civil War Memory.
Untitled from Kevin Levin on Vimeo.
Hey I recognize those people!
Thanks so much for all of this!
You are very welcome, Adam. It was a real treat having the opportunity to meet all of you.
That was really great. Those kids are terrific & you looked like you were enjoying yourself.
Back in 2005 I had zero expectations in terms of who would find the blog interesting and how many. It’s incredibly gratifying to know that the blog is being read and used in so many college-level courses. I had a wonderful time yesterday.