19th Century Historians

History of the Symposium

History of the Symposeum

History of the Symposeum

Announcement of 2025 Elections for the Board of the Society of Nineteenth Century Historians

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Registration for the 2025 Sachsman Symposium Now Open

 

The Society of Nineteenth Century Historians invites you to register for the 33rd Annual Sachsman Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press set for the campus of Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia, November 13-15, 2025.

The conference schedule includes three days of outstanding scholarly presentations and panel discussions covering a wide variety of topics. In addition, Dr. Angela M. Zombek, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Civil War Era at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will present the Hazel Dicken-Garcia Lecture further enhancing the Symposium experience.

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Society Announces Sachsman Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press

The Thirty-Second Annual Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression recently concluded on the Augusta University campus highlighted by the Society of Nineteenth Century Historians dedicating the conference in honor of its founder and tireless advocate, the late Dr. David Sachsman. Henceforth, the conference shall be known as the Sachsman Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press, a fitting tribute to an outstanding scholar and mentor.

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A Community of Scholars for More than Three Decades

In November 1993, a steering committee of journalism historians met in Chattanooga to organize what has evolved into an annual meeting. The 1993 group included (from the left on the back row) David Mindich, New York University; Dwight Teeter, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Ed Caudill, UT Knoxville; David Sachsman, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Lloyd Chaisson, Nichols State University; Don Reynolds, East Texas State University; Kit Rushing, UT Chattanooga; Edd Applegate, Middle Tennessee State University; Gene Wiggins, University of Southern Mississippi; Bob Dardenne, University of South Florida; Jim Ogden, United States Park Service; Joe Trahan, UT Chattanooga.

Also attending the 1993 meeting, but not on the field trip to Lookout Mountain where this photograph was taken, were Barbara Straus Reed, Rutgers University; and Leonard Ray Teel, Georgia State University.

Announcement of 2025 Elections for the Board of the Society of Nineteenth Century Historians

Please follow the link below to learn more!

CLICK HERE

Registration for the 2025 Sachsman Symposium Now Open

 

The Society of Nineteenth Century Historians invites you to register for the 33rd Annual Sachsman Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press set for the campus of Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia, November 13-15, 2025.

The conference schedule includes three days of outstanding scholarly presentations and panel discussions covering a wide variety of topics. In addition, Dr. Angela M. Zombek, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Civil War Era at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will present the Hazel Dicken-Garcia Lecture further enhancing the Symposium experience.

REGISTER TODAY

Society Announces Sachsman Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press

The Thirty-Second Annual Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression recently concluded on the Augusta University campus highlighted by the Society of Nineteenth Century Historians dedicating the conference in honor of its founder and tireless advocate, the late Dr. David Sachsman. Henceforth, the conference shall be known as the Sachsman Symposium on the Nineteenth Century Press, a fitting tribute to an outstanding scholar and mentor.

Here are some other highlights!