How Union victory in the American Civil War inspired democratic reforms, revolutions, and emancipation movements in Europe and the Americas.
The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World highlights the overlooked connection between the Reconstruction era in the United States and the radical transformations in Europe during the late nineteenth century. From the end of slavery in Spain’s Caribbean colonies to the end of Napoleon III’s reign in France, Don Doyle illuminates how American political changes have never occurred in a vacuum.
This event will be moderated by political scientist Denis Lacorne.
About the speakers:
Don H. Doyle is a retired professor of history who has taught at the University of South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and as a Fulbright professor in Rome, Genoa, and Rio de Janeiro. He has authored many books, among them The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War and The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World. He lives in Folly Beach, South Carolina.
Denis Lacorne is a French political scientist. He is Director of Research Emeritus at the Centre de recherches internationales (CERI, Sciences Po). A specialist in the United States, his research focuses on American elections, the construction of national identities, multiculturalism, and the politics of tolerance and secularism from a comparative perspective.
Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room), the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions.