Society of Civil War Historians
Established: 1985. Membership: 600. Annual dues: $30 student; $65 regular; $100 sustaining; $130 institutional; $500 life; $1,000 founder.
Statement of Purpose: The Society of Civil War Historians (SCWH) is an association of scholars dedicated to exploring slavery, the sectional crisis, Civil War, emancipation, and reconstruction roughly from the 1830s through 1880.
Annual Meeting: June in even-numbered years
Publication: Journal of the Civil War Era, quarterly
Website: https://sites.psu.edu/scwhistorians/
Address
Society of Civil War Historians
George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center
Penn State Univ., 108 Weaver Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802-5500
Primary Contact: Barby Singer, RichardsCenter@psu.edu
Officers
President
Daniel E. Sutherland
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville
E-mail: dsutherl@uark.edu
President-elect
Nina Silber
Boston Univ.
E-mail: nsilber@bu.edu
Past President
Caroline E. Janney
Purdue Univ.
E-mail: cjanney@purdue.edu
Secretary-Treasurer
Stephen D. Engle
Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton
E-mail: engle@fau.edu
Editor, Journal of the Civil War Era
Judith Ann Giesberg
Villanova Univ.
E-mail: judith.giesberg@villanova.edu