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UNIVERSITY NEWS - MARCH 2004
MEDIA CONTACT: Stacia Smith
FAU Professor Appointed to Organization of American Historians Lectureship Program
BOCA RATON, FL (March 18, 2004)
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The Organization of American
Historians (OAH) has appointed Stephen Engle, professor of
history at Florida Atlantic University, to their
Distinguished Lectureship Program. Engle joins scholars from
around the country who have been recognized by OAH to be
outstanding historians and lecturers. Starting in the Fall of
2004 and continuing through 2007, Engle will be lecturing
throughout the nation on Civil War history.
Founded in 1907 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, OAH is the largest professional organization for the investigation, study and teaching of American history. It serves a membership of 11,000 college and university professors, high school teachers, students, archivists, public historians and institutional subscribers in the United States and abroad.
Engle is a professor in and chair of
the History Department at FAU in Boca Raton. His teaching
and research interests focus on the Civil War, in
particular the ethnic, military, and most recently, the
political considerations of the conflict. The author of
several books and articles, the former Fulbright Scholar to
Germany is most recently known for his work Struggle for
the Heartland (2001). Currently, he is engaged in research
for a book entitled, "Fathers' Abraham: Lincoln, His
Governors, and the Negotiations of Power," which explores
the relationship between Lincoln and the northern war
governors during the Civil War.
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