Elizabeth R. Varon

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Elizabeth R. Varon is a Professor for History in the University of Virginia with 35 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2003 Speech as an Assistant Professor for History in the Wellesley College. The year with the most videos was 2015 with six videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2011 with an average of 2,332 views per program. Most appearances with Gary W. Gallagher (8), Caroline E. Janney (6), Harold Holzer (3). Most common tags: Civil War, African American History, Lincoln, Abraham.

Appearances by Title:c. June 1, 2010 - Present Professor, History, University of Virginia

Videos: 28 Author

Videos: 4 c. January 1, 2008 - Present Professor, History Department, Temple University

Videos: 2 c. January 1, 2000 - Present Assistant Professor, History, Wellesley College

Videos: 1

Recent Appearances

March 23, 2023
Southern Unionism During the Civil War

In the 1860s, not everyone in the South supported the Confederacy. Authors Brian Neumann and Clayton Butler talked about…
April 19, 2021
2021 Lincoln Prize

The 2021 Lincoln Prize, for “the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or a subject…
April 13, 2021
Lives of Civil War African American Soldiers

Elizabeth Varon and William Kurtz of the University of Virginia’s Nau Center for Civil War History discussed their digital project…
June 14, 2020
Armies of Deliverance

University of Virginia History Professor Elizabeth Varon argued that during the Civil War the North was motivated to…