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Jonathan Harris

Silent Sam: A Personal Experience

By Jonathan Harris

Editor’s Note: During the height of the Silent Sam protests in the Summer of 2017, Jonathan Harris went to the statue and talked with the people wishing to tear down the monument. This is his… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Jonathan Harris
  • Political Correctness
  • Silent Sam

Why Aren’t Americans Interested in History?

By Jonathan Harris

The study of history cannot be neatly contained behind the tall foreboding doors of an ivory tower nor swept under the rugs of dusty corner offices housing stacks of paper. It bleeds into other fields… »

  • Jonathan Harris
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern History

On Remaining Humble in Modern Academia

By Jonathan Harris

After reading Richard Weaver’s monumental work Ideas Have Consequences last semester I was struck with one characterization of the “ideal man” that has since been shaping the way I look at my own academic future.… »

  • Clyde Wilson
  • Jonathan Harris
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Education

When Historians Lie

By Jonathan Harris

Eminent historian Dr. Clyde Wilson in one of his many books on American history expresses this sentiment about the “old-style history:” History is not an expression of abstract laws, or the record of progress. It… »

  • Clyde Wilson
  • Jonathan Harris
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern History
  • Southern Religion

Jewish Confederates

By Jonathan Harris

The Jewish people have endured much throughout their long history, yet have always continued to hold on to their religious and cultural identity. Finding a safe harbor from persecution was perhaps the main justification for… »

  • Jonathan Harris
  • Southern Jews
  • War for Southern Independence

The Antebellum South in the Reformation Tradition

By Jonathan Harris

On October 31, while many parents whisk their little ones from house to house in the pursuit of temporal tasty treats, a large portion of Christendom will be observing the 500th anniversary of the Protestant… »

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  • 2020 Scholars Conference: Who Owns America?
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  • 2018 Scholars Conference: Attacking Confederate Monuments and its Meaning for America
  • 2017 Summer School: On Being Southern in an Age of Radicalism
  • 2016 Scholars Conference: Nullification: A 21st Century Remedy
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  • 2012 Scholars Conference: The War Between the States: Other Voices Other Views
  • 2012 Summer School: The Greatness of Southern Literature III
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  • 2005 Summer School: Re-Thinking Lincoln: The Man, The Myth, The Symbol, The Legacy
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