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The CWI engages with Gettysburg College students and general audiences in a dialogue about Civil War history.

The Civil War Institute engages with Gettysburg College students, general audiences, graduate students, and scholars in a dialogue about Civil War history through an interdisciplinary approach dedicated to public interpretation, historic preservation, public policy, teaching, and academic research. The Civil War Institute uses its resources to educate Gettysburg College students about a range of professional careers related to the study of history. Facilitating discussion among graduate students, high school students, and teachers is particularly important to the CWI's commitment to educating Gettysburg College students. The Civil War Institute offers a unique platform where undergraduates, teachers and high school students, scholars, graduate students, historic preservationists, and public historians engage general audiences.

27/10/2026

It was a joy to celebrate the opening of two student-curated exhibitions based on the remarkable Civil War photographic collections of Ron Perisho this past weekend with a special symposium, "Memory Through Imagery, Gettysburg and Lincoln." This one day event brought together college faculty and staff involved with the exhibitions; leading historians of the Civil War and the history of photography, the student curators, Devon Szczepkowicz '26; Madeleine Ulman '26; and Michael Aaron '26; and Ron Perisho for a mix of lecture sessions about the history of Civil War photography and the amassing of this remarkable collection, a panel discussion about the experience of creating these exhibitions, and a celebratory reception in Schmucker Gallery. These unique, hands-on experiences for students are both a hallmark of a Gettysburg education and a bridge to the next step in their educational and professional journeys.

20/10/2026

This past weekend was a very busy one on campus, with alumni returning to Gettysburg for Homecoming and the official launch of We, Here, Now: The Campaign for Gettysburg College. CWI staff and students were thrilled to have so many opportunities to put our storytelling skills to good use sharing meaningful narratives about the past, present, and future of the landscape around us and the people whose actions upon it have thoughtfully responded to the diverse needs of their own present day, and the future students, faculty, and staff who will continue to do so in the next chapters of Gettysburg College's history.

20/10/2026

Students in Interim Director Jill Ogline Titus’s Introduction to Public History class experienced the joys of the first day of primary source digging for a new project today, thanks to the incredible resources in Special Collections and College Archives.

19/10/2026

Join us this Saturday for what promises to be a fantastic day of discussion and exploration of original Civil War photography! A morning gallery tour and afternoon reception and gallery viewing of the two new student-curated exhibits will bookend the symposium.

This event is free and open to the public; no reservations required. We hope to see you there!

15/10/2026

We are just a little over one month out from this year's Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture on November 19th! As the closing event of the larger America250 "Lincoln at Gettysburg: Shall Not Perish" program (November 18-19), this year's lecture promises to be an extra special one!

As large crowds are expected for this event, we strongly encourage attendees to reserve their free tickets ahead of time with the Majestic Theater!

02/10/2026

Interim Director Jill Ogline Titus spoke on her current project this week to history-minded residents of the Amblebrook community located north of Gettysburg. It was an engaging evening with a very impressive screen!

01/10/2026

The impact of summer internships lingers well beyond the end of the summer. As the leaves begin to turn, Brayden Danbury '29 will return to his internship site to give a public talk on post-Civil War memory in York County, a talk rooted in the research he conducted during his internship and the foundation he built in his First-Year Seminar on Civil War Memory with CWI Interim Director Jill Ogline Titus.

Join us October 15 for the next Lecture on the Lawn at the Historic Mifflin Farm in Wrightsville.

Brayden Danbury will present “A Look into Post-Civil War Memory in York County, Pennsylvania,” exploring how the Civil War was remembered and shaped the stories and landscapes of York County in the years that followed.

📅 Thursday, October 15
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 Historic Mifflin Farm
202 Cool Springs Road, Wrightsville
🎟️ $10 per person

Bring a lawn chair and settle in for history, conversation, and a beautiful fall evening at Mifflin Farm.

👉 Learn more and register: SusqNHA.org/events

19/09/2026

Gettysburg College at World War II Weekend! Interim Director Jill Ogline Titus’s HIST 350: Modern Black Freedom Struggle had the opportunity to visit Eisenhower National Historic Site this morning to hear Dr. Matthew Delmont discuss his book about African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad, which they just finished reading in class. And they weren’t the only Gettysburgians on site. We also had the opportunity to see several (didn’t get photos of all of them) alumni and current students playing a role in making the event a success.

18/09/2026

CWI Student Fellows and First Year Experience Program members spent the afternoon at Little Round Top with CWI Assistant Director, Dr. Ashley Luskey exploring the layers of history and memory-making surrounding Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the fight for Little Round Top. The students were given a variety of primary source accounts to sleuth through fact, myth, and memory!

17/09/2026

Prof. Ian Isherwood's First-Year Seminar, Soldiers' Tales, which is currently reading The Killer Angels, explored several spots on the battlefield this morning that feature prominently in the novel, talking about narrative development and its connections to place.

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Tuesday	08:00 - 12:00
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Wednesday	08:00 - 12:00
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Thursday	08:00 - 12:00
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Friday	08:00 - 12:00
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