Jonathan W. White is associate professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is author or editor of nine books and more than one hundred articles, essays and reviews about the Civil War. His earlier book, Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln, was named a best book of 2014 by Civil War Monitor, was a finalist for both the Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize and the Jefferson Davis Prize, and won the Abraham Lincoln Institute's 2015 book prize. Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War was named a best book of 2017 by Civil War Monitor. His most recent book, "Our Little Monitor": The Greatest Invention of the Civil War, co-authored with Anna Gibson Holloway, was a finalist for the Indie Book Awards and honorable mention for the John Lyman Book Award. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, and serves on the Boards of Directors of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, the Abraham Lincoln Association, and the Lincoln Forum. He also serves on the Board of Advisors of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia, the Ford’s Theatre Advisory Council, and the editorial board of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. In 2017, C-SPAN invited him to participate in its survey of presidential leadership, and in 2019 he won the Outstanding Faculty Award of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
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As President of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, Jonathan White delivered these introductory remarks at Ford's Theatre in March 2018, reflecting on the intertwined legacies of Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela. |
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Learn about how the USS Monitor changed the experience of being a sailor during the Civil War. This short film is based on "Our Little Monitor": The Greatest Invention of the Civil War, by Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White (Kent State University Press, 2018). |
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Learn about the USS Monitor's relationship with alcohol over the last century and a half. |
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In 2016, Jonathan White was awarded Christopher Newport University's Alumni Society Award for Teaching and Mentoring, the highest faculty award given by the university. As part of the award, he was invited to deliver the keynote address at the 2017 Honors Convocation, before an audience of about 1,800 people, including faculty, students graduating with Latin Honors, and their families. He entitled his address "Freedom for the Opinions We Loathe" and received an extended standing ovation at the close of his remarks. |
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This humorous promotional video shows political leaders of both major parties endorsing Jonathan White's recent book Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). |
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