Public Lecture
| Date 日期: | 09 Apr 2015 | |
| Time 時間: | 6:30pm - 8:00pm | |
| Venue 地點: | KKLG109, LG1/F, K.K. Leung Building, HKU | |
| Medium 語言: | English | |
| Speaker(s) 講師: | Mr. William Meacham |
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| Summary 內容: | Exactly 150 years ago, on 9 April 1865, the American Civil War, which determined the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy, effectively ended with the surrender of the main Southern army in Virginia. This war is considered to be the last of ‘traditional’ warfare. It remains the deadliest war in American history. The speaker will present research on the Southerners’ perspective: Was the South doomed from the beginning? What motivated Southerners from all economic classes to go to war? Why did they continue fighting for so long? He will also talk about his search for a Confederate burial ground in Kentucky. Registration: For HKU students and staff: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=36164 For public: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=36165 |
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| Bio of Speaker(s) 講者簡介: | Mr. William Meacham was Hon. Research Fellow at the Centre of Asian Studies, HKU, 1980-2012, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society 1985-96. He directed 23 major excavations in Hong Kong and Macau, including the 12-month salvage excavation on Chek Lap Kok. His book The Archaeology of Hong Kong was published in 2009 by HKU Press. He has researched the Kentucky Confederate site since 2003, conducting an excavation there in 2014, and recently published a lengthy study of measles epidemics among Civil War soldiers. |
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