War and Memory Podcast
In the War and Memory Podcast, we interview scholars, writers, activists, and museum directors, who share their insights about how we remember war. You can click on the links below to listen to each episode.
Susan McCready sits down with Pat Cesarini, Associate Professor of English at USA to discuss Mobile's Admiral Semmes monument and public memory.
Susan McCready talks with David Messenger, War & Memory co-director and chair of History, and USA student Madison Nicholson about the historical research behind the Center's Mapping Confederate Memory exhibit. .
Frye Gaillard speaks with Jennifer Haytock, Professor of English at the College at Brockport, SUNY and author of the forthcoming Routledge Introduction to American War Literature, about American war literature across the centuries.
Historian Martin Parsons talks with guest host Steven Trout about the evacuation of British children during the Second World War. He discusses the lasting trauma suffered by the evacuees and children in later conflicts who became the "invisible casualties" of war.
Mike Bunn, Director of the Historic Blakeley State Park, near Spanish Fort, Alabama talks with guest host Steve Trout about the Civil War Battle of Blakeley, Civil War memory, and historic preservation.
Historian Douglas Bristol of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi speaks with guest host Susan McCready about integration in the US military from Truman's 1948 executive order