Local Americanists: Sarah Sillin
Local Americanists: Sarah Sillin
UMD Alum Sarah Sillin shares the page proofs of an essay on Civil War cartoons, “Laughing at ‘Young Bull’: American Authority in Civil War Cartoons." Sarah Sillin, an assistant professor at Central Washington University, got her PhD at UMD in 2013, taught as a visiting assistant prof at Gettysburg College, and is now in her 2nd year at Central Washington U on the tenure track. She's published widely in 19th- and 20th-century American literary studies, and has developed an expertise in graphic arts and comics. For our Zoom Works-in-Progress version of Local Americanists, she will be sharing the page proofs of an essay on Civil War cartoons, “Laughing at ‘Young Bull’: American Authority in Civil War Cartoons,” which is forthcoming in J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists.
For the Zoom link, access to the paper, to set up AI captioning, and additional information contact Local Americanists Lecture Series Chair Robert Levine (rlevine@umd.edu).
Sponsored by the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies and the Stringer Fund.
Image credit: A Manuscript Map of Maryland, circa 1677. Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland. Call number: MD Map Collection: MD/VA 034. Circa 1677.