The Perils of Great Men, Business, Ideology, and Questions about Capitalism – Professor Matthew Warshauer, Central Connecticut State University

This program is sponsored by Nancy and Bill Brautigam. The moderator is Max Gabrielson. Online registration is required in order to receive the Zoom invitation link which will be sent out early on the day of the program.

This program is being virtually hosted by Wilton Library. No charge to attend, but a $10 donation is suggested. For this final lecture, Wilton Library and Wilton Historical Society are sharing the proceeds. Click here to donate.

Dr. Warshauer received his B.A. in history from Central Connecticut State University in 1990. He completed his M.A. (1993) and Ph.D.(1997) in American Studies at Saint Louis University. He joined the faculty at CCSU in the fall of 1997 and served as editor of Connecticut History from 2003 to 2011. In 2007 Dr. Warshauer won the Connecticut State University Trustees Research Award and in 2012 he was awarded the Kidger Award for Inspiring Scholarship and Teaching by the New England History Teachers Association. In 2015 he received a Connecticut Preservation Trust Award for saving and relocating an important Civil War monument (the Forlorn Soldier) to the State Capitol and in that same year was recognized by both the governor and the General Assembly for his efforts on behalf of Connecticut in commemorating the 150th anniversary of the state's role in the Civil War. Dr. Warshauer's book publications include: Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law; Andrew Jackson in Context; Connecticut in the American Civil War; and Inside Connecticut and the Civil War: Essays on One State's Struggles.