Albert B. Saye Professor of History Professor Emeritus John Inscoe is the Albert B. Saye Professor of History and University Professor. He is the author of Mountain Masters: Slavery and the Sectional Crisis in Western North Carolina; Race, War, and Remembrance in the Appalachian South; Writing the Southern through the Self: Explorations in Southern Autobiography, and co-author of The Heart of Confederate Appalachia: The Civil War in Western North Carolina, and has edited or co-edited volumes on Georgia race relations, Appalachians and race in the 19th century, southern Unionists during the Civil War, Confederate nationalism and identity, produced as a tribute to Emory Thomas, and on film representations of 19th century America. He has served as the the editor of the on-line New Georgia Encyclopedia since 1999. He edited the Georgia Historical Quarterly for fifteen years and and served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Historical Association from 2000 through 2014. Research Research Areas: African American Film and History U.S. 19th & 20th Century U.S. South Race and Slavery Selected Publications Selected Publications: Olmstead, Frederick L, and John Inscoe. Selections From Frederick Law Olmsted's The Cotton Kingdom. Bedford St. Martin, 2014. Web. Inscoe, John. The Civil War In Georgia: A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion. UGA Press, 2011. Web. Inscoe, John. Writing South Through The Self: Explorations In Southern Autobiography. University of Georgia Press, 2011. Web. Inscoe, John. Race, War, And Remembrance In The Appalachian South. University Press of Kentucky, 2008. Web. Inscoe, John. Inside The Confederate Nation: Essays In Honor Of Emory M. Thomas. LSU Press, 2005. Web. Inscoe, John. Appalachians And Race:from Slavery To Segregation In The Mountain South. University Press of Kentucky, 2000. Print. Inscoe, John. The Heart Of Confederate Appalachia:western North Carolina's Civil War. UNC Press, 2000. Print. Inscoe, John. James Edward Oglethorpe:new Perspectives On His Life And Legacy. Georgia Historical Society, 1997. Print. Inscoe, John. Georgia In Black And White:explorations In The Race Relations Of A Southern State, 1865-1950. UGA Press, 1994. Web. Inscoe, John. Ulrich Bonnell Phillips:a Southern Historian And His Critics. Greenwood Press, 1990. Print. Inscoe, John. Mountain Masters:slavery And The Sectional Crisis In Western North Carolina. University of Tennessee Press, 1989. Web. Education Education: PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill, American History 1985 Other Information Of note: Lothar Tresp Award for Outstanding Honors Professor, UGA Honors Program, 2010 Leadership in History Award of Merit, AASLH, for The Civil War in Georgia, 2012 Lillian Smith Book Award, for Writing the South through the Self, 2012 Malcolm and Muriel Bell Book Award, for Writing the South through the Self, 2012 Hugh McCall Award, Georgia Association of Historians , 2012 OAH Distinguished Lecturer, Organization of American Historians, 2010-2012, 2013-2015 Governor's Award in the Humanities, 2005 Parks-Heggoy Award for Graduate Teaching, UGA History Department, 1999, 2004 Teaching Excellence Award, UGA Student Government Association, 2003, 2005 W.D. Weatherford Book Award, for Mountain Masters, 1990 Thomas Wolfe Literary Award, for Mountain Masters, 1989
