U.S. Civil War scholars from across the nation are speaking at Vanderbilt University spring 2011 on a variety of themes, including the war's impact on Nashville, during a series of public lectures. The talks, sponsored by the university's College of Arts and Science, take place during the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War and the presidential inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. The lectures are in conjunction with an interdisciplinary undergraduate course on the Civil War co-taught by Richard Blackett, the Andrew Jackson Professor of History, and Michael Kreyling, the Gertrude Conway Vanderbilt Professor of English.