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6_01 AnneMarie Brosnan - A Contested Terrain
Episode 1
Monday, 24 November, 2025

Dr AnneMarie Brosnan, Associate Professor in the History of Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick joins Oliver Mumford to discuss her latest book: A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople’s Education in North Carolina During the Civil War, examining the education experiences of Black North Carolinians through the American Civil War and Reconstruction period. The episode will discuss Dr Brosnan’s research into the diverse motivations, forces and experiences that drove educational efforts amongst freedpeople in a period of great change in the United States of America.