Charles Irons

Biography

At Elon, Irons teaches courses on US history, including upper division courses on slavery, the Civil War, and religion. He also teaches the research methods course for majors and has taught comparative nationalism (Italy and the United States) as a COR capstone. His research is on the nineteenth-century South, with a particular emphasis on religious history.

Research Interest

America's Civil War, North American Slavery, Research Methods, Senior Seminars (Nineteenth-Century South and Belief and Unbelief in US History), Honors Seminar (History of Religion in the US), Global Experience, Comparative Nationalisms.