Dr. Ian Isherwood

Director of the Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College

Ian Isherwood is a historian and educator specializing in war and memory. He serves as Director of Gettysburg College’s Civil War Institute, where he leads scholarship, programming, and public engagement on the history of the Civil War era. Ian is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the International Society for First World War Studies, and a member of the Society for Military History. In 2022–23, he was the Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military History at the United States Army War College. Prior to his appointment at the Civil War Institute, Ian was Associate Professor of War & Memory Studies at Gettysburg College.

Select Publications

• The Battalion: Citizen Soldiers at War on the Western Front
• Remembering the Great War: Publishing the Experiences of WWI
• Serpents of War: An American Officer’s Story of World War I Combat and Captivity

Featured Content

• Video: Ike at Gettysburg – A Conversation with Susan Eisenhower
• Video: Serpents of War: An American Officer’s Story of Combat and Captivity