Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc.
Eighth Annual Symposium - March 12, 2005
"The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship"
Co-sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc., and the
Smithsonian
The 2005 Symposium was held at the National Archives
II, College Park, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C.
THE PRESENTATIONS
Videos courtesy of Lincoln Archives Project.
Professor Joseph R. Fornieri – Rochester Institute of Technology
Publications: Abraham Lincoln's Political Faith (2003)
The Language of Liberty: The Political Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (2004)
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln, Law, Prudence and Morality"
Author Harold Holzer – Senior Vice President, External Affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publications: Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech that made Abraham Lincoln President (2004)
The Language of Liberty: The Political Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (2004)
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln and the Cooper Union Address"
Professor Elizabeth D. Leonard – Chair, Colby College History Department
Publications: Lincoln's Avengers: Justice, Revenge, and Reunion after the Civil War (2004)
All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies (2004)
Symposium Topic: "Joseph Holt and Abraham Lincoln"
Professor Phillip Shaw Paludan – Lynn Distinguished Chair of Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield
Publications: The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, Winner 1995 Lincoln Prize
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln and Democracy"
Professor Matthew Pinsker – Dickinson College
Publications: Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldier's Home (2003)
Symposium Topic: "The Private President: New Insights from the Old Soldiers’ Home"
Fifth Annual Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize Presentation
Eighth Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award Prize Presentation