"The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship"
Co-sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc., the National Archives, the Foundation for the National Archives, the Illinois State Society of Washington, D.C., and the generosity of individual donors; and, endorsed by the U.S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
Held at the National Archives II, College Park, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C. – Symposium Brochure
THE PRESENTATIONS
Videos courtesy of Lincoln Archives Project.
Michael Burlingame - PhD, Professor Emeritus of History, Connecticut College
Key Publication: Abraham Lincoln: A Life
Symposium Topic: "The Life of Abraham Lincoln: New Findings, Fresh Perspectives"
Burlingame describes how he discovered new
information in various sources for his two volume Abraham Lincoln:
A Life (2008). Burlingame also cites specific examples
from the biodgraphy.
Ari Hoogenboom - PhD, Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Key Publication: Gustavus Vasa Fox of the U.S. Navy: A Biography
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln's Fox: A Companion in Time of Crisis"
This presentation covers the strong friendship between President
Lincoln and the knowledgeable and optimistic Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, Fox, a raconteur par excellence.
Lewis Lehrman - Chairman, The Lincoln Institute
Co-founder, Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History and the Lincoln & Soldiers Institute, which annually awards the Lincoln Prize.
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln at the Turning Point: From Peoria to the Presidency"
Lehrman describes how Lincoln's anti-slavery speech at Peoria
on October 16, 1854, influenced the next decade of Lincoln's life
and the nation's
future.
Russell McClintock - PhD, History Teacher, St. John's High School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Key Publication: Lincoln and the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession, based on McClintock's Nicolay-Hay Award-winning dissertation.
Symposium Topic: "Lincoln, the North, and Secession
"
McClintock recounts
Lincoln’s controversial decision to risk war rather than permit
secession within the larger context of Northern attitudes and actions
during the secession winter.
James Oakes - PhD, Professor of U.S. History, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Key Publication: The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics ~ Winner: 2008 Lincoln Prize
Symposium Topic: "Becoming Lincoln: Making of an Emancipationist"
Oakes discusses how Lincoln "grew," not only in the
presidency but long before, on a path from mainstream Whig to wartime
emancipationist, while retaining, importantly, some conservative
views.