Abraham Lincoln Institute
& Co-Sponsor
Illinois State Society of Washington, D.C.
Presented
Sixteenth Annual Symposium - March 23, 2013
"The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship"
Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
The 2013 Symposium was held at the National Archives II, College Park, Maryland,
outside Washington, D.C.
THE PRESENTATIONS
William C. Harris - Professor of History Emeritus, North Carolina State University
Symposium Topic:
"Lincoln and the Union Governors Revisited"
Martin P. Johnson - Assistant Professor of History, Miami University-Hamilton
Symposium Topic:
"Solving the Mysteries of the Gettysburg Address"
Mark E. Neely, Jr. - McCabe-Greer Professor in the American Civil War Era, Penn State University
Symposium Topic:
"Lincoln and the Triumph of Nation "
James Oakes - Professor of History, City University of New York
Symposium Topic:
"The Emancipation Proclamation: Myths and Realities"
Mark Reinhart - Author of Abraham Lincoln on Screen: Fictional and Documentary Portrayals on Film and Television
Symposium Topic:
"Spielberg and the Century Before: The History of Lincoln Screen Works"