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Past Symposia Participants

2007: “Lincoln and the Politics of the 1850s”

Nicole Etcheson, Ball State University, “A living, creeping lie: Abraham Lincoln on Popular Sovereignty.”

Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College, “Not Always Such a Whig: Abraham Lincoln’s Partisan Realignment in the 1850s"

Orville Vernon Burton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Lincoln Reconsidered”

Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University, Comments

2006: "The Lincoln Family"

Catherine Clinton, “Wife v. Widow: Clashing Perspectives on Mary Lincoln’s Legacy”

Daniel Mark Epstein, “The Road to Washington, 1847”

Joshua Wolf Shenk, “Lincoln’s Emotional Life”

Gerald Prokopowicz, East Carolina University, Comments

2005: “Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution”

Herman Belz, University of Maryland at College Park, “Redressing Wrongs Already Long Enough Endured: Lincoln and the Executive Power”

Phillip S. Paludan, University of Illinois at Springfield, “Lincoln and Democracy?”

Daniel A. Farber, University of California at Berkeley, “Lincoln’s Constitutional Legacy”

Sandra F. VanBurkleo, Wayne State University, Comments

2004: “Abraham Lincoln and the Party System”

Mark E. Neely, Jr., Penn State University, "Lincoln and American Political Culture Before the Civil War"

Michael Holt, University of Virginia, "A Moving Target: President Lincoln Confronts a Two-Party System Still in the Making"

Mark Voss-Hubbard, Eastern Illinois University, "'Vote Yourself a Farm': George Washington Julian and the Politics of Land Reform in the Age of Lincoln"

Graham Peck, St. Xavier University, Comments

2003: “Lincoln in Memory and Imagination.”

David Blight, Yale University, “The Problem of Slavery and the Civil War in American Memory”

Brian Dirck, Anderson University, “‘Too Vast for Malicious Dealings’: Abraham Lincoln on Hatred”

Kent Gramm, Wheaton College, “A More Perfect Tribute”

Silvana Siddali, Illinois State University, Comments

2002: "Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and Emancipation"   

Allen C. Guelzo, Eastern College, “The Lincoln Image in the African-American Mind”

Brooks Simpson, Arizona State University,  “I Could Have Whipped Them Myself”

Lerone Bennett Jr., Ebony Magazine, “Forced Into Glory”

Vibert White, University of Illinois at Springfield, Comments

2001: "Abraham Lincoln, History, and the New Millennium"

John Patrick Diggins, "Abraham Lincoln: Political Philosopher," The City University of New York

Barry Schwartz, "Lincoln at the Millennium," University of Georgia

Stewart Winger, "To the Latest Generations': Lincoln's Use of Time, History and the End Time in Historical Context," American University in Cairo

John Ashworth, University of Nottingham, Comments

2000: "Lincoln's Reputation"

Hans L. Trefousse, "Abraham Lincoln's Reputation During His Administration," Brooklyn College of The City University of New York

Bruce Tap, "Amateurs at War: Abraham Lincoln and the Committee on the Conduct of War," Grand Rapids, Michigan

Bryon C. Andreasen, "Lincoln's Religious Critics: Copperhead Christian Reactions to the President and War," Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

Round Table Discussion with Michael Burlingame, Connecticut College; Allen C. Guelzo, Eastern College; Mark S. Reinhart, Upper Arlington Library; and Thomas F. Schwartz, Illinois State Historian

1999: "Abraham Lincoln and Nationalism"

William Lee Miller, "Abraham Lincoln and the Moral Meaning of America," University of Virginia

James Rawley, "Abraham Lincoln’s Nationalism Revisited," University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Drew R. McCoy, "Lincoln, Jefferson and the Classical Tradition," Clark University

1998: "Abraham Lincoln in Community and Context" (Two Day Conference)

Richard E. Hart, "Springfield’s African Americans as a Part of the Lincoln Community," Hart, Southworth & Witsman

Lucas Morel, "Lincoln Among the Reformers: Tempering the Temperance Movement," John Brown University

Kenneth J. Winkle, "Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made Man," University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Allen C. Guelzo, "‘Come-Outers and Community Men’: Abraham Lincoln and the Idea of Community in the Antebellum Republic," Eastern College

Ronald D. Rietveld, "The Lincoln White House Community," California State University at Fullerton

Brooks D. Simpson, "Lincoln and His Political Generals," Arizona State University

1997: "Abraham Lincoln and American Law"

Paul D. Carrington, "Law as a Public Profession: A Tale of Two Lawyers," Duke University

William D. Beard, "Dalby Revisited: A New Look at the Dalby Case," Lincoln Legal Papers

Mark E. Steiner, "The Heroic Mr. Lincoln? In the Matter of Jane, A Woman of Color Reconsidered," South Texas College of Law

Panel Discussion: Lincoln Legal Papers Staff

1996: "Lincoln’s Biographers" (Two-Day Conference)

James A. Rawley, "Isaac Newton Arnold: Lincoln’s Friend and Biographer," University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Rodney O. Davis, "Lincoln’s ‘Particular Friend," and Lincoln Biography," Knox College

Michael Burlingame, "Nicolay and Hay as ‘Court’ Historians," Connecticut College

Judith Rice, "Ida Tarbell: A Progressive Look at Lincoln," Southwest Missouri State University

James Harvey Young, "Randall’s Lincoln: An Academic Scholar’s Biography," Emory University

James Hurt, "Sandburg’s Lincoln: The Theory and Practice of Biography," University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Panel Discussion: Phillip S. Paludan, University of Kansas, Kenneth J. Winkle, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Allen C. Guelzo, Eastern College, Michael Burlingame, Connecticut College, Rodney O. Davis, Knox College and James Hurt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1995: "Abraham Lincoln and American Religious Thought"

Mark Noll, "‘Both...pray to the same God’: The Singularity of Lincoln’s Theology in the Era of the Civil War," Wheaton College

Richard J. Carwardine, "Lincoln, Evangelical Religion, and American Political Culture in the Era of the Civil War," University of Sheffield

Allen C. Guelzo, "Abraham Lincoln and the Doctrine of Necessity," Eastern College

1994: "New Directions in Lincoln Studies"

Edward M. Brunner, "New Salem as a Contested Site," University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Glen W. Davidson, "Abraham Lincoln and the DNA Controversy," Doane College

James Gilreath, "Guilt, Innocence, Forensic Science, Faith and the Lincoln Forgers," Library of Congress

1993: "Abraham Lincoln and the Whig Party"

Drew R. McCoy, "Lincoln and the Founding Fathers: A Reconsideration," Clark University

Major Wilson, "Lincoln on the Perpetuation of Republican Institutions: Whig and Republican Strategies," Memphis State University

Daniel Walker Howe, "Why Abraham Lincoln Was A Whig," Oxford University

1992: "The Lincoln Image in Popular Culture"

Gabor S. Boritt, "Punch Lincoln: A Preliminary Look," Gettysburg College

Harold Holzer, "Columbia’s Noblest Sons’: Washington and Lincoln in Popular Prints," New York Economic Development Corporation

1991: "Lincoln’s Boswell: William Henry Herndon"

Charles B. Strozier, "Herndon’s Lives," The City University of New York

Douglas L. Wilson, "Herndon and His Informants," Knox College

1990: "Lincoln and Leadership"

James M. McPherson, "The Hedgehog and the Foxes: Lincoln and Some Contemporaries," Princeton University

William E. Gienapp, "Abraham Lincoln and the Border States," Harvard University

1989: "Lincoln and His Cabinet"

John Niven, "Lincoln and Chase, An Uneasy Relationship," The Claremont Graduate School

Norman B. Ferris, "Lincoln and Seward: Revisited," Middle Tennessee State University

1988: "Lincoln and Home"

Jean H. Baker, "Mary Todd Lincoln: Managing Home, Children and Husband," Goucher College

John Y. Simon, "Lincoln and Ann Rutledge," Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

1987: "Lincoln, the Law and the Constitution" (Two Day Conference)

Michael Les Benedict, "Federalism and Abraham Lincoln," Ohio State University

Herman Belz, "Political Philosophy, Constitutionalism and Abraham Lincoln," University of Maryland

Mark E. Neely, Jr. "Lincoln and Arbitrary Arrest: The Fate of Civil Liberties in Times of Total War," Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum

Phillip A. Paludan, "Lincoln and the Political/Constitutional Conversation," University of Kansas

Don E. Fehrenbacher, "Lincoln’s Wartime Leadership: The First Hundred Days," Stanford University

1986: "Lincoln and Politics"

Joel H. Silby, " 'I Have Always been a Henry Clay Whig': The Partisan Political World of Abraham Lincoln," Cornell University

Thomas F. Schwartz, "An Egregious Political Blunder: Justin Butterfield, Lincoln and Illinois Whiggery," Illinois State Historical Library

1985: "Lincoln Viewed and Used"

Roy P. Basler, "Lincoln and American Writers," Library of Congress

Herman Hattaway, "Presidential Use of Lincoln’s Military Example," University of Missouri

1984: "The Assessment of Lincoln--175 Years Later"

Richard N. Current, "Lincoln After 175 Years," University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Kenneth M. Stampp, "My Life with Lincoln," University of California, Berkeley

1983: "Abraham Lincoln and the U. S. Constitution"

Eugene H. Berwanger, "Lincoln’s Constitutional Dilemma: Emancipation and Black Suffrage," Colorado State University

Mark E. Neely, Jr., "The Lincoln Administration and Arbitrary Arrests: A Reconsideration," Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum

1982:

Constance Head, "John Wilkes Booth, 1864: Prologue to Assassination," Western Carolina University, North Carolina

Richard J. S. Gutman, "The Assassin’s Act," owner of Slide Factor, a multi-image slide show production

Thomas R. Turner, "What Type of Trial? A Civil Versus Military Trial fro the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators," Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts

1981:

Harold Holzer, "‘A Very Indifferent Judge," A Very Willing Subject: Lincoln and the Visual Arts," WNET (PBS) in New York City

Wayne C. Temple, "Abraham Lincoln, Lecturer," Illinois State Archives

James Hurt, "Aristotle on Abraham Lincoln," University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1980:

John T. Hubbell, "Lincoln and the Recruitment of Black Troops," Kent State University

Arthur Zilversmit, "Lincoln and the Problem of Race," Lake Forest College

1979:

Charles B. Strozier, "Psychohistorical Reflections on Lincoln and His Father," Sangamon State University

David R. Wrone, "Lincoln: Democracy’s Touchstone," University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point

1978:

John Y. Simon, "Lincoln and Grant," Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Otto Olsen, "Lincoln the Revolutionary," Northern Illinois University

1977:

Edwin C. Bearss, "Mr. Lincoln’s Neighbors," National Park Service

Lewis H. Croce, "Lincoln and His Desk Generals," Mankato State University

1976:

Emory M. Thomas, "Jefferson Davis and the American Revolutionary Tradition," University of Virginia

Phillip S. Paludan, "Lincoln and the Survival of the American Revolutionary Tradition," University of Kansas

1975:

Norman A. Graebner, "William Seward and the Diplomatic ‘Crisis’ of 1862," University of Virginia

Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, "Mexico and Lincoln: From the Mexican War to the French Intervention," University of California at San Diego

1974:

Christopher N. Breiseth, "Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: Another Debate," Sangamon State University

Harry Kelsey, "Lincoln’s Indian Policy," Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

Ronald D. Rietveld, "Lincoln and the Politics of Morality," California State University, Fullerton

Don E. Fehrenbacher, "Lincoln and the Weight of Responsibility," College of William and Mary

Harold M. Hyman, "Lincoln and Congress: Why Not Congress and Lincoln?" Rice University

 

 

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