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Press Release · Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Washington, DC

Fifteenth annual symposium to focus on "The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship"

The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ hosts a free daylong symposium, The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship, on Saturday, March 24, 2012, from 9 a.m.–6 p.m., at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ at College Park, MD. The symposium will provide historical insights into some of the most critically important facets of Lincoln’s Presidency. ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Experience Director Marvin Pinkert will make opening remarks.

The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ at College Park, MD, is located at 8601 Adelphi Road, and is fully accessible. See directions.

The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship speakers and sessions include:

• John M. Barr, Assistant Professor of History, Lone Star College Kingwood:
  Loathing Lincoln: An American Political Tradition, 1858–2011
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• Michael Burlingame, Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois Springfield:
  Lincoln as the Indispensable Man
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• Daniel W. Crofts, Professor of History, The College of New Jersey:
  The Would-Be Thirteenth Amendment of March 1861: Lincoln's Last-Ditch Overture to Arrest Secession
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• Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University:
  The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
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• Jason R. Jividen, Assistant Professor of Politics, Saint Vincent College:
  American Progressivism and the Lincoln Legacy
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• Presentation of the Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize
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• Speakers Panel, Moderated by Michelle Krowl, Civil War and Reconstruction Reference Specialist, Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress
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• Presentation of the 15th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award

See [www.lincoln-institute.org/symposia/sym2012/index.htm]. The Symposium is free but advance registration is required: e-mail cevans885@gmail.com; mail Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc., c/o Clark Evans, General Secretary, 94 Cumberland Court, Frederick, MD 21702; or phone 301-620-0292. Please provide contact information for each registrant, including e-mail and postal addresses and phone number. Please bring a photo ID with you to the symposium.

The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ presents the15th Annual symposium, The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship in partnership with the Abraham Lincoln Institute, with generous support from the Foundation for the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡.

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For press information contact the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Public Affairs staff at 202 357-5300.

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