Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposiums
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Fifteenth Annual Symposium
Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, governmental and community leaders, and the general public through symposia, seminars, lectures, and special events.
National Archives II
College Park, Maryland
March 24, 2012
Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
John M. Barr › Loathing Lincoln: An American Political Tradition, 1858-2011
Assistant Professor of History, Lone Star College Kingwood
Michael Burlingame › Lincoln as the Indispensable Man
Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois Springfield
Daniel W. Crofts › The Would-Be Thirteenth Amendment of March 1861: Lincoln’s Last-Ditch Overture to Arrest Secession
Professor of History, The College of New Jersey
Eric Foner › The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University
Jason R. Jividen › American Progressivism and the Lincoln Legacy
Assistant Professor of Politics, Saint Vincent College
