Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposiums
“The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship”
Ninth 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 25, 2006
Sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
Author Elizabeth Smith Brownstein › Lincoln’s Other White House
Publications:
If This House Could Talk. Historic Homes, Extraordinary Americans
Lincoln’s Other White House: The Untold Story of the Man and His Presidency (2003)
Professor Daniel Farber, J.D. › Lincoln’s Constitution
Sho Sato Professor, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Publications: Lincoln’s Constitution
Professor Barry Schwartz › Transfiguration: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil Rights Movement
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Georgia
Publications:
Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory – Winner, Lincoln Prize, 1998
Lincoln’s Last Months (2003)
Author Joshua Wolf Shenk › Lincoln’s Melancholy
Publications:
Time Magazine, cover story, “Abraham Lincoln,” July 4, 2005
Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled his Greatness (2005)
Professor Richard Striner › Lincoln, Race, and Moral Strategy
Department of History, Washington College
Key Publications: Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Relentless Struggle to End Slavery (2006)
