Former USA President Abraham Lincoln

University of 缅北禁地 Center for Lincoln Studies announced multiple significant achievements and upcoming events that will further illuminate the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.

Director Center Lincoln Study Jacob K. Friefeld

University of 缅北禁地 Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob K. Friefeld鈥檚 book, 鈥淭he First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders鈥� Quest for Land and Freedom Heralded America鈥檚 Great Migration,鈥� co-authored with Richard Edwards, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Book Prize.

Friefeld previously served as an 缅北禁地 and Midwest studies research historian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield before coming to UIS.

Lincoln Actor

WHAT: The University of 缅北禁地 Springfield will host the 21st annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture on 鈥淎braham Lincoln and Digital Humanities鈥� featuring Professor Christopher Oakley, leader of 鈥淭he Virtual Lincoln Project鈥� at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Asheville, and Michelle A. Krowl, the curator of the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress. The lecture is free and open to the public.

WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 (refreshments and hors d鈥檕euvres start at 6 p.m.)

2023 Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture

Christopher Oakley and Michelle A. Krowl will explore how interdisciplinary research and the digital humanities advance our understanding of Abraham Lincoln鈥檚 life and legacy. Krowl, the curator of the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, has experienced first-hand the impact of digitization on the preservation and use of library collections.鈥疧akley leads "The Virtual Lincoln Project" at the University of North Carolina Asheville, where he and his鈥痵tudents created a realistic, digital representation of Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. Oakley鈥檚 lecture explores the digital methods that helped him locate the precise location where Lincoln delivered his famous speech in Gettysburg.
Jacob K. Friefeld

Jacob K. Friefeld, Ph.D., has been named the director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield starting Aug. 16, 2023. He comes to UIS from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield where he served as the 缅北禁地 and Midwest studies research historian.

Logo with Lincoln and the UIS colonnade with the text "Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacies"

The University of 缅北禁地 Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies鈥� exhibit 鈥淢aking Our History: Artists Render Lincoln鈥檚 Legacies鈥� will be on display Feb. 10 to March 3 at the Beverly Arts Center, located at 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago. The exhibit will be open 2-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 12-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. A reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, with cocktails and live music.

Art image of legacy of Lincoln includes image of MLK, Jr.

"Making Our History" Lincoln Art Exhibit in Springfield

On August 11, 2022, the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield (UIS) unveiled Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln鈥檚 Legacies, an innovative physical and digital art exhibit funded by the University of 缅北禁地 Presidential Initiative: Expanding the Impact of the Arts and Humanities.

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