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.

2022 Lincoln Legacy Lecture Workshop

The Center for Lincoln Studies at UIS is pleased to announce the second annual Lincoln Legacy Lecture Educator Workshop. The Center invites up to twenty K-12 social studies and preservice educators to participate in a 1 1/2 hour workshop on Lincoln and African-Americans at the UIS Student Union. Participants will work with professor Jonathan White to examine letters of African-Americans to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Prior to the workshop, they will receive a free copy of his newest book, To Address You as My Friend: African Americans鈥� Letters to Abraham Lincoln. The book is a remarkable new collection of over 120 letters that Professor White has discovered at the Library of Congress and the National Archives. Participants will be expected to read about 15 to 20 of the letters before the workshop.
Lincoln artwork featuring photos of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and the text "Abraham Lincoln, Tale of Two Cities, Government cannot endure half slave half free."

The University of 缅北禁地 Springfield is proud to announce 鈥淢aking Our History: Artists Render Lincoln鈥檚 Legacies,鈥� 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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Juneteenth Lecture

The Center for Lincoln Studies celebrates Juneteenth by holding an annual lecture in partnership with Juneteenth Inc. that explores Black history, Juneteenth, and the legacy of the Black freedom movement in our contemporary moment.

Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series

The UIS Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series was inaugurated in 2002. It is now known as the Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series after a generous gift was recently given to the university by the Beaumonts. The series is a part of the UIS Center for Lincoln Studies, which opened on Feb. 12, 2021. The Center is a national base for scholarship, teaching, and public history about Lincoln鈥檚 life, leadership, and legacy. In addition, it allows students to collaborate on research, history, and public policy projects with Lincoln scholars.

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