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LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL
WEBCAST SCHEDULE AND ARCHIVE
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LIFE
Originally presented: February 12, 2009 at 11.30 am, CST
Michael Burlingame's new book, Abraham Lincoln: A Life published by Johns Hopkins University Press is a new multi-volume biography that offers a fresh look at the life of Abraham Lincoln. This book was being published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Michael Burlingame, now the Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Springfield, gives an overview of the 12-year process to create this two-volume biography.
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SIMULTANEOUS READING OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
Originally presented: February 12, 2009 at 9.30 am, CST
The Four Score and Seven Project, a simultaneous reading of the Gettysburg Address on Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday, occurred with over 325,000 school children in Illinois. Thanks to a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, and the Chicago Community Trust and in partnership with the Illinois State Board of Education.
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THE LINCOLNS' MARRIAGE
Originally presented: February 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm, CST
"The Lincolns' Marriage" provides the penetrating insights of poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein, author of The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage (Ballantine, 2008).
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THE LAST LINCOLN LECTURE
Originally presented: February 9, 2009 at 7:00 pm, CST
"The Last Lincoln Lecture" marks the beginning of a discussion by Oxford scholar Richard Carwardine on how Lincoln understood the world and what role the United States should have in relationship with the world. Carwardine, author of Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power (Longman, 2003).
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COLLECTING LINCOLN
Originally presented: February 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm, CST
"Collecting Lincoln" offers a lively panel discussion led by Dan Weinberg, owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, with some of the nation's leading collectors of Abraham Lincoln materials.
Panelists include: Jack Smith, Louise Taper, Philip Kunhardt and Rhode Island Chief Justice Frank Williams.
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REFLECTING ON LINCOLN
Originally presented: February 8, 2009 at Noon, CST
"Reflecting on Lincoln" presents world-renowned historian Eric Foner, Columbia University, to offer his musings on the Sixteenth President. Foner is editor of a collection of thoughtful essays by leading historians entitled Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World (Norton, 2008).
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