Abraham Lincoln for the Twenty-First Century
A Symposium honoring the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
The John Hay Library, Brown University
Saturday, February 28, 2009
All Events Will Take Place in the Lownes Room, Hay Library, unless otherwise noted. Admission is Free and Open to the Public
900am-9:30am
Light refreshments in lobby of Hay Library
9:30am-9:45am
Welcome from Harriett Hemmasi, Brown University Librarian
9:45am-10:00am
Introduction by Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice (retired), Rhode Island Supreme Court
10:00am-12:00
Session One: Lincoln, Leadership, and American Democracy
- Gautham Rao, Library Company of Philadelphia
The State in Lincoln's America: A Revolution Reconsidered - Glenn LaFantasie, Western Kentucky University
Abraham Lincoln and the American Military Tradition - Chandra Manning, Georgetown University
“Better Angels”: Lincoln the Leader, Lincoln the Led
12:00-1:30
Lunch Break
1:30-3:30
Session Two: Lincoln, Race, and Empire
- Amy Greenberg, Pennsylvania State University
Spotty Lincoln: Reconsidering the Antiwar Movement during the U.S.-Mexico War - Diana Williams, Wellesley College
Lincoln and “Miscegenation”: the Louisiana Connection
- Michael Vorenberg, Brown University
Were African Americans Lincoln’s “Fellow Citizens”?
3:30-4:00
Full Panel Discussion with Audience
4:00-5:00
Reception in Hay Library lobby
The Brown University bookstore will display books by conference participants at the symposium, and authors will be available to sign copies of books during the reception at the end of the symposium. For more information about the Lincoln symposium, please contact Michael Vorenberg.