Leadership in a Time of Crisis:
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Symposium
Saturday, March 21, 2009
9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Abromson Community Education Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland
This day-long symposium will address many aspects of Lincoln's life and legacy through presentations on The Rise of Abraham Lincoln by Bruce Chadwick, In the Aftermath of the Lincoln Assassination by Elizabeth Leonard, Lincoln's High Wire Act by Patrick Rael, and The Afterlife of Abraham Lincoln by Thomas Brown. Read more about these presentations and see speaker bios here. The podcasts from this day are available.
Cost (includes refreshments, lunch, and parking): $45 for the general public, $40 for teachers (CEUs available) and MHS members, $25 for students.
Pre-registration is required. Please use the link below to register. During registration, you will be asked to choose a small group discussion (led by the presenters and two other scholars: local historian Bob Greene, and Tom Desjardin, Historic Sites Specialist with Maine's Bureau of Parks and Land) from among these topics:
- 1. The “Reel” Civil War (Bruce Chadwick)
- 2. Who Freed the Slaves? (Patrick Rael)
- 3. Women in the Civil War (Elizabeth Leonard)
- 4. Lincoln in American Culture Today (Thomas Brown)
- 5. The Underground Railroad (Bob Greene, local historian)
- 6. Chamberlain and the Civil War: An Exploration of Primary Sources for Educators (Tom Desjardin)
Presented by the Maine Humanities Council, Maine Historical Society and the American and New England Studies Program at USM
