2014 Lincoln Colloquium

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28th Annual Lincoln Colloquium September 28, Knox College Galesburg, Illinois

Presented by The Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College in cooperation with the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial, Indiana Historical Society, The Chicago History Museum

Saturday, September 28

8:30 am. Registration and Exhibit Viewing 9:30-12 p.m.

"William Herndon and His Past and Present Reputation," Presiding: Jennifer Weber, Associate Professor of History, Univ. of Kansas.

"Herndon's on Lincoln's Fatal Attraction," Douglas Wilson, Co-Director, Lincoln Studies Center

"Not Even Wrong: Herndon and His Informants," Thomas Schwartz, Director, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

Lunch Break session 12-1:30 p.m.

"Simply a Theist: Herndon on Lincoln's Religion,"
Richard Carwardine, President Corpus Christi College, Univ of Oxford

1:30 Afternoon Session: "Herndon's Present Reputation" Jennifer Weber, Presiding

"Why a New Biography of Herndon?" Michael Burlingame, Naomi B. Lynn, Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois, Springfield

Discussion and Questions

3 p.m. Closing

Registration, $25 per person. Register online with credit card at: Register online at: or call 309-341-7238.

The Galesburg Holiday Inn Express, East Main Street and Interstate 74, is holding a block of rooms until September 1 at $109.95 plus tax. To reserve a room contact the hotel directly at 309-343-7100 and refer to the Lincoln Colloquium.

For Colloquium Registration you can also mail checks to: 2013 Lincoln Colloquium Registration c/o Knox College 2 E. South Street, K-150 Galesburg, IL 61401-4999