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2017 Lincoln Colloquium - STS Lincolnite - 09-28-2017 07:13 AM
Information about the 2017 Lincoln Colloquium been released (finally).
It is hosted by the Chicago History Museum and will take place on October 21, 2017. Schedule as follows:
9:30 AM: Christopher Schnell —“There will still be business enough”: The Social Context of Practicing Law in Lincoln’s Midwest
10:30 AM: Guy Fraker—Images of Lincoln’s Eighth Judicial Circuit
11:30 AM: Thomas Campbell—Abraham Lincoln’s Acceptance of Slavery, 1837-60
12:30 PM: Lunch
1:30 PM: John Lupton—Super Lawyer or Country Bumpkin: Deconstructing Lincoln the Lawyer Mythology
2:30 PM: Brian Dirck—Abraham Lincoln: The Trial Lawyer as President
3:30-4:30 PM: Panel Discussion—What is next in scholarship on Lincoln’s legal career?
$50, 40 CHM & ALA members
Lunch is included in ticket price
You can register through the following link.
https://www.chicagohistory.org/event/annual-lincoln-colloquium/
I will be attending as will at least one other member on this forum that I know of. Hope to see and/or meet some of you there!
RE: 2017 Lincoln Colloquium - RJNorton - 09-28-2017 08:31 AM
Thanks for posting this, Scott. I grew up about 3 blocks from Tom Campbell, and we went to the same grade school and high school together. We've had some contact since those days. Tom has authored at least one book.