天美传媒 the Center for Lincoln Studies

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The Center for Lincoln Studies is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln's life, era, and legacy. Through active learning opportunities, meaningful research, and civic engagement, the Center for Lincoln Studies ensures that everyone has the opportunity to see themselves reflected in Lincoln's legacy.

Center for Lincoln Studies Core Activities

Community Education

The Center for Lincoln Studies offers engaging programs on Lincoln's life, era, and legacy. Most notably, the CLS holds the Mary and James Beaumont Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series every fall. This year, NPR's Steve Inskeep headlined the Beaumont Lectures, discussing the topic of Lincoln and Political Conflict

Lincoln Research

The Center for Lincoln Studies conducts and supports research on Lincoln, his era, and his legacy. Recently, CLS director Jacob K. Friefeld's book, The First Migrants, was awarded the Caroline Bancroft History Prize by the Denver Public Library. The book unites Lincoln's legacies of emancipation and free land policy in the West.

Student Opportunity

The Center for Lincoln Studies supports opportunities for student-centered educational experiences through programs like The Lincoln Home National Historic Site Internships. The Center also employs a graduate research assistant who is an indispensable part of the Center's research team.

Related Degrees

History Degree (B.A., M.A.)

Explore and interpret the past with a history degree from UIS.

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Events
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News
Jan 29, 2024
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob K. Friefeld鈥檚 book, 鈥淭he First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders鈥 Quest for Land鈥
Jan 09, 2025
Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, has received the Caroline Bancroft鈥
Aug 27, 2024
Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at 天美传媒 Springfield, has won a Nebraska Book Award in the nonfiction history鈥
Aug 14, 2024
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies will host the 22nd annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture, focusing on 鈥溾
Jun 03, 2024
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and Juneteenth鈥
Feb 02, 2024
University of Illinois Center for Lincoln Studies announced multiple significant achievements and upcoming events that will further illuminate the life and鈥