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UIS Center for Lincoln Studies announces noteworthy achievements and upcoming events
University of Illinois Center for Lincoln Studies announced multiple significant achievements and upcoming events that will further illuminate the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
UIS Center for Lincoln Studies director鈥檚 book named a finalist for 2024 ASALH Book Prize
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 and Freedom Heralded America鈥檚 Great Migration,鈥� co-authored with Richard Edwards, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Book Prize.
Friefeld previously served as an Illinois and Midwest studies research historian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield before coming to UIS.
UIS to host the Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture on 鈥淎braham Lincoln and Digital Humanities鈥�
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield will host the 21st annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture on 鈥淎braham Lincoln and Digital Humanities鈥� featuring Professor Christopher Oakley, leader of 鈥淭he Virtual Lincoln Project鈥� at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Asheville, and Michelle A. Krowl, the curator of the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress. The lecture is free and open to the public.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 (refreshments and hors d鈥檕euvres start at 6 p.m.)
2023 Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture
Christopher Oakley and Michelle A. Krowl will explore how interdisciplinary research and the digital humanities advance our understanding of Abraham Lincoln鈥檚 life and legacy. Krowl, the curator of the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, has experienced first-hand the impact of digitization on the preservation and use of library collections.鈥疧akley leads "The Virtual Lincoln Project" at the University of North Carolina Asheville, where he and his鈥痵tudents created a realistic, digital representation of Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. Oakley鈥檚 lecture explores the digital methods that helped him locate the precise location where Lincoln delivered his famous speech in Gettysburg.
Jacob K. Friefeld named the director of the UIS Center for Lincoln Studies
Jacob K. Friefeld, Ph.D., has been named the director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield starting Aug. 16, 2023. He comes to UIS from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield where he served as the Illinois and Midwest studies research historian.