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Gettysburg, Lincoln’s Legacy, and the Pursuit of Liberty and Equality

Part III of JMC's Historical Series on Abraham Lincoln

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The Emancipation Proclamation and the Meaning of the War

Part II of JMC's Historical Series on Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln’s Leadership and a Nation Dividing

Part I of JMC's Historical Series on Abraham Lincoln

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Andrew F. Lang on Lincoln in Private

JMC fellow Andrew F. Lang has written a review of Ronald C. White's Lincoln in Private for the Wall Street Journal.

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A JMC Webinar: “Lincoln, the Founders, and an America Worth Saving”

In a JMC webinar on March 30, 2021, faculty partner Lucas Morel discussed Lincoln, our country's founding principles, and how they can help us in our own age of political polarization.

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Clemson University: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

On March 9, 2021, the Lyceum Lectures Program at Clemson University, a JMC partner program, will host faculty partner Diana Schaub to speak on Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.

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Jonathan White: “Black Lives Certainly Mattered to Abraham Lincoln”

JMC fellow Jonathan White has written an article for Smithsonian Magazine on Abraham Lincoln and his feelings toward slavery and racial equality.

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Arizona State University: Virtual Series on Race, Justice, and Leadership

For Spring 2021, ASU's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership is continuing its virtual series entitled, "Race, Justice, and Leadership."

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St. John’s College – Santa Fe: “Learning to Love Lincoln”

On December 4, 2020, St. John's College in Santa Fe will be hosting JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub for a lecture on Frederick Douglass and his eventual affinity for Abraham Lincoln.

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American Political Thought: Fall 2020 Issue

American Political Thought, a JMC-supported journal, has recently published its Fall 2020 issue featuring pieces by several JMC academics.

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Mount Vernon: 2020 George Washington Symposium

For October 26-30 2020, Mount Vernon will hold its annual George Washington Symposium on elections that shaped the American presidency.

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Arizona State University: New Virtual Series on Race, Justice, and Leadership

For Fall 2020, ASU's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership is holding a virtual series entitled, "Race, Justice, and Leadership."

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Apply Now: Editorship at Civil War History Journal

The Kent State University Press invites letters of interest for the editorship of Civil War History, a quarterly journal committed to the best scholarship on “the middle period.”

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Joshua Lynn: “Stephen Douglas’s Enlightenment”

JMC fellow Joshua A. Lynn has written a piece for Civil War History on conservatism, popular sovereignty, and Civil War politics.

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Benjamin Kleinerman on Lincoln and Elections during Crisis

JMC board member Benjamin Kleinerman has written a piece for The Bulwark on Lincoln and elections during crisis.

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Allen Guelzo: “On Abraham Lincoln”

Faculty partner Allen Guelzo has written an article for National Review on Abraham Lincoln, the constitutionality of slavery, and changing views of Lincoln's legacy.

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Christopher Newport University: 2020 Summer Teacher Webinar Series

CNU's Center for American Studies is sponsoring a series of webinars in July 2020 and invites all teachers to join. The programs are free and touch on the topic of the American woman's experience.

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American Political Thought: Spring 2020 Issue

American Political Thought, a JMC-supported journal, has recently published its Spring 2020 issue featuring pieces by several JMC fellows.

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Abraham Lincoln and the Preservation of the Union

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He is best known for his immense impact in leading our nation through a civil war and for ultimately abolishing slavery.

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Remembering Black History in America

Explore these articles, commentaries, and resources on the African-American experience in honor of Black History Month.

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Remembering Veterans Day

Veterans Day honors the bravery and sacrifice of all American veterans, past and present.

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UCLA: Was Reconstruction a Lost Moment?

On November 21, 2019, the Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions at UCLA, a JMC partner program, will be hosting a talk by Gary Gallagher on Reconstruction.

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Kinder Institute: The Laws of War and Civil War Missouri

On November 21, 2019, the Kinder Institute will be hosting Aaron Sheehan-Dean to speak on the law's treatment of civilians during wartime, particularly during the Civil War in Missouri.

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UW Madison: The Missouri Compromise at 200

On November 21, 2019, the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy at UW-Madison, will host a conference on the Missouri Compromise. Several JMC fellows will be speaking.

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Interview: Wilfred McClay on Land of Hope

Senior Fellow Daniel Cullen recently sat down with JMC board member Wilfred McClay to discuss McClay's new textbook, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Experience.

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Diana Schaub on Lincoln’s Political Thought

JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub recently appeared on Conversations with Bill Kristol to discuss Lincoln's political thought, particularly as seen in the Lyceum Address and Gettysburg Address.

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The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment

July 28 marks the 151st anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment's certification.

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Diana Schaub: Lincoln at Gettysburg

JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub recently appeared on the National Affairs podcast to discuss her Spring 2014 essay on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

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Andrew Delbanco: The 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction

JMC faculty partner Andrew Delbanco has won a 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his book, The War Before the War, which explores how fugitive slaves helped push the nation towards civil war.

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Joshua Lynn: Preserving the White Man’s Republic

JMC Fellow Joshua A. Lynn has written a new book about the national Democratic Party, race, and the lasting conservatism of the 1840s and 1850s. It will be released in April 2019.

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Forrest Nabors on the Missouri Compromise

On February 19, Forrest Nabors will be giving the 2019 Jack Paynter Lecture at James Madison College, Michigan State University, on the Missouri Compromise and how it led to civil war.

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The Oligarchy of the American South

James Read reviews JMC faculty partner Forrest Nabors' book on southern oligarchy in Antebellum and Postbellum America.

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Understanding the Civil War

James Stoner, Thomas Merrill, and Alan Levine's book on the political thought of the Civil War has been released.

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When Political Order Collapses

The Library of Law and Liberty published JMC fellow William Anthony Hay's review of David Armitage's Civil Wars: A History in Ideas.

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Watch: Lecture on Lincoln and the Daughters of Dred Scott

Diana Schaub delivered a lecture at Harvard's Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy last fall.

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Missouri Lecture: Adam I.P. Smith on Civil War Politics

Adam I.P. Smith, a professor at University College London, will discuss the conservative politics of the Civil War.

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Conference at Gettysburg College – “The War in 1865”

Friday, June 19th - Wednesday, June 24th

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The Declaration in a House Divided

Five scholars discuss the Declaration in a time of crisis.

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“Slavery’s End Deserves a 150th Celebration”

Historian Allen Guelzo on the passage of the 13th Amendment, which ended of slavery.

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