THC Events
Lincoln Symposium: Schedule of Events
"Lincoln Symposium: The Last Best Hope of Earth"
Thursday, October 22
| Film: | 7:30pm | Anthony Wayne Cinema | Documentary Film: Budapest to Gettysburg | Produced, Directed, Edited by Jack Boritt, Edited by Ira Meistrich |
Friday, October 23
| Public Forum: | 3:00pm | Auxiliary Gymnasium | The Election that Saved America: Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Election of 1864 | Dr. Jonathan White, Christopher Newport University |
| Lincoln Dinner Gala: | 6:30pm | Warner Library Atrium (by invitation only) |
Lincoln's Legacy | Fred Barnes, Executive Editor and co-founder of The Weekly Standard |
Saturday, October 24
| Books Discussions: | 8:00am | Saxbys Coffee, The Gryphon Cafe, Cream and Sugar Cafe | Selected Book Titles and Topics | Jonathan White, CNU; Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College; Joseph Fornieri, RIT |
| Session 1: | 10:00am | Warner Library Atrium | Lincoln, God, and Emancipation | Dr. Lucas Morel, Washington and Lee University |
| Session 2: | 11:15am | Warner Library Atrium | Abraham Lincoln and the Chronology of Powers: Lincoln's Constitutional Doctrine | Dr. Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College |
| Lunch: | 12:30pm | Christophers, 333 Belrose, Great American Grill | ||
| Session 3: | 2:00pm | Warner Library Atrium | Lincoln's Reflective Patriotism | Dr. Joseph Fornieri, Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Author Signings: | 3:00pm | Warner Library Second Floor | ||
| Session 4: | 3:30pm | Warner Library Atrium | Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher: Abraham Lincoln and the Intellectual Landscape of the 19th Century | Dr. Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College |
| Symposium Conclusion: | 5:00pm |
Exhibit on display throughout the Symposium: "Freedom: A History of US" draws upon key documents and images to illustrate the changing understanding of freedom in our nation from the Founding Era through the Civil War. It presents some of the men and women who fought and in some cases died to expand freedom to all Americans. (Six sections; 60-70 running feet)
