By David J. Kent
Washington D.C.
Saturday, March 13, 2021
The Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) has updated its list of speakers for their 24th Annual Symposium.
As with last year, the symposium will be held virtually in 2021. Prior to COVID the symposium was held at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. and we hope to return to live meetings next year. Two speakers will present on alternating Monday afternoons beginning on March 22, 2021 and running until May 3, 2021. Start time is 4 pm ET each day.
Note that Dr. Tamika Nunley of Oberlin College has replaced Dr. Thavolia Glymph on the last day of the symposium.
March 22
David Reynolds: "Lincoln and Popular Culture"
H.W. Brands: "The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown and Abraham Lincoln"
April 5
Ted Widmer: "Lincoln on the Verge"
Richard Blackett: "The Issue of Fugitive Slaves and the Coming of the Civil War"
April 19
Lucas Morel: "Lincoln, the Founding, and the Challenge of Self-Government"
Mark Steiner: "Abraham Lincoln, Colonization, and Black Citizenship"
May 3
Tamika Nunley: "At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities"
C.R. Gibbs: "The Underground Railroad in Washington, DC"
This is a stellar lineup of historians speaking on a broad array of Lincoln and Civil War topics. David Reynold's book, Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, recently won the Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize. Reynold's will also accept the 2021 ALI book award for Abe. Each of the other speakers has won awards and professional recognition for their writings and achievements.
All virtual symposium programs are free to everyone. Watch via the Ford's Theatre website or Facebook pages.
More information will be available on the ALI website. Videos of the 2020 Virtual Symposium can be viewed here.