Oct

21

Why Did Lincoln Try to Buy a Slave? (One of Lincoln’s More Troublesome Legacies)

Posted by: Daniel D. Blinka | October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Legacies of Lincoln Conference held on October 1 and 2, 2009 was, as Dean Joseph Kearney reported earlier, a terrifically successful program by any measure – attendance, audience response, and, most certainly, engaging presentations.  Jointly sponsored by the Law School and the History Department, the Conference featured lectures and comments by influential historians and lawyers [...]

Oct

6

Legacies of Lincoln

Posted by: Joseph D. Kearney | October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Legacies of Lincoln Conference, a joint undertaking of the Law School and the Department of History, was an impressive event last week. It began on Thursday evening, with Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College’s renowned Lincoln historian, delivering the History Department’s annual Klement Lecture. There then followed on Friday three panels, variously addressing “Lincoln and Politics,” [...]