Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, has won a Nebraska Book Award in the nonfiction history…

WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies will host the 22nd annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture, focusing on “…

The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and Juneteenth…

University of Illinois Center for Lincoln Studies announced multiple significant achievements and upcoming events that will further illuminate the life and…

University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob K. Friefeld’s book, “The First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land…

WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield will host the 21st annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture on “Abraham Lincoln and Digital Humanities”…

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…

The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies’ exhibit “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies” will be on display Feb. 10…

"Making Our History" Lincoln Art Exhibit in Springfield On August 11, 2022, the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield…

The University of Illinois Springfield is proud to announce “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies,” an innovative physical and digital art…

WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies invites the public to attend a Juneteenth Lecture Series discussion on “Cause &…

Michael Hogan is the author of Abraham Lincoln and Mexico, A History of Courage, Intrigue, and Unlikely Friendships. He is a former professor of…

Michael Burlingame, holder of the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at University of Illinois Springfield, is the author of…

Graham Peck is the Wepner Distinguished Professor of Lincoln Studies in the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Springfield.  The…