What began 20 years ago as a modest proposal to bring Lincoln enthusiasts together for a small East Coast-based yearly history conference at Gettysburg has blossomed into one of the leading history organizations in the country. Today, our regular symposia are attended by scholars and enthusiasts from all over the nation and abroad, attracting as speakers and panelists some of the most revered historians in the Lincoln and Civil War fields.
“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”
A. Lincoln
The 25th Annual Lincoln Forum Symposium
Saturday, November 14, 2020 - ONLINE ONLY
If you are not yet a member of The Lincoln Forum but would like to attend our 2020 symposium, please print out a membership form and send it to our Treasurer at the address listed on the form. Once you become a member, a registration form to our symposium will be sent to you. Please click here to become a member
Recent Conferences
2019 Lincoln Forum Symposium
“The Leader. The War. The Legacy.
Lincoln at 210.”
 Michael Beschloss, Harold Holzer, |
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 Harold Holzer, Sarah Watson, Wendy Allen |
 Student Scholars |
 Transitioning as Chairman |
 Teacher Scholars |
2018 Lincoln Forum Symposium
“Lincoln and the Civil War, in Fact, Fiction, and Memory”
 Transitioning as Chairman - |
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 Looking Back & Looking Forwa |
 Fairwell Address - Frank J |
 Presiding - Harold Holzer |
 Richard Nelson Current Award |
 Speaker & Award Recipient- D |
 Wendy Allen Award for Instit |
 Award Recipient - Bill Peder |
 Student Scholars - Harold Ho |
 Teacher Scholars - Ruth Squi |
 11-DSCN9778 Speaker - Edward L. Ayers |
 Speaker - Andrew Delbanco |
 Conversation - Frank J |
 Speaker - Craig L. Symonds |
 Speaker - John F. Marszalek. |
 Moderator - Edna Greene Medf |
 Speaker - Candice Shy Hooper |
 Speaker - Kate Masur |
 Speaker - George Saunders |
 Platt Family Essay Contest C |
 Moderator - Dennis J |
 Speaker - Joseph R |
 Tom Horrocks |
 Ruth |
 Pat Dougal |
2017 Lincoln Forum Symposium
“Lincoln and his contemporaries: Friends, Enemies, and Successors”
 Tom Horrocks |
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 Walter Stahr |
 Ruth Squillace |
 Stephen D. Engle |
 Roger Cosbey |
 Rev. Harold Hand |
 Ron Chernow |
 Frank J. Williams |
 James B. Conroy |
 Harold Holzer |
 John F. Marszalek |
 Jonathan W. White |
 Melanie Kirkpatrick |
 Pat Dougal |
 Edna Greene Medford |
 Caroline E. Janney |
 Charles B. Strozier |
 Craig L. Symonds |
 Don McCue |
 Daniel R. Weinberg |
2016 Lincoln Forum Symposium
“Abraham Lincoln – His Life and His Legacy”
 James I. (Bud) Robertson |
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 Sidney Blumenthal |
 Richard Brookhiser |
 Joan Waugh |
 Ronald C. White |
 Edna Greene Medford |
 Catherine Clinton |
 Craig L. Symonds |
 John F. Marszalek |
 Guy C. Fraker |
 Frank J. Williams |
 Harold Holzer |
 Don McCue |
2015 Lincoln Forum Symposium
“1865: Triumph and Tragedy,” Final Year of a Six-Year focus on the Civil War Sesquicentennial
 William C. Davis |
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 Richard Wightman Fox |
 Rev. Harold Hand |
 Michelle Krowl |
 Michelle Krowl 2 |
 Michael Vorenberg |
 Bob Maher |
 Edna Greene Medford |
 Elizabeth R. Varon |
 James L. Swanson |
2014 Lincoln Forum Symposium
“The People Say Lincoln: Fighting for Military & Political Power”
 Ruth Squillace |
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 Robert Wilson |
 Matthew Pinsker |
 Lewis Lehrman |
 Joseph R. Fornieri |
 Jonathan W. White |
 Catherine Clinton |
 Guy C. Fraker |
 James G. Basker |
 Jared Peatman |
2013 Lincoln Forum Symposium
“Lincoln at Midstream: Gettysburg and Beyond”
 Walter Stahr |
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 Tom Horrocks |
 Skip Bellino |
 Russ Weidman |
 Michelle Krowl |
 John Fabian Witt |
 Burrus Carnahan |
 Don McCue |
 Edna Greene Medford |
 James Getty |
 James M. McPherson |
 James Oakes |
 Bob Willard |
Henry Ballone - Photographer