Department News

Jul 24, 2025
UIS Lincoln Studies director featured on HBO Max, Magnolia Network series āBack to the Frontierā
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob Friefeld is featured as a historical expert on the new HBO Max and Magnoliaā¦

Jun 09, 2025
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in partnership with Juneteenth Inc. and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library andā¦

Jan 09, 2025
Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, has received the Caroline Bancroftā¦

Aug 27, 2024
Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at 69ĀÜĄņapp Springfield, has won a Nebraska Book Award in the nonfiction historyā¦

Aug 14, 2024
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies will host the 22nd annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture, focusing on āā¦

Jun 03, 2024
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and Juneteenthā¦

Feb 02, 2024
University of Illinois Center for Lincoln Studies announced multiple significant achievements and upcoming events that will further illuminate the life andā¦

Jan 29, 2024
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob K. Friefeldās book, āThe First Migrants: How Black Homesteadersā Quest for Landā¦

Sep 20, 2023
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield will host the 21st annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture on āAbraham Lincoln and Digital Humanitiesāā¦

Jul 31, 2023
Jacob K. Friefeld, Ph.D., has been named the director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at 69ĀÜĄņapp Springfield starting Aug. 16, 2023. Heā¦

Feb 07, 2023
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studiesā exhibit āMaking Our History: Artists Render Lincolnās Legaciesā will be on display Feb. 10ā¦

Sep 02, 2022
"Making Our History" Lincoln Art Exhibit in Springfield
On August 11, 2022, the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfieldā¦

Jul 25, 2022
The University of Illinois Springfield is proud to announce āMaking Our History: Artists Render Lincolnās Legacies,ā an innovative physical and digital artā¦

Jun 01, 2022
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies invites the public to attend a Juneteenth Lecture Series discussion on āCause &ā¦

Jan 12, 2022
Michael Hogan is the author of Abraham Lincoln and Mexico, A History of Courage, Intrigue, and Unlikely Friendships. He is a former professor ofā¦

Jan 12, 2022
Graham Peck is the Wepner Distinguished Professor of Lincoln Studies in the Department of History at 69ĀÜĄņapp at Springfield. Theā¦

Jan 12, 2022
Michael Burlingame, holder of the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at University of Illinois Springfield, is the author ofā¦