Department News
Jul 24, 2025
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob Friefeld is featured as a historical expert on the new HBO Max and Magnolia…
Jun 09, 2025
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in partnership with Juneteenth Inc. and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and…
Jan 09, 2025
Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, has received the Caroline Bancroft…
Aug 27, 2024
Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at 69ĀÜĄņapp Springfield, has won a Nebraska Book Award in the nonfiction history…
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 ā€œā€¦
Jun 03, 2024
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and Juneteenth…
Feb 02, 2024
University of Illinois Center for Lincoln Studies announced multiple significant achievements and upcoming events that will further illuminate the life and…
Jan 29, 2024
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob K. Friefeld’s book, ā€œThe First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land…
Sep 20, 2023
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield will host the 21st annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture on ā€œAbraham Lincoln and Digital Humanitiesā€ā€¦
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. He…
Feb 07, 2023
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies’ exhibit ā€œMaking Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legaciesā€ will be on display Feb. 10…
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 Springfield…
Jul 25, 2022
The University of Illinois Springfield is proud to announce ā€œMaking Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies,ā€ an innovative physical and digital art…
Jun 01, 2022
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies invites the public to attend a Juneteenth Lecture Series discussion on ā€œCause &…
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 of…
Jan 12, 2022
Graham Peck is the Wepner Distinguished Professor of Lincoln Studies in the Department of History at 69ĀÜĄņapp at Springfield.  The…
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 of…