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Abraham Lincoln's Presidency and Civil War America
Featuring:
Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Historian
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Lincoln's Constitutionalism and the Meaning of the Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
3:30pm, Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Civil War Exhibition and reception for VIP guests to follow book signing. Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of American Collection, 5th floor, Wimberly Library. Exhibition runs through March 28, 2013.
Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium
777 Glades Road
FAU Student Union
Boca Raton Campus
SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium
9-11 a.m.: Session One
The Age of Lincoln - Vernon Burton, Clemson University
The Union Home Front, Matthew Gallman, University of Florida
Lincoln the Leader, Richard Carwardine, Oxford University
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Lunch Break (on your own)
1-3p.m.: Session Two
Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief, Mark Grimsley, The Ohio State University
War-time Emancipation, Kate Masur, Northwestern University
Presidential Reconstruction, Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University
Admission: VIP - $45 * Regular - $35 * FAU faculty, staff and alumni $10 * FAU students: $5 with a current student ID. For tickets, call 1.800.564.9539 or visit www.fauevents.com or by visiting the FAU box office located in FAU's Student Union. Tickets go on sale August 13, 2012.
Please notify the Box Office Manager at 561.297.2471 five working days in advance of the event if special accommodations of a disabililty is needed.
Free parking is available in Parking Garage 1, Lots 15 and 16.
Directions from I-95 and Turnpike: Glades Road east. Turn left into FAU's main entrance on Broward Ave. Continue straight and follow signs to parking lots and Parking Garage 1. The Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium is located inside the Student Building just north of the parking lot.
Directions from US - 1: Glades Road west. Turn right into FAU's main entrance on Broward Ave. Continue straight and follow signs to parking lots and Parking Garage 1. The Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium is located inside the Student Building just north of the parking lot.
