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Center Announces New Speakers for
Lincoln and the South Conference
March 12-14, 2009 at Jepson Alumni Center


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Anedra Bourne
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(804) 780-1865 ext.16

Richmond, VA - Historians from Louisiana State University, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will speak at Lincoln and the South, a three-day conference March 12-14, 2009. The conference is hosted by The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar and co-sponsored by Dominion, the National Park Service, and the University of Richmond, and is the Center's inaugural event to celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The conference will be held at the Jepson Alumni Center at the University of Richmond

New speakers include: David Blight, Yale University; Fitzhugh Brundage, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Michael Burlingame, University of Connecticut; William J. Cooper, Jr., Louisiana State University; Brian Dirck, Anderson University; Christopher Phillips, University of Cincinnati; Leslie Rowland, University of Maryland; Nina Silber, Boston University; Manisha Sinha, University of  Massachusetts, Amherst.

Early bird registration is $100 and ends February 16. After the 16th, registration is $110 for Center members, teachers, students, and University of Richmond alumni; $125 for others. Discounts are offered for daily registrations and meals are offered but not included in admission fees.

Thursday, March 12 will feature a keynote address and book signing by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Dr. James McPherson, followed by Friday's welcome and keynote by Dr. Edward L. Ayers, noted historian and president of the University of Richmond.
To register for the conference or learn more about the conference activities, please visit www.tredegar.org<http://www.tredegar.org> or call (804) 780-1865 x18.
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The mission of The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar is to tell the whole story of the conflict that still shapes our nation.  The Center is located at the Tredegar Iron Works, an 8.3 acre National Historic Landmark site near the James River in Richmond. The 1861 Gun Foundry is home to the 10,000-square-foot flagship exhibit, In the Cause of Liberty, the nation's first exhibit to explore the war's causes, course, and legacies from Union, Confederate and African American perspectives.  The Center offers History Labs and digital history programming for students K-12, while the Tredegar Institute provides ongoing adult educational opportunities through community dialogues and symposia.

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