Abraham Lincoln as War President

Where: Cantigny First Division Foundation. First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois

When: Saturday October 18, 2008, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Presentations:

• The Emancipation Proclamation as a War Measure (Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School)
• Current Lincoln Scholarship (Harold Holzer, United States Lincoln Bicentennial Commission)
• Lincoln Records in the National Archives (Trevor Plante, National Archives and Records Administration)
• President Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant (John Y Simon, Ulysses S. Grant Association)
• Lincoln and the Copperhead Movement in Illinois (Thomas Schwartz, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library)

Living History re-enactors will be on display during the Symposium. Teachers can earn continuing education credits. Cost:

• General Public: $40.00
• Teachers/Civil WAr Round Table Members: $20.00
• Students and Senior Citizens: $10.00.

More information contact: National Archives—Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski Roud, Chicago, IL 60629, 773-938-9001, fax 773 948 9050, e-mail: chicago.archives@nara.gov.

The 40th ALGONQUIAN CONFERENCE will be held at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis 24-26 October 2008. This is an international meeting for researchers working in the area of Algonquian studies. We invite papers on all topics in Algonquian studies, including anthropology, archaeology, art, biography, education, ethnography, ethnobotany, folklore, geography, history, language education, linguistics, literature, music, politics, psychology, religion, and sociology. Papers must not be longer than 20 minutes, with 10 minutes allowed for discussion. Papers may be given in English, French, or an Algonquian language.

Presentations will begin Friday morning, October 24, and will finish Sunday noon, October 26. There will be a reception on Thursday night, October 23. Registration fees (payable by check to the 40th Algonquian Conference) are $75, received prior to the 15th of September; late registration fees after that date are $90. The student rate is $40 before September 15, and $50 thereafter. (All amounts are payable in US or Canadian funds. We do not accept credit card payments.) The conference will be held on the East Bank campus in Minneapolis at the Radisson University Hotel on Friday and in nearby university buildings on Saturday and Sunday. The conference is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, the departments of American Indian studies, American studies, anthropology, and history, and by the linguistics program.

The due date for submissions is September 3, 2008. If you are interested in making a presentation, please send a title and abstract (maximum 1 page, 12 point font, 1 inch margin) to jdn@umn.edu. The subject line of your email must read “Algonquian Conference” and the text of your email message must include your name, postal address, institution, telephone numbers and fax number, and the electronic address of each speaker. Indicate your AV requirements.

If email submission is not possible, you can fax the submission to the attention of John Nichols at 612-626-7904, or you may send a copy of the abstract to the organizing committee: Organizing Committee of the 40th Algonquian Conference, c/o John D. Nichols Department of American Indian Studies University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 19 Scott Hall, 72 Pleasant St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 USA.

A limited number of rooms are being held at the Radisson University Hotel at an Algonquian Conference rate of $129 (plus13.15% taxes; there is an additional charge for parking), single or double, for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. You are urged to reserve a room early. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel directly at 612-379-8888, or through its toll free hotel number at 1-800-822-6757 or through Radisson Worldwide at 1-800-333-3333. The hotel will honor reservations received by 9/25/08. Reservations received after this date are subject to space availability and at the prevailing room rates. All room reservations must be guaranteed for late arrival and secured with a deposit equal to the first night’s room and tax or with a major credit card.

The sesquicentennial history conference is coming up very soon — May 28-30. I hope you’ll all plan to come for at least one day. Let’s show our fellow Minnesotans that historians have important, meaningful, and interesting things to say about the 150 years of history since Minnesota became a state. This gathering is also a rare opportunity to talk with others in the history “business” — public historians, teachers, researchers, academics, cultural resource managers, preservationists, and writers — in a setting rich with possibilities for both formal and informal conversations.

In order to attend, you’ll need to register. The good people at St. John’s have contributed much so that the fees for the conference are modest. Here’s a link to the website, where you can click to see the conference schedule, the registration form, and a map with directions to the campus in Collegeville: http://www.csbsju.edu/MN150 If clicking doesn’t work, copy the URL into your search engine.

Deb is still at home recovering from knee replacement surgery, but recently re-established access to her MHS email, so feel free to e-mail her with questions.

“Andersonville Prison and More” is the theme of this year’s Civil War Symposium on Saturday April 19 at the Fort Snelling History Center. Registration begins at 9:30 and the program runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Sessions include:

• “Andersonville Prison and Historic Site,” Fred Boyles, Superintendent of the Andersonville National Historic Site
• “The Andersonville Trial: A Reader’s Theater,” Mary Beth King
• “Minnesota’s Military at Statehood, 1858,” Stephen Osman
• “Prisoners of War in the 21st Century,” Colonel James Noll (ret.), 13th Psychological Operations Battalion
• “For Your Consideration: Minnesota’s Civil War Sesquicentennial.”

Registration is $15; $10 for MHS members; students free. Registration is due no later than March 31. Send checks payable to TCCWRT to Steve Cook, 2849 38th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406. You may also register at the door but advanced reservation is strongly recommended.

A day-long symposium on Sovereignty and Automony in the Americas will be held March 8, 2008, at the University of Minnesota Coffman Memorial Union, Campus Club, West Wing, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The symposium will feature John Borrows, professor of law at the University of Victoria, as keynote speaker; and:

• Panel on Indigenous Self-Determination in the Americas (Ana Rosa Duarte Duarte, Lourdes Gutierrez-Najera, and David Wilkins)
• Panel on Legal Pluralism in the Americas (Victoria Bomberry, Natividad Gutierrez Chong, and Anna Hunter)
• Discussions on Indigenous Self-Determination and on Rethinking Sovereignty and Autonomy Among Native and Chicano Communities
• TURIX: Digital Media and Mayan Automony (Byrt Wmmack and Ana Rosa Duarte Duarte).

The symposium is free and open to the general public, but reservations are suggested by February 29th. Lunch will be provided and the evening will conclude with a light receiption at 6 p.m. Contact Karen Carmody-McIntosh at carm0047@umn.edu or Bianet Castellanos at 612-626-7266.

“The State We’re In: Creative and Critical Approaches to Minnesota History at 150″ conference will be held May 28-30, 2008, in Collegeville, Minnesota, at Saint John’s University and the College of Saint Benedict.

Proposals are invited for presentation of scholarship, demonstrations, workshops, round-tables, works-in-progress on all aspects of Minnesota history. Individual or group proposals welcome. Proposals should be submitted in Word and should include title, brief abstracts, format, one-page vita for each participant. Deadline: February 15, 2008, to aatkins@csbsju.edu.

The conference will include sessions on the latest scholarship, teaching sessions and workshops, material culture exhibits, book displays, and tours/local foods. A writing retreat will be held May 30-June 1 to revise for submission for publication of conference proceedings.