2023 Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture: Abraham Lincoln and Digital Humanities
When: Friday, October 6th, 2023 6 pm – refreshments with heavy hors d’oeuvres 7 pm – event
Where: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Free and Open to the Public.
The Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois
Springfield invites the public to attend the 2023 Mary and James
Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series discussion on "Lincoln
and Digital Humanities" with Christopher Oakley and Michelle A. Krowl.
Christopher Oakley and Michelle A. Krowl will explore how
interdisciplinary research and the digital humanities advance our
understanding of Abraham Lincoln’s life and legacy. Krowl, the curator
of the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, has
experienced first-hand the impact of digitization on the preservation
and use of library collections. Oakley leads "The Virtual Lincoln
Project" at the University of North Carolina Asheville, where he and
his students created a realistic, digital representation of Abraham
Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. Oakley’s lecture explores the
digital methods that helped him locate the precise location where
Lincoln delivered his famous speech in Gettysburg.
When
Fri, Oct 6 2023, 6
- 9:30pm
Location
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, 212 N. 6th., Springfield, Illinois
