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Center Lincoln Study Director Jacob K. Friefeld
Jan 29, 2024
UIS Center for Lincoln Studies director’s book named a finalist for 2024 ASALH Book Prize
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob K. Friefeld’s book, “The First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land…
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Mar 03, 2026
Call for Applicants to the Center for Lincoln Studies Faculty Fellows Program
The Center for Lincoln Studies (CLS) is dedicated to engaging with UIS’s talented faculty. The Faculty Fellows program engages faculty to become the core of…
Statue of Abraham Lincoln with the UIS colonnade in the background.
Oct 14, 2025
UIS to host Lincoln Legacy Lecture on “Lincoln and the Age of Disruption”
This story was updated on Oct. 14 to reflect a change in the speaker lineup. WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies will…
Jacob Friefeld
Jul 24, 2025
UIS Lincoln Studies director featured on HBO Max, Magnolia Network series ‘Back to the Frontier’
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob Friefeld is featured as a historical expert on the new HBO Max and Magnolia…
Dan Duster
Jun 09, 2025
Great-grandson of civil rights icon Ida B. Wells to speak at Juneteenth event
WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in partnership with Juneteenth Inc. and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and…
Jacob Friefeld
Jan 09, 2025
UIS Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob Friefeld’s book earns the Caroline Bancroft History Prize
Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, has received the Caroline Bancroft…