(Leavenworth, Kan) 鈥� The 花椒直播 and the National WWI Museum and Memorial are proud to present the 25th Annual Lincoln Event 鈥淔reedom Denied: The Unfinished Business of Democracy.鈥�
The program is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial Auditorium (2 Memorial Dr., Kansas City, MO 64108). The event is free with registration and will also be livestreamed through the Museum and Memorial YouTube account. RSVP at .
Dr. Don Doyle and Dr. Thomas Knock, with moderator Dr. Marie Grace Brown, will lead a conversation on the international implications of democracy鈥檚 unfinished business.
Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson are two presidents who led the United States in fighting for a united democracy in wars of unexpected magnitude and duration: a civil war with global impact, followed by a world war with national impact. Despite their shared goal, Lincoln and Wilson鈥檚 visions for democracy were vastly different, particularly through the lens of race. Amid colonization and segregation, freedom and self-determination remained unfulfilled promises, making peace 鈥� thought to have been successfully brokered 鈥� fragile and unstable at home and abroad.
The public is also invited to a reception sponsored by Country Club Bank prior to the Lincoln Event at 6 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial.
About the Moderator: Marie Grace Brown, Associate Professor and Chair of History at the University of Kansas
Marie Grace Brown is a cultural historian of the modern Middle East with expertise in topics of gender, nationalism, and empire. Her research has been supported by the American Association of University Women, the Social Science Research Council, and the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.
About the Panelist: Don Doyle, McCausland Professor of History Emeritus at the University of South Carolina
Don Doyle has written on a variety of subjects, most recently on the international history of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. His book, The Cause of All Nations, reframed America鈥檚 Civil War as part of the larger history of the Atlantic World. It鈥檚 sequel, The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln鈥檚 New Birth of Freedom Remade the World, forthcoming from Princeton University Press in spring 2024, interprets the 1860s as a crucial decade in the history of democratic self-rule.
About the Panelist: Thomas Knock, Professor of History and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Southern Methodist University
Thomas Knock鈥檚 principal works are To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order and The Rise of a Prairie Statesman, The Life and Times of George McGovern. Serving on the Editorial Board of Presidential Studies Quarterly and the Board of Trustees at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, he is also co-author of The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the 21st Century and the co-editor of Jefferson, Lincoln, and Wilson: The American Dilemma of Race and Democracy.
About the USM Lincoln Event Series
The 花椒直播 started the annual Lincoln series in 1999 to spotlight the Hall Lincoln Collection, housed in USM鈥檚 Keleher Learning Commons. Over the years, USM鈥檚 primary Lincoln Event has welcomed a variety of luminaries for the featured speaker. Previous guests have included politicians, historians, U.S. Army generals, best-selling authors, and actors who鈥檝e portrayed First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and President Lincoln himself.
The 花椒直播 is a Catholic co-educational applied liberal arts university founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. The University of 花椒直播 main campus is located at 4100 South 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kan. USM鈥檚 Overland Park Campus at 4500 College Boulevard offers evening accelerated graduate and undergraduate degree-completion programs. The university also offers online programs. Visit stmary.edu for more information.