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2008 Conference on Illinois History Dates: October 30-31, 2008 The Conference on Illinois History—now in its tenth year—is the state’s largest meeting devoted to the history of the Prairie State. More than two hundred fifty attended the 2007 conference, which featured traditional academic papers, local history studies, teacher workshops, and roundtable discussions. Featured Speakers include: Banquet Speaker HAROLD HOLZER, co-chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, will discuss his book Lincoln President Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861. A prolific author with more than 30 books and 400 articles to his credit, he received the prestigious Lincoln Prize in 2005 for his book Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech that Made Abraham Lincoln President. Luncheon Speakers CARYL MOY will discuss “Naperville’s Genevieve.” Genevieve Towsley was a DuPage County journalist for over 44 years with weekly columns in The Naperville Clarion which became The Naperville Sun. Towsley was also Moy’s mother. The columns offer a window into the evolving social history of this southwestern suburb. Dr. Moy is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Sangamon State University, now the University of Illinois-Springfield. MARGARET GARB, author of City of Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919 (2005), is assistant professor of History and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is author of a recent article on John Jones and organizing of Chicago blacks against the Black Laws. To ensure that you receive a registration form and program for the conference, contact Donna Lawrence, IHPA, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL 62701, by email at donna.lawrence@illinois.gov, or phone 217/785-7933. Details will be posted as they become available at www.IllinoisHistory.gov/conference.htm. Registration deadline: October 24, 2008. The Conference is accredited by the Illinois State Board of Education for CPDU.
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