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Lincoln's Rhetorical Worlds

During 2008-2009, the Department of Communication hosted a speaker series called "Lincoln's Rhetorical Worlds." Funded by the Lincoln Bicentennial Committee and co-sponsored by the Offices of the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement, the speaker series explored Lincoln's communication and its importance to American public life.

We were honored to have five distinguished guests visit us to share their insights about Lincoln's rhetoric. Below, we share their radio interviews and public lectures. Enjoy!

Kirt Wilson

Kirt Wilson, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Minnesota

Focus 580:  Monday September 15, 2008, 11:06 AM

America’s Emancipation Moment: Memories of Lincoln and Slavery’s Demise
http://will.illinois.edu/focus580/interview/focus080915b/

Lecture:  Monday, September 15, 2008, 7:00 PM
“Debating ‘the Great Emancipator’”:  Lincoln’s Rhetoric and Our Collective Memory
http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/COMM/COMM-V-2008-1/COMM-V-2008-1.rm
Queries about Professor Wilson’s lecture may be directed to him at wilso092@umn.edu


David Zarefsky

David Zarefsky, Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University

Focus 580: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 10:06 AM
Political Strategy and Public Opinion in the Words of Abraham Lincoln
http://will.illinois.edu/focus580/interviews/2009/02/03/

Lecture:  Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 3:30 PM
Lincoln and the House Divided:  Launching a National Political Career
http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/COMM/COMM-V-2009-1/COMM-V-2009-1_edited.rm
Queries about Professor Zarefsky’s lecture may be directed to him at d-zarefsky@northwestern.edu


Angela Ray

Angela Ray, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University

Focus 580: March 5, 2009, 11:06 AM
How the Lyceum Influenced Lincoln’s Rhetoric
http://will.illinois.edu/focus580/interview/focus090305b/

Lecture:  Thursday, March 5, 2009, 3:30 PM
Learning Leadership: Lincoln at the Lyceum, 1838
http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/COMM/COMM-V-2009-2/COMM-V-2009-2.rm
Queries about Professor Ray’s lecture may be directed to her at angela-ray@northwestern.edu


Susan Zaeske

Susan Zaeske, Professor and Chair of Communication Arts & Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Focus 580: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 11:06 AM
Signatures of Citizenship: Petitioning, Anti-Slavery, and Women’s Political Identity in the Time of Lincoln
http://will.illinois.edu/focus580/interview/focus090408b/

Lecture: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 3:30 PM
The Sorrow-Quenching Draughts of Perfect Liberty:  Temperate Bodies/Political Bodies in the Rhetorics of Abraham Lincoln and Frances E. W. Harper
URL to follow
Queries about Professor Zaeske’s lecture may be directed to her at szaeske@wisc.edu