The National Portrait Gallery presents a scholarly symposium about Abraham Lincoln in conjunction with the exhibition "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln." The program will consist of four lectures that will examine various aspects of Lincoln and his times.
The speakers and topics are David C. Ward, National Portrait Gallery historian, on "'Vaulting Ambition': Lincoln's Self-Fashioning;" Alexander Nemerov, professor of art history, Yale University, on "The Flame of Lincoln;" Michael E. McGerr, Indiana University Paul V. McNutt Professor in American History, on "The Embarrassment of Lincoln's Nationalism;" and Marcia Brennan, associate professor of art history, Rice University, on "Tragic Dreams and Spectral Doubles: The Metaphysical Lincoln."
For more information, please visit npg.si.edu. The symposium is free; reserve seats by e-mailing parlierg@si.edu.
Monday, Feb. 16
9:00 a.m. to Noon
National Portrait Gallery
Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
8th and G streets N.W.
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