Abraham Lincoln: American Idol

Discussion with American History Professor Dr. David Goldfield

Showing “Lincoln”, a Steven Spielberg Film, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, best actor of 2013 Oscar

A short presentation by Dr. Goldfield before the screening, discussion and Q/A after the screening

2:30 – 6:00 pm, Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Of all the American presidents, Lincoln is the most admired, written about, and celebrated.  Why?  Part of the adulation of Lincoln derives from his life, and part of it results from what Americans made of his life in the century and a half after his death.

 David Goldfield is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.  He is the author or editor of sixteen books including two, Cotton Fields and Skyscrapers (1982) and Black, White, and Southern (1991), nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in history.  His most recent book is the widely acclaimed, America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation was published by Bloomsbury Press in 2011.  He is currently working on a book, “The Gifted Generation,” about life in post-World War II America.  Goldfield is also the Editor of the Journal of Urban History and serves as Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.  He is President of the Southern Historical Association.  

LOCATION:   Beijing American Center

JingGuang Center, Suite 2801, Hu Jia Lou, Chaoyang District. 

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