Plan to attend the
14th Annual
Conference on Illinois History
October 11-12, 2012
Springfield, Illinois

The annual Conference on Illinois History is scheduled for October 11-12, 2012, at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in downtown Springfield and is the state's largest meeting devoted to the history of the Prairie State. This is the thirteenth year of the conference, which is sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.

The conference will feature topics that include politics, architecture, community studies, Abraham Lincoln, African American history, and the Civil War. Teachers will benefit from workshops on a variety of topics. All teacher workshop sessions are approved for Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDUs).

This year's Thursday luncheon speaker is Jacqueline Hogan, author of Lincoln Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President in Contemporary America.
The keynote Thursday evening banquet speaker is Megan McKinney, author of The Magnificent Medills: America’s Royal Family of Journalism During a Century of Turbulent Splendor.

The Friday luncheon speaker is Gillum Ferguson, author of Illinois in the War of 1812.

Questions? Contact Sabrina Manci at 217/558-9014 or sabrina.manci@illinois.gov.

Download a draft of the conference program.

To receive a printed registration form and program for the conference when available, contact Shanta Thoele, IHPA, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL 62701, by email at shanta.thoele@illinois.gov or phone 217/524-6045.

Applications are being accepted for the King V. Hostick Award.