non profit organization industry historical research founded maryland u.s. june 9 1997 1997 06 09 founder paul verduin 1 website www.lincoln institute.org the abraham lincoln institute ali founded in 1997 is a non profit organization promoting scholarly research on the subject of abraham lincoln . 2 3 the institute utilizes dissertation prizes book awards and an annual lincoln symposium to encourage research and scholarship on the life and legacy of abraham lincoln . these annual symposia presented at the national archives in college park md and more recently at ford s theatre in washington dc are a venue for both emerging and highly renowned lincoln scholars to present the findings of their current research . they are attended by the general public and have been frequently filmed by organizations such as the national archives and c span . 4 5 contents 1 founding and organization 2 dissertation and book awards 3 annual symposium 4 references 5 external links founding and organization edit the abraham lincoln institute was incorporated in the state of maryland on 9 june 1997 . its formal membership consists solely of a board of directors the majority of whom must be nationally recognized scholars on the subjects of abraham lincoln and or the american civil war . the board of directors meets at least twice a year for the purpose of planning educational programs and the symposium election of officers and discussion of other business such as the annual dissertation and book awards . the board of directors is guided by an executive committee . 6 dissertation and book awards edit the ali board of directors present two awards annually . the hay nicolay dissertation prize is given in conjunction with the abraham lincoln association for what these two organizations consider to be the previous year s most noteworthy dissertation on the subject of abraham lincoln . the abraham lincoln institute book award is given for the previous year s most noteworthy book on the subject of abraham lincoln . book award winners in the past include allen guelzo for redeemer president 2000 7 and cullom davis on behalf of the landmark lincoln legal papers 2001 . 8 annual symposium edit beginning in 1998 the institute has held a day long symposium entitled the latest in lincoln scholarship in the spring of each year . at this symposium a number of lincoln scholars present the results of their current research on the subject of abraham lincoln . the annual dissertation and book awards are also announced at this event . the symposium is held in the washington d.c. area and the general public is invited to attend free of charge . past speakers at symposium have included lincoln scholars such as douglas l. wilson allen guelzo michael burlingame cullom davis and gabor boritt . 9 speakers have also included lincoln researchers such as doris kearns goodwin and lewis lehrman . 10 references edit abraham lincoln institute board of directors . abraham lincoln institute . retrieved 23 april 2010 . about the symposium abraham lincoln institute 2002 . retrieved may 3 2010 . abraham lincoln institute official homepage . retrieved may 3 2010 . national archives at college park hosts lincoln symposium march 29 national archives january 25 2008 . retrieved may 3 2010 . video c span s lincoln 200 years programming archived june 13 2010 at the wayback machine . c span 2008 2009 . retrieved may 3 2010 . unpublished document by laws of the abraham lincoln institute unreliable source saint vincent lecture to discuss abraham lincoln as philosopher man of ideas sept. 23 archived may 28 2010 at the wayback machine . saint vincent college 2009 . retrieved may 3 2010 . lincoln legal papers wins book award lincoln legal brief january march 2001 number 57 . retrieved may 3 2010 . abraham lincoln related contests and scholarships abraham lincoln online . retrieved may 3 2010 . abraham lincoln institute fifth annual symposium library of congress 2002 . retrieved may 3 2010 . external links edit abraham lincoln institute website list of award winners retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title abraham lincoln institute & oldid 742304093 categories abraham lincolnnon profit organizations based in marylandhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from april 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 22 40 . text is available under the 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