On February 9th at 7pm at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C., Princeton
University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
and Ford's Theater hosted renowned historian Allen C. Guelzo in
conversation with Lucas Morel of Washington and Lee University and
Richard Brookhiser of National Review. The trio discussed the newly
released 2nd edition of Dr. Guelzo’s book, Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer
President, which has been updated and revised with a new preface. Since
its original publication in 1999, Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer
President has garnered numerous accolades, not least the prestigious
Lincoln Prize. Join Dr. Guelzo for an exciting discussion exploring the
legacy of America’s most celebrated president!
This event was co-sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, the
Ethics and Public Policy Center, American University’s Lincoln Scholars
Program, the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, and the Civil
War Round Table of the District of Columbia. This event was also part of
the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship.
Allen C. Guelzo is Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar and
Director of the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and
Statesmanship. Previously, he was Senior Research Scholar in the Council
of the Humanities at Princeton University, and the Director of Civil
War Era Studies and the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at
Gettysburg College. During 2010-11 and again in 2017-18, he served as
the Wm.L. Garwood Visiting Professor in the James Madison Program at
Princeton University. He holds the MA and PhD in History from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Lucas Morel is John K. Boardman, Jr. Professor of Politics and Head of
the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University. He has taught
at W&L since July 1999. He also teaches in the summer Master’s
Program in American History and Government at Ashland University in
Ohio; summer programs for the Claremont Institute for the Study of
Statesmanship and Political Philosophy; and high school teacher
workshops sponsored by the Ashbrook Center, the Gilder-Lehrman
Institute, the Jack Miller Center, the Bill of Rights Institute, and the
Liberty Fund. In 2008-09, he was the Garwood Visiting Research Fellow
at the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at
Princeton University.
Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review, a senior
fellow at the National Review Institute, and the author of several
books, including Founders’ Son, Right Time, Right Place, George
Washington on Leadership, What Would the Founders Do?, Gentleman
Revolutionary, Rules of Civility, America’s First Dynasty, Alexander
Hamilton, American, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington,
Way of the WASP, and The Outside Story.