Speaking Engagements

2008
June 22-28 • Civil War Institute conference on Lincoln, Gettysburg College
July 7-11 • Museum of the Confederacy Teachers Institute, Richmond, VA
August 8-9 • Indiana Historical Society bicentennial extravaganza
September 15 • ALBC Commission Meeting, Washington, DC
September 20 • National Archives Lincoln Symposium, Washington, DC
October 2-3 • Speaking at Indiana University
October 8-11 • Lincoln at 200: The Man, the Myth, the Monument, Bowling Green, Kentucky
October 23 • HH gives keynote speech at Saratoga Springs History Museum, 7:30 PM, History Museum, Canfield Casino, Saratoga Springs. For more information, rbullock@mail.nysed.gov
October 30 • HH is banquet speaker at Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, Illinois.
November 11 • Harold speaks at the fall meeting of the Lincoln Group of New York. For more information, www.lgny.org
November 12 • Harold introduces the new book at the Civil War Round Table of New York.
November 13 • A special conversation—on being President-elect. Harold Holzer and Governor Mario Cuomo at the 92nd Street Y, New York. More information to come.
November 15 • HH speaks at 1 PM at Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, 432 West Walnut Street, Allentown, PA. For more information, 610-435-1074, or j_garrera@lchs.museum
November 16-18 • Annual Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, PA. HH to speak at opening dinner, November 16. For more information on registration and hotels, contact bettyanselmo@cox.net or www.thelincolnforum.org
November 22 • HH participates in Columbia University conference, “Lincoln in His Time and Ours.” Celebrating the publication of Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World, edited by Eric Foner; co-sponsored by the American Studies and History Department at Columbia and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
November 25 • Harold speaks on the new book at the New-York Historical Society, Central Park West at 77th Street, details to come on www.nyhistory.org
November 16-19 • Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg
December 6 • Indiana Historical Society: Author’s Fair
December 16 • Harold speaks at the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.

2009
January 6-8 • Speaking tour for the Literary Society of the Southwest: Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tucson, Arizona.
January 21-24 • Speaks at Civil War Education Association annual conference in Sarasota, Florida. For more information, cwea@earthlink.net
February 2 • ALBC Signature Event, Dedication Day, Washington, DC
February 7 • Keynote speaker: Lincoln Society of Peekskill
February 9 • Open Visions lecturer: Fairfield University
February 10 • Speaks, with Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, at annual dinner of Lincoln Society of Peekskill, NY
February 2 • ALBC Signature Event, Dedication Day, Washington, DC
February 12 • Lincoln’s 200th: Washington, DC
February 13 • ALBC Commission Meeting, Washington, DC
March 14-16 • Lincoln and the South Conference, Tredegar Civil War Center, Richmond
April 16-18 • Emancipation in the Age of Lincoln, Howard University, Washington, DC
April 24-25 • Lincoln Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
May 15-16 • Lecture to The Homer Educational Foundation, Homer, NY
May 21 • Cincinnati Civil War Round Table
May 30 • ALBC Signature Event, Rededication of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC
June 14 • Stephen A. Douglas Association Luncheon: “Douglas in Transition,” Union League Club
July 3-5 • Lincoln’s Legacy: An International Conference, University of Oxford, England
November 12 • Mineola Memorial Library
November 16-19 • Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg

2008 Completed
January 3 • Lincoln Program w/ Association of American Law Schools and the NY Bar Association, New York City
February 11-13 • Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Launch, Louisville, KY; Holzer appears with Sam Waterston in "Lincoln Seen and Heard", Kentucky Arts Center, Louisville.
February 12 or 13 • "Lincoln at Cooper Union", Filson Club, Louisville, KY
February 15 • Lincoln: Seen and Heard w/ Sam Waterston, William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, AR
February 26 • Philadelphia Civil War Consortium: Lincoln and Philadelphia; National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
February 27 • Union League of Philadelphia
March 26 • John Marszalek Lecture, Mississippi State University
March 28 • Cooper Union Sesquicentennial; The Organization of American Historians conference, Cooper Union, New York, NY; Lincoln at Cooper Union
April 4-5 • Weekend with History Celebration, New York Historical Society
April 28 • "Lincoln and Olmsted: Central Park" Sesquicentennial Lecture, The Century Association, New York

2007 Completed
January 11 • Jim McPherson dinner / Union League (intro)
January 25 • Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN “The Lincoln Family Album”
January 27 • Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN “Jack Smith collection”
February 10 • Smithsonian Institution Symposium, “Abraham Lincoln as an American Hero”
February 28 • Cooper Union Debate Series w/ Newt Gingrich, Mario Cuomo, and Tim Russert
March 8-11 • USS Monitor Symposium: “Hi-Tech Naval Wars”
April 13 • New Jersey Legislature, Trenton, NJ, “Lincoln and Legislatures”
April 24 • NY State Archives Award to Doris Kearns Goodwin
May 1-2 • Participate in “The Lincoln Series” with the Fetzer Institute, Washington, DC
June 14-15 • Lincoln Institute for Teachers, Evansville, IN
June 27 • ALBC Commission Meeting via phone
June 29-July 1 • Keynote Speaker for “Forever Free: Lincoln and Emancipation” Exhibit at the Freeport, IL Public Library
July 18 • Hildene event, Re: “Lincoln Family Album”
October 27 • Speaks at unveiling of Lincoln Statue, Peekskill, NY
November 8 • “Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words,” presentation w/ Douglas Wilson, New York Historical Society
November 10 • Lincoln at Cooper Union, Minnesota History Center
November 16-19 • Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg
November 19 • Shaara Prize Dinner, Gettysburg

2006 Completed
January 18-21 West Palm Beach CWEA Civil War Symposium
(Image of Lee & McClellen)
February 11-14 ALBC Mtg: Washington, DC
March 8 CWRT of Rockland County, New City Library, and CU. Paul Martin
March 10-11 Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend, Newport News, VA
March 16 Museum of the Confederacy w/ John Coski, Richmond
March 30 Speaking at The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue
Cooper Union
April 4-5 Union College Speaking Engagement, Schenectady, NY: “Lincoln, Seward and the Election of 1860” Contact: Bill Schwarz
April 19-20 NEH/NARA Event, Washington
May 5-7 Ulysses S Grant Association Mtg, West Point, NY
May 16 -17 LGDC w/ Dick Durbin, Award and Speech
May 21 Illinois College Commencement
May 28 U Mass Dartmouth Commencement
June 5 92nd Y Lecture: Lincoln and the Jews
June 23 Louis Pasteur Middle School Commencement
August 15 American Heritage Magazine/Pennsylvania Civil War Trails
September 13 Archives Partnership Trust Event w/ Sam Waterston, Albany, NY
Sept. 15-16 Image of War Seminar, Washington DC “Lincoln in Photographs: A New Look”
Sept. 27 –Oct. 1 Chicago Churchill Conference, The Drake Hotel, Chicago
“ Lincoln and The Orator”
October 25 Introducing Joshua Wolf-Shenk and Andrew Solomon
Cooper Union
October 27-28 Huntington Library “War Within A War Conference, San Marino, CA
“ Lincoln and Jeff Davis in CW Caricature”
December 14 New-York Historical Society, “Frederick Douglass, Lincoln, and the Civil War”
November 16-19 1) Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg “ Emancipation: Three Views” w/ Frank Williams and Edna Green Medford
2) Lincoln Press Conference w/ George Buss
November 30 Southern Illinois University teleconference lecture, “Lincoln at Cooper Union”

2005 Completed
January 6 Moderate NY-HS Debate: Jefferson vs. Hamilton
January 19-23 West Palm Beach CWEA Civil War Symposium
February 5 Lincoln Museum Exhb Opening, Fort Wayne, IN.
February 9 Civil War Round Table of NY, Barondess Award Dinner (Cooper Union)
February 11 ALBC Mtg, Washington
February 11 White House Event w/ Sam Waterston
February 15 Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach (Cooper Union)
February 17 TD Waterhouse/New Yorker Event w/ Sam Waterston
(House Divided Address)
March 4-6 Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend, Newport News, VA
March 12 Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium: Silver Spring, MD
April 1-2 Lincoln's Statesmanship Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology
(Images of The Great Emancipation)
April 9 New York Council for History Education Event, NYHS
(Cooper Union)
April 17-18 ALPLM Symposium (HH: Three Generations of Lincoln Scholarship w/ D. Donald,
M. Pinsker and B. Lamb)
April 18 ALBC Mtg, Springfield, IL
April 19 Abraham Lincoln Museum Opening, Springfield, IL
(Panel with B. Lamb, D. Donald, M. Pinsker)
April 21-22 Lincoln Prize Dinner, Richmond, VA
May 7 Lincoln Legacy Project, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
May 16 Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
(Lincoln and Modern Art)
June 6 ALBC Mtg, Philadelphia
June 9-11 Lincoln Exhibition Opening Events at the National Constitution Center
July 5-7 The Shadow of Greatness Symposium, Manchester. VT
(New Look at Lincoln Family)
August 10-11 Indiana Historical Society (Cooper Union)
September 28 Speaking at the Village Temple, NYC
October 19 Lincoln at Cooper Union: Cleveland via Nancy Nelson
October 24 APT “Conversation” with Brian Lamb at SUNY Albany in the pm
APT “ Conversation” with Brian Lamb at The Egg 7:30pm
November 4-8 California Trip
November 9 “ Lincoln in the Times” Book Party
November 15-19 Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg
November 20 Gettysburg Remembrance Day Program

2004 Completed
January 27 Cooper Union Lecture at Civil War Round Table Palm Beach, FL
January 29-31 CWEA at Sarasota, FL: “ Prang Civil War Prints”
February 9 ALBC Mtg. Washington, DC
February 10 Union League of New York Annual Lecture
March 4-7 Mariner’s Symposium: “ Children of the Civil War”
April 3-4 “Lincoln Seen and Heard” Bush Presidential Library, Texas
April 23-25 US Grant Association Mtg, Washington, DC (FYI: 4/26 Party of the Year)
“Grant Seen and Heard” w/ Frank Williams
May 3 APT Albany Event: “Grant Seen and Heard” w/ Richard Dreyfuss
May 5 Cooper Union Re-Creation and President’s Dinner w/ Sam Waterston
May 13 Cooper Union Book Party, Century Club, NYC
Marty Segal/Bonnie 888-5451
May 20 ALBC Book Party Cooper Union
May 20 Heritage Foundation Lecture: Washington, DC: Cooper Union
May 30 Cooper Union Lecture and Book signing: Robert Todd’s Lincoln,
Hildene: Manchester, VT
June 3 Press Conference at Army and Navy Club, Washington
June 6 CSPAN, Washington, DC - 3 Hours Live
June 7 ALBC Mtg, Washington, DC
June 8 National Archives Event, Washington, DC: Cooper Union
June 9 Civil War Round Table of New York Monthly Dinner, NYC: Prang Prints
June 12 Lincoln Group of Boston, Brown University, Providence Cooper UnionJune 24 CWRT of CT Dinner, Greenwich, CT
June 27-July 1 Lecture on the Civil War Navy, Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
June 24 CWRT of CT Dinner, Greenwich, CT
June 27-July 1 Lecture on the Civil War Navy, Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
July 17 Lecture and Book signing at Highland Park Public Library, Illinois
THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT, 1860: ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK, IN WORDS AND PICTURES
July 18 Cooper Union Book Signing at Abraham Lincoln Bookshop
Chicago, IL
September 18-19 Annual Lincoln Colloquium: Cooper Union, Fort Wayne, Indiana
September 20 ALBC Mtg, Fort Wayne, Indiana
October 18 NEH Lecture, Ford’s Theater, Washington Abraham Lincoln, American Hero
October 19 Lincoln Group of Washington, DC; Cooper Union
October 23 Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin Mtg, Beloit, Wisconsin, Cooper Union
October 27 NYHS Speaking Engagement; Cooper Union
November 4 Lincoln Group of New York: Cooper Union
November 6 Hold: Indiana Historical Society Event w/ Tom Mason
November 16-18 Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg (Cooper Union Speech)
November 19 Fortenbaugh Lecture, Gettysburg College
November 30 Union League Tribute to Brian Lamb
December 14-15 Authors Unlimited Speaking Engagement, Miami & Ft. Lauderdale

2003
January 28 Civil War Round Table of Palm Beach. “Terrorism”
January 29-February 2 Sarasota CWEA Conference. “Art of the Civil War”
February 10 “Lincoln Seen and Heard” with Sam Waterston
February 12 Lincoln Association of Jersey City, NJ. Eugene P. O’Connell: Terrorism
February 20 MMA “Lincoln Family Album” with Sam Waterston and Dianne Wiest
March 6-9 Monitor & Merrimac Symposium: Mariner’s Museum, and Newport News
March 29 Sussex County Historical Society Annual Dinner (Terrorism)
April 3 CWRT of Long Island (North Shore, Long Island) (Terrorism)
April 5 Lincoln Statue dedication and conference, Richmond, VA
April 12 LGNY 25th Anniversary, 7th Regiment Armory (Terrorism)
April 18 Lincoln Institute at Galesburg, IL (Cooper Union)
May 10 Commencement Exercises at University of Illinois at Springfield
June 16 Mississippi Queen Lecture: Art of the Civil War
June 22 MMA, GRR, Lecture: Art of Civil War
July 6-8 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Meeting, Manchester, VT
August 25-27 Freeport, IL (Lincoln-Douglas Debates Day)
October 11-12 Blue and Gray Education Society, Massachusetts
October 15-19 LSUS Lincoln-Jefferson Conference, Shreveport, LA
Oct. 31-Nov. 8 Lincoln Forum Cruise
November 10 Hold: NCC Lincoln Advisory Panel, Philadelphia
November 11 LGNY Dinner
November 13 Ulysses S. Grant Program with Richard Dreyfuss (MMA)
November 16-18 Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg ( “Lincoln Seen and Heard” with Sam Waterston)

2002
January 30-Feb. 2 Sarasota CWEA Symposium: “The Lincoln Image”
February 12 Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia annual banquet: “War, Dissent, and Terrorism in Old New York: How Abraham Lincoln Responded” – Wm. Myles Taylor
February 13 CWRT of New York: Speech and Award to George Craig
February 26 Harvard Club: “War, Dissent, and Terrorism in Old New York: How Abraham Lincoln Responded”– David Goldstein; Geraldine Sanderson 914-251-6951
March 7 CWRT of Long Island in Huntington – Andrew Athanas
April 6 Historical Society of Sussex County, New Jersey – Joe Garrera
April 26-27 Ulysses S. Grant Association – New York City
September 13-15 City of Ottawa, IL: Lincoln History Sessions and Statue Dedication
October 11 CWRT of Chicago: Nevins-Freeman Award
October 23 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, New York City – John Portanova
November 15-20 Gettysburg: Lincoln Forum

2001
January 18 AARP. “Lincoln in New York”
January 24-27 Sarasota, FL. “The Confederate Image”
February 7 Lincoln Seen and Heard with Sam Waterston, MMA
March 23 Lincoln Seen and Heard with Sam Waterston, Cornwall, CT
March 29 Union League of Philadelphia Abraham Lincoln Foundation Symposium
April 26-28 Lincoln Symposium, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
May 5 CWRT/Binghamton. Uris Theater, “Civil War in Art”
May 12 CWRT/NY 50th Anniversary HH: #3 (after Frye and Shaara): “Lincoln & New York” (Patrick Falci)
June 6 Brandywine Valley CWRT, West Chester, PA)
June 13-17 Lincoln Family Symposium, Hildene, Manchester, VT
July 10 Monticello. “Lincoln & Jefferson”
July 27-August 7 Delta Queen: Mobile-Nashville w/ Jack Davis, Bud Robertson, Kent Brown
Oct. 6-12 History America Cruise/St.Louis & IL
Nov. 8 Gerald R. Ford Museum “Lincoln from Life”
Nov. 15-19 Lincoln Forum, Gettysburg, PA
December 11 CWRT/CT “Confederate Image.” Brock’s – Merritt Pkwy, Exit 35 (High Ridge) – in front of you through light, to right of People’s Bank (Steve Laird 203-838-5309)

2000
January 23 “Lincoln and the Jews” - Skirball Museum, LA
January 26-30 “The Union Image”- CWEA, Sarasota, FL
February 11 “Lincoln and the Graphic Arts”- MMA Lecture- GRR
March 3-5 Westfield, NY
March 17 WCWRT at Pace University, Pleasantville NY - “The Union Image” (Laura Lee Keating (h) 914-739-0154 (o) 914-397-6638)
April 17 3:00 PM Lincoln Conference, Baruch College
May 25 CWRT/CT Dinner. Contact: Steve Laird 203-838-5309
June 7-11 History America Navy Conference - Annapolis, MD
June 30-July 2 CWI “Lincoln at the Millenium” Conference. “Lincoln in Modern Art”
September 22-23 Lincoln Colloquium and McMurtry Lecture – Lincoln Home Symposium, Fort Wayne, IN. Contact: Gerry Prokopowicz (219) 455-4517
September 24 “A Conversation with Lerone Bennett” Schomburg Library. New York, NY.
October 15-16 Ford’s Theater NHS Annual Symposium. “The Elections of 1860 & 1864.” Contacts: Michael Maione & Gary Crawford (202-261-6550)
November 15-17 Lincoln Forum: “The Rubber Room Phenomenon”

1999
February 23 MMA (GRR Auditorium): Lincoln from Life, Portraits of a President
April 24 Opening of “Lincoln from Life” - The Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
June 11-13 “Union Preserved” Symposium, Albany (also State Archives Partnership Trust
June 18-20 West Virginia Independence Day- “Dear Mr. Lincoln” (Gerry Reilly 304-238-1300)
July 9-11 “Looking at Lincoln” Symposium (Lee Moorehead) - Springfield, IL
August 2 Ford’s Theater - 1. Why Should Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? 2. Lincoln Family
October 22 Lincoln & Lincoln from Life, Forbes Magazine (60 Fifth Avenue)
November 10 Morgan Library - George Washington (contact: Bill Appleton 685-0008)
November 18 Lincoln Forum IV, Gettysburg – “The Lincoln Grail”
November 19 Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania - “Ridicule Without Malice”