C. Wyatt Evans teaches history and American studies at Drew University. His research interests are varied and include the memory of the Civil War in contemporary America, domestic security in the Civil War North, and how Americans have viewed leadership since the nineteenth century. He is author of The Legend of John Wilkes Booth: Myth, Memory, and a Mummy (2004) and is currently at work on a history of Civil War domestic security chief Lafayette Baker.

Lecture topics:

• Obama, Lincoln, and 2008: The Mobilization of Memory in Contemporary American Politics
• Are We Obsessing on Lincoln Too Much?
• Refugees, Counterfeits, Sabotage, and Mailmen: Domestic Security Challenges during the American Civil War
• How Modern Americans Think About Leadership

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