David T. Konig Lecture -- "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War"

Join us as Joanne B. Freeman, Class of 1954 Professor at Yale University, presents a lecture on her book "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War"

Join us as Joanne B. Freeman, Class of 1954 Professor at Yale University, presents a lecture as part of the Konig Lecture series.

This lecture is sponsored by the David T. Konig Lecture Series Fund, with co-sponsorships from the Department of History, the School of LawPolitical Science, and the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, & Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis.

This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP in order to make certain we have enough refreshments and to track attendance numbers. Please complete the registration form no later than 3:00 PM on March 20, 2025.

Named in honor of Professor David T. Konig, a long-serving faculty member in the History Department and School of Law, this lecture series showcases speakers working in Professor Konig’s fields of American legal history and early American history.

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