Dole Forum
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In Conversation with Kevin Willmott
Event Category:With work on titles like “BlacKkKlansman,” “C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,” “Jayhawkers” and beyond, Kevin Willmott is both a renowned filmmaker and a local legend. Willmott will join the […]
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Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan
Event Category:A former minister of the interior for Afghanistan and Afghan ambassador to Germany, Ali Ahmad Jalali has written extensively on the military history of the country. He visits the institute […]
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2019 CONSTITUTION DAY | Kansas in the U.S. Supreme Court
Event Category:The U.S. Supreme Court has granted review to three separate cases involving the state of Kansas in 2019, which it will hear in October and November. Join Stephen McAllister, U.S. […]
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Votes for Women: Suffrage and the 19th Amendment Centennial
Event Category:One hundred years have not yet passed since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted many — but not all — U.S. women the right to vote. Passed by […]
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Marine, Public Servant, Kansan
Event Category:The groundwork for Ernest “Ernie” Garcia’s life was laid by his ancestors through a decade of field labor, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and two world wars. Through hard […]
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The League of Wives: Heath Hardage Lee
Event Category:Historian and author Heath Hardage Lee specializes in telling little-known stories of dynamic women throughout history. Her latest work, “The League of Wives,” explores a group of fearless military wives […]
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Taliban Safari: One Day in the Surkhagan Valley
Event Category:In his book “Taliban Safari,” retired Lt. Col. Paul Darling offers an engrossing and true day-in-the-life narrative of a combat soldier in Afghanistan in 2009. From the mundane to the […]
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Battle for the Marble Palace: The Forging of the Modern Supreme Court
Event Category:Author Michael Bobelian returns to the Dole Institute to explore a forgotten battle of 1968. Against a backdrop of the Vietnam War, riots during the Democratic National Convention and the […]
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A Powerful, Prevailing Truth: Women in Politics a Century After Suffrage
Event Category:In the century since women gained the vote with the ratification of the 19th amendment, the role of women in the political sphere has increased dramatically in some ways with […]
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A Conversation on Race Part I
Event Category:The justifiable outrage over the death of Mr. George Floyd has spread across the United States and beyond. As thousands of people take to the streets demanding racial justice, the […]
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Let the Shameful Wall of Exclusion Come Down: The 30th Anniversary of the ADA
Event Category:On Tuesday July 21st, the George & Barbara Bush Foundation will convene key activists, advocates and policymakers who helped make the Americans with Disabilities Act a reality for a bipartisan […]