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  • April 2020

  • Wed 1
    February 12, 2020 @ 8:00 am - April 22, 2020 @ 5:00 pm

    2020 SPRING | Spying in the Cyber Age

    Event Category:
    • Discussion Groups
    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States

    Dole Fellow Ron Marks Read more about Dole Fellows >> The Dole Discussion Groups are made possible be a grant from Newman’s Own     Recruiting in the Cyber World […]

  • Thu 2
    April 2, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    Guadalcanal, 1942: The Turning Point of the Pacific Theater in World War II

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series

    Dr. Kuehn’s talk will dispute the claim that the Battle of Midway is the turning point of the Pacific War and offer an argument that the campaign on Guadalcanal from […]

  • May 2020

  • Thu 7
    May 7, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    1941: The Turning Point in the Holocaust

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series

    Few years in modern history have been as eventful as 1941. For most Americans, the December 7 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor resonates as the year’s signal event, an action […]

  • June 2020

  • Thu 4
    June 4, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    Barbarossa’s Siege of Rome, 1167: The Turning Point for Medieval Italy

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series

    In an effort to thwart the ambitions of his political rivals, the Hohenstaufen ruler Frederick Barbarossa invaded Italy in 1167 with the goal of driving all the way to Sicily. […]

  • Tue 16
    June 16, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    A Conversation on Race Part I

    Event Category:
    • Dole Forum

    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 […]

  • July 2020

  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    Let the Shameful Wall of Exclusion Come Down: The 30th Anniversary of the ADA

    Event Category:
    • Dole Forum

    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 […]

  • Sun 26
    July 26, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    Commemoration of 30th Anniversary of the ADA

    Event Category:
    • Dole Forum

    The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement is joining the Dole Institute of Politics, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, George Bush Presidential Library & Museum […]

  • August 2020

  • Thu 6
    August 6, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    The Battle of Shiloh, the Turning Point of the American Civil War

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series

    Civil War fans often point to Antietam or Gettysburg as the turning point of the war, but overlooked is the night of April 6, 1862, when Ulysses S. Grant’s Army […]

  • September 2020

  • Thu 3
    September 3, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    1979: The Turning Point of the Cold War

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series

    President Carter had a visceral dislike of the CIA and its use of covert missions. However, he overcame his initial perception when he saw an opportunity to use the CIA […]

  • Wed 9
    September 9, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    Francesca Chambers and MJ Lee

    Event Category:
    • Journalism and Politics Lecture

    As we head into what promises to be a highly contentious election season, journalism has never been more vitally important. However, the media landscape is undergoing turbulent change with older […]

  • Thu 10
    September 10, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    Marines Return to Vietnam

    Event Category:
    • Dole Forum

    In 1967, John Musgrave was wounded in Vietnam. More than fifty years later, he, along with fellow marine John Solbach, journalist Lindsey Foat, and historian Bill Tuttle, returned to the […]

  • Tue 15
    September 15, 2020 @ 12:00 am

    2020 CONSTITUTION DAY | Kansas in the U.S. Supreme Court

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    • Dole Forum

    KU Law Professor Lou Mulligan leads guests: Legal Director of the ACLU of Kansas, Lauren Bonds; Professor of Law Emeritus at Boston University School of Law, Larry Yackle and Constitutional […]

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