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  • May 2022

  • Sun 1
    Featured March 18, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - May 28, 2022 @ 12:00 pm

    Exhibit: What Would a Woman Offer Her Country? Elizabeth Dole’s Ground-breaking, Trail-blazing Life of Service

    Event Category:
    • Exhibit
    Elizabeth Dole Gallery & Reading Room 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, United States

    Exhibit: What Would a Woman Offer Her Country? Elizabeth Dole's Ground-breaking, Trail-blazing Life of Service Opening March 18, 2022 After several decades of leadership at the highest levels of U.S. […]

  • Thu 5
    Featured May 5, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Dave Cotter, Mark Hull, Benjamin M. Schneider: “Examining War Crimes in World War 2: A Panel Discussion”

    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Examining War Crimes in World War II: A Panel Discussion This panel will examine some of the less understood aspects of war crimes of the Second World War. Dr. Mark […]

  • June 2022

  • Thu 2
    Featured June 2, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Fort Leavenworth: Ethan Rafuse: “Hybrid War in the Shenandoah in 1864”

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series
    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Defense analysts have identified the emergence of “hybrid warfare” as a compelling threat to American national security and declared it one of the more notable developments of the first decade […]

  • Tue 14
    exhibit banner. Missing, then action; an army wife speaks out. Opens June 14 2022
    Featured June 14, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - January 26, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

    Exhibit: Missing, Then Action: An Army Wife Speaks out

    Event Category:
    • Exhibit
    Elizabeth Dole Gallery & Reading Room 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, United States

    In June 1965, Kansan Kathleen Johnson received word that her husband, U.S. Army Major Bruce Johnson was missing. For four years, she waited—then, she sought answers for her three young […]

  • Thu 16
    Historian Mary McMurray standing in front of a museum exhibit.
    Featured June 16, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    From Dependents to Interdependence: The Army Officer’s Wife Ideal and the Making of Army Family Policy

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

    Historian Mary McMurray will contextualize the activism of POW/MIA wives with the changing roles and expectations of the Army wife in the 20th century. Using military guidebooks and other sources […]

  • Tue 28
    Featured June 28, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - July 10, 2022 @ 4:00 pm

    Discover with Dole: 4th of July

    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States

    12:00 – 4:00pm Discover with Dole – family friendly activities Join us for a "Dole" lot of fun with our family-friendly crafts and activities this summer! Vote for your favorite […]

  • Tue 28
    map of Ukraine and surrounding geography
    Featured June 28, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

    Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine: planning, operations, and prospects

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

    On February 24, 2022, Russia began a war on Ukraine, unleashing brutality on the European continent not seen since 1945. On June 28, two scholars of war; Kevin Benson, Ph.D., […]

  • July 2022

  • Sun 3
    Featured July 3, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 9:45 pm

    Community Independence Day Celebration

    The City of Lawrence is pleased to announce the date for this year’s Independence Day community celebration and fireworks, brought to you by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas […]

  • Thu 28
    Featured July 28, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

    Tony R. “Randy” Mullis, PhD | Bleeding Kansas and British Kaffraria in the 1850s

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series
    Virtual Event

    Many Kansans are familiar with the Bleeding Kansas era of American history in context of American westward expansion. Few, however, may know of a comparable event of British eastward expansion […]

  • August 2022

  • Thu 4
    Featured August 4, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Fort Leavenworth: John Kuehn: “Victory at Sea: World War 2 on Film”

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series
    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Victory At Sea was one of the most celebrated television programs of its day when it was first aired on NBC beginning in 1952 and almost weekly for 26 episodes […]

  • September 2022

  • Thu 1
    Featured September 1, 2022 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Fort Leavenworth: Angela Riotto and Derek Mallett: “Prisoners of War as Military Intelligence in the Civil War and World War 2″

    Event Category:
    • Ft. Leavenworth Series
    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
    Hybrid Event

    During the Second World War, the US military interrogated over 3,000 German Prisoners of War at a secret facility at Fort Hunt, Virginia. These interrogations offer fascinating perspectives of the […]

  • Tue 6
    9-11 Memorial Poster Exhibit
    Featured September 6, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - September 11, 2022 @ 4:00 pm

    Exhibit: September 11, 2001: The Day that Changed the World

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

      On display from September 6 - September 11, 2022 The Dole Institute will display a special poster exhibition in Simons Media Room from September 6 through September 11, for […]

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