Food: The Ultimate Weapon for Democracy
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In 1946, starvation abounded in the world. World War II had led to hunger, and now coupled with world drought was causing massive starvation. Guns had started and won the […]
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Fighting Hunger in a Changing World with Catherine Bertini
Event Category:Catherine Bertini’s career has placed her squarely on the front lines of the fight to end world hunger, including time at the United Nations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and […]
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Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator
Event Category:The Dole Institute is proud to honor U.S. Senator Tom Harkin with the 2017 Dole Leadership Prize. Harkin represented Iowa in the U.S. Congress for more than four decades, including […]
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Keeping the Ogre at Bay: Defending Britain, 1803-1815
Event Category:The United Kingdom’s response to the French threat came at a time of great social and political change at home. From frantic invasion scares in 1803-1805 to political indecision, economic […]
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America and the Armenian Genocide
Event Category:Starting in 1915, the Ottoman Empire killed up to 1.5 million Armenians and evicted hundreds of thousands of others from their homes in an act of genocide that would later […]
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2018 SPRING | Rise of the Independents: Candidates and Reform in 2018 and Beyond
Event Category:Dole Fellow Jim Jonas Read more about Dole Fellows >> In a partisan political environment, independent or unaffiliated voters now represent the largest voting bloc in many U.S. states. Can […]
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2018 | 1 to 44: The Best and the Worst of American Presidents
Event Category:Presidential historian and former Dole Institute director Richard Norton Smith returns for a deep dive into presidential rankings and what they can teach us. Smith will guide the audience through […]
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The German Homefront Experience, 1939-1945
Event Category:Emphasizing multiple perspectives from disparate groups, Mark Hull will focus on the lives of everyday Germans during World War II. What they ate, what they saw in their local public […]
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Leadership and Globalization in Sports: Bob Kendrick
Event Category:The president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick arrives to discuss the museum, a Kansas City institution. The NLBM is dedicated to preserving the rich history of African-American […]
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Responses To WWI: Stadiums, Quarintines, Altruism and Resistance
Event Category:Explore the many ways in which the Great War changed the world, from prisoner of war camps in Switzerland, to resistance movements in Belgium, memorial stadiums in the U.S. and […]
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The Loneliness of the Black Republican
Event Category:Harvard Kennedy School professor Leah Rigueur lays out a new understanding of the interaction between African-Americans and the Republican Party, exploring the seemingly incongruous intersection of civil rights and American […]
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The Class of ’74: Congress after Watergate
Event Category:In November 1974, following the historic Watergate scandal, Americans voiced their displeasure with the GOP by electing a wave of 76 Democratic freshmen to the U.S. House of Representatives. Commonly […]