The Evolution of TV News
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A 2018 Pew Research Center survey reminds us that television continues to outpace online, radio and print outlets as the preferred news source for American adults. Once dominated by three […]
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General Sir John Monash
Event Category:John Monash was a reserve colonel in the Australian army before World War I, but once the conflict began, he would become a full-time army officer. Promoted to brigadier general, […]
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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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Brigadier General Frank “Pinkie” Dorn
Event Category:From 1942 to 1945, Frank “Pinkie” Dorn, a Chinese linguist and country expert, served in the China-Burma-India theater. Geoff Babb shares the story of Dorn, a colorful and talented officer, […]
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Dr. Temple Grandin
Event Category:The Dole Institute of Politics will honor advocate for autistic persons and Professor of Animal Science Temple Grandin with the 2019 Dole Leadership Prize. “Temple Grandin is a trailblazer,” Dole […]
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The War of the Fifth Coalition, 1809
Event Category:Convention says that Napoleon’s downfall came as a result of his misadventures in Spain, starting in 1808, and his disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. While both undoubtedly contributed to […]
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The Tet Offensive, 1968: The Turning Point of the Vietnam War
Event Category:With guest speaker Gates Brown. The Tet Offensive of 1968 was a dramatic turning point for both the U.S. and the North Vietnamese in the Vietnam War. Each had their […]
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2020 | Presidential Speeches and Rhetoric
Event Category:This year’s Presidential Lecture Series, created and developed by award-winning presidential rhetoric scholar Dr. Robert Rowland, focuses on presidential speeches and rhetoric, from the greatest speeches, to the process of […]
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2020 SPRING | Spying in the Cyber Age
Event Category:The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United StatesDole 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 […]
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The Aisne-Marne Counteroffensive, 1918: The Turning Point of World War I
Event Category:Although the turning points of the American Civil War and World War II occurred in the middle of those conflicts, the outcome of the Great War was not decided until […]
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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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Guadalcanal, 1942: The Turning Point of the Pacific Theater in World War II
Event Category: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 […]