About the Presidential Lecture Series
The annual "Presidential Lecture Series" is one of three signature events at the Institute. Each February, the Institute presents a series of lectures that focus exclusively on the U.S. Presidency, present and past, to include presidential campaigns.
Nationally known individuals – office holders, historians, top strategists, award-winning journalists and political operatives – have contributed to the success of this recognized series.
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2010 Presidential Lecture Series
"Bob Dole:
..50 Years of Leadership & Bipartisanship"
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Writing the Life of a Leader
Featuring Dole’s biographer Jake Thompson
Thompson, author of Bob Dole: the Republicans’ Man For All Seasons, provided an inside look at Dole’s lifetime of public service. Thompson first came to know then-Senator Dole as Washington correspondent for the Kansas City Star. Currently, Thompson is Communications Director for Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.). VIDEO
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Legislation that Changed America
A conversation with former Dole staffers
Sheila Burke, Rod DeArment, and Mike Glassner discussed the Senator’s leadership style and major accomplishments, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security reform, Women and Infant Children nutrition program (WIC), and food stamps.
Burke was Chief of Staff to Senator Dole from 1986-1996 and is currently an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. DeArment served as a senior advisor to Senator Dole from 1979 to 1986, including time as Chief of Staff. DeArment is currently a partner at Covington & Burling law firm. Glassner served in a number of roles for Senator Dole from 1986 to 2000, beginning as an intern in Dole’s office while attending the University of Kansas, and ultimately earning the title of Senior Advisor. Currently, Glassner is a principal at C&M Transcontinental LLC. VIDEO
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The World’s Greatest Deliberative Body?
Featuring former Senate Historian Richard A. Baker
Baker discussed some of the U.S. Senate’s hallmark personalities, achievements and limitations. He will also provide historical perspective on the chamber’s role in the success of the U.S. political system. Baker, who served as Senate Historian from 1975-2009, joins the Dole Institute as the inaugural Dole Archive Visiting Fellow on Monday, March 1 through Wednesday, March 3. VIDEO
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Conversation with a Colleague
Featuring Senator Jack Danforth
Danforth (R) served as U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1976 to 1995. Dole’s close political ally, Danforth nominated Dole to his first term as Majority Leader in 1985. Former Senator Danforth discussed Dole's interaction with senators and the style that led him to be selected Leader by his colleagues more than any other Republican in history. VIDEO
Thursday, March 24, 2010 from 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. &
Friday, March 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Changing the "Slow" Institution: The U.S. Senate 1960-2010
This two-day academic conference featured nationally-recognized scholars from across the country on the traditions and changes of the U.S. Senate. It was co-sponsored by the University of Kansas Department of Political Science and organized by Professor Burdett Loomis. Open to the public.
Conference Schedule
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2009 Presidential Lecture Series
Ten Score: Abraham Lincoln's Legacy
In this bicentennial year of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the Institute invited some of the nation's top Lincoln scholars to share new ideas on why our 16th President remains so vital today. Lectures are free and open to the public. press release
Sunday, February 8, 2009 4:00 p.m. at the Institute
"Lincoln at 200: The Measure of a President"
RICHARD NORTON SMITH
Historian, author, former director of the Dole Institute and
former director of the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL.
| program handout | photo journal | video
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:30 p.m. at the Institute
“Lincoln: A Life”
MICHAEL BURLINGAME
Historian, author of new, two-volume biography, “Lincoln: A Life;” professor emeritus, Connecticut College.
Book signing followed lecture.
program handout | photo journal | video
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 7:30 p.m. at the Institute
“A. Lincoln”
RONALD C. WHITE, JR.
Historian, author of the new biography, “A. Lincoln”
Book signing followed lecture. Ron White also appeared at
the KU Edwards Campus on March 2, 2009
program handout | photo journal |
video
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:30 p.m. at the Institute
“Lincoln and the Copperheads”
JENNIFER L. WEBER
KU assistant professor of history, with expertise in Civil War politics, society & military. Weber discussed her recognized 2006 book, Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North about antiwar Democrats in the Civil War North”
program handout | photo journal | video
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"LINCOLN FLAG"
on display during lecture series
The 34-star “Lincoln Flag” was on loan from the personal collection of Dennis Dailey, KU professor emeritus of social welfare. Despite the seven southern states preparing to secede, Lincoln would not allow any stars to be removed from the national flag between 1861-63. press release
Dole Archive Exhibit information
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2008 Presidential Lecture Series
"The American Presidency:
Past, Present & Future"
February 26, 2008
Straight from the Trail – Part 1
Political Journalists Panel
Steve Kraske, Kansas City Star political columnist
Jill Zuckman, Chicago Tribune congressional correspondent
Joel Mathis, RedBlueAmerica.com blue moderator/blogger
photo journal | program handout | video
February 28, 2008
Reagan's Disciple:
George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy
Lou Cannon, former award-winning Washington Post White House correspondent; foremost Reagan biographer
Carl Cannon, National Journal White House correspondent
The Cannons are co-authors of Reagan’s Disciple: George W. Bush’s Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy.
photo journal | program handout | video
March 6, 2008
Straight from the Trail – Part 2
Political Journalists Panel
Geoff Earle, New York Post political reporter (Clinton trail)
Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Bureau (Obama trail)
Tom Beaumont, Des Moines Register, chief political reporter
photo journal | program handout | video
Tuesday March 11, 2008
Ike's Final Battle
Political historian Kasey Pipes, former speech writer for the Bush White House, author of Ike’s Final Battle: The Road to Little Rock and the Challenge of Equality
| photo journal | program handout | video
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2007 Presidential Lecture Series
"Running for President in 2008
.........with tribute to the late President Ford"
February 8, 2007
Remembering President Gerald R. Ford
Richard Norton Smith, former Dole Institute Director and former Director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
Photo Journal | program handout |
February 13, 2007
Blog to the Chief: The Impact of Political Blogs on the '08 Elections
Blogger Panelists:
Jerome Armstrong, mydd.com
Erick-Woods Erickson, redstate.com
Patrick Hynes, anklebitingpundits.com
Scott Johnson, powerlineblog.com
Joan "mcjoan" McCarter, dailykos.com
David D. Perlmutter, moderator
Photo Journal | program handout |
February 21, 2007
America’s Foremost Political Prognosticator
Charlie Cook, publisher of The Cook Political Report
Photo Journal | program handout |
February 28, 2007
Winning the Nomination
Panelists:
David Yepsen, Des Moines Register
Tom Rath, Republican political strategist
Jonathan Epstein, Democratic political strategist
Photo Journal | program handout |
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2006 Presidential Lecture Series
"The First Woman President"
February 7, 2006
Carol Moseley-Braun
2004 presidential candidate
former U.S. Senator, U.S. Ambassador,
Photo Journal | program handout
Eleanor Clift, Newsweek and the McLaughlin Group
Photo Journal
Pollsters
Kellyanne Conway
Celinda Lake
Photo Journal
Campaign managers
Mary Beth Cahill, John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign
Tom Daffron, Elizabeth Dole’s 2000 presidential campaign
Photo Journal
VIDEO (.mov QuickTime)
Two Governors Plus:
Jeanne Shaheen, fmr. Gov. (R – NH)
Jane Swift, fmr. Gov. (R-MA)
Barbara Lee, political activist
Photo Journal
2005 Series
The Reagan Presidency
Lou Cannon, Reagan biographer
Jack Matlock, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Fmr. White House Advance Men
Jim Hooley, Andrew Littlefair, Gary Foster
Fmr. White House Advisors
Richard "Dick" Wirthlin
Ed Rollins
Frank Donatelli
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2004 Series
Lincoln Week - February 8 - 12, 2004
Douglas Wilson - director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.; author of "Honor's Voice," detailing Lincoln's life before entering the White House.
Allen Guelzo - Grace F. Kea professor of American history, Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa.; wrote biography, "Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President."
Phil Paludan - the Naomi B. Lynn distinguished chair of Lincoln studies, University of Illinois at Springfield, wrote "Victims: A True Story of the Civil War," "A People's Contest: The Union and Civil War" and "The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln," He taught for many years in the history department at KU.
Jean Baker - professor of history at Goucher College in Baltimore; leading authority on Mary Todd Lincoln and is author of "Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography."
James McPherson - George Henry Davis '86 professor of history at Princeton University . McPherson has written several books about the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Reconstruction. His 1988 book, "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era," won the Pultizer Prize.
2003 Series
Presidential Historians/Authors
Nov. 2, 2003
Robert Caro
"Master of the Senate" - Lyndon Johnson
Nov. 9, 2003
A snowstorm prevented the arrival of scheduled speaker
Roy Wilkens.
Richard Norton Smith delivered a lecture.
Nov. 16, 2003
David Gergen
"Witness to Power
2002 Inaugural Series
Presidential Historians/Authors
November 3, 2002
Edmund Morris
The Badger on the Pullman: T.R. Crosses Kansas, May, 1903
November 10, 2002
Michael Beschloss
Presidential Leadership
November 17, 2002
David McCullough
Presidential Decisions in Times of Crisis
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