EVENTS
“America at 250: A View from Korea,” April 10 America 250 Lecture with Mizzou PhD Alum and Chung-Ang University Prof. Brandon Park | 04/10/2026
REGISTER HERE For the first of two America 250 lectures scheduled for April, Brandon Park, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, will take an empirical approach, examining contemporary public opinion data to assess the present state of the US-Korea relationship (see description below). The lecture will be held […]
“America at 250: A View from Home,” April 17 America at 250 Lecture with Kinder Institute Director Jay Sexton | 04/17/2026
REGISTER HERE For the penultimate lecture in our Spring 2026 series exploring the global significance of the semiquincentenial anniversary of the US, Kinder Institute Director Jay Sexton will look outward from the Kansas-Missouri border, considering how the violent, Civil War-era history of the region, as well as the collective memory of said history, speaks to […]
“America at 250: A View from the United Kingdom,” May 12 America 250 Concluding Lecture with Kinder Institute Senior Fellow Lawrence Goldman | 05/12/2026
REGISTER HERE Making his return to Columbia after serving during Fall 2018 as one of the Kinder Institute’s first Distinguished Research Fellows, Lawrence Goldman will wrap up the Spring 2026 lecture series with an examination of the nation’s 250-year arc through the lens of the evolution of the United States’ special relationship with the United […]