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So much of political discourse in the United States focuses on two-, four-, and six-year election cycles. Yet, so much of politics happens outside of them. As a way to both broaden and refine the conception of political time, University of Cambridge Paul Mellon Professor of American History Gary Gerstle, the Kinder Institute’s 2023 James […]

There are any number of contradictions that can trace their roots back to the Espionage Act. It’s the final legal backstop propping up America’s secrecy regime, yet it’s repeatedly been at the center of the crises of legitimacy this regime has faced over time (for recent examples, see: Trump/Mar-a-Lago, Biden/Garage, Clinton/Server). In the 21st century […]

From our James E. Fleming & Linda C. McClain Constitution Day Lecture with University of Cambridge’s Gary Gerstle on September 12, to our semester-closing colloquium with Distingiushed Visiting Research Fellow Christa Dierksheide on December 1, use the link below to find out more about all Fall 2023 Kinder Institute talks. Fall 2023 Kinder Institute Events […]

Always a busy season at the Kinder Institute, this fall will bring four application deadlines for our various undergraduate programs: our Spring 2024 Constitutional Litigation seminar and Summer 2024 Kinder Scholars D.C. program, applications for which run through the Kinder Institute and our Spring 2024 “Race & Politics in South Africa” and “Global History at […]

As an undergraduate, Paul Odu did more or less everything that the Kinder Institute offers Mizzou students. He was in the Society of Fellows and wrote for the Journal on Constitutional Democracy; he studied in D.C. as a member of the Kinder Scholars Program and at Corpus Christi College as our 2021-22 Oxford Fellow; he […]

Views on the history of the American West have shifted drastically, and importantly, in recent decades. What was once a celebration of destiny manifested has become an indictment of ruthless expansion. The language of social progress, political democracy, and economic development has been replaced by ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism, and genocide. Brutal fact, in other […]