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Kinder Foundation® Pledges $25M to Expand Global Reach at Mizzou

The latest grant will expand the partnership between the Kinder Institute and University of Oxford and create new opportunities for students and faculty. University of…

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Book Prize Alert: Roads to Power, Roads to Crisis

Congratulations Dr. Alec Zuercher Reichardt Full details in the press release here, but it’s with great pleasure that we get to share the news that…

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A Toast to America at 250

International Perspectives on the US at 250 Throughout the 2025-26 academic year, our undergraduate Public History ASH Scholars research team led by Professor Lily Santoro…

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Kinder Institute in the News

Stars, Stripes, and Celebrations Thanks to Lauren Johnson of our hometown Columbia Missourian for her recent write-up of “Stars, Stripes, and Celebrations: Missourians Commemorating America’s…

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New Directions in Women’s Political Participation from Revolution to Reconstruction

October 5-6 Symposium at the Library of Congress The Kinder Institute will partner with Penn State University’s George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center…

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New Book Alert: Professor Jay Dow’s “The First Elections”

The First Elections : The Rise and Fall of Electoral Democracy in Early America June 9 will mark the publication of Kinder Institute and Truman…

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“A View of America at 250 from South Africa,” with Albie Sachs

A250: Global Perspectives Lecture Series Kick-Off With the Kinder Institute’s Spring 2026 lecture series celebrating the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States set to wrap…

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Introducing Constitutional Democracy Academy for Educators

A New Summary Academy for Missouri Teachers For over half a decade, every July, the Kinder Institute has hosted cohorts of 20 high school students…

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Spring 2026 America at 250 Lecture Series

Global Perspectives on the US at 250 For the Spring 2026, our regular Friday Colloquium Series will abandon the familiar confines of Jesse 410 and…

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KICD Director Jay Sexton on the Monroe Doctrine

Contextualizing the Present With the Monroe Doctrine a news refrain of sorts in early 2026, Kinder Institute Director Jay Sexton, author of The Monroe Doctrine:…