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August 30, 2019
Recap: “Thomas Jefferson: A Life of Learning, and a Life in the Law,” with Washington University’s David Konig
Though he’s frequently credited with being its first utterer, Jefferson did not, in fact, introduce “that government is best which governs least” into the public (and, following that, the bumper sticker) lexicon. What he actually said, in a 1788 letter to William Stephens Smith, was far more poetic and nuanced: “we are now vibrating between […]
August 30, 2019
Call-for-Applications: Fall 2019 Faculty and Graduate Student Research & Travel Grants
The Kinder Institute is pleased to announce that Fall 2019 applications for research and travel grants are now open for all MU faculty and graduate students. The deadline to apply is October 18, 2019, and all application instructions can be accessed using the link below. Fall 2019 Research & Travel Grant Call-for-Applications Any questions can […]
August 30, 2019
C-Span Video: “19th Amendment, Voting Rights, and Foreign Relations”
Thanks to C-Span, you can now sit in on the panel on “19th Amendment, Voting Rights, and Foreign Relations,” that was held as part of the June 2019 annual conference of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations, organized by Kinder Institute Endowed Chair Jay Sexton and University of East Anglia’s Kaetan Mistry. Use […]
August 19, 2019
Fall 2019 Kinder Institute Events
Use the calendar link below to access info on all Fall 2019 events at the Kinder Institute, which kick off with Washington University Prof. David Konig’s August 23 talk on Jefferson’s legal writings and wrap up with University of Toronto political theorist Emily Nacol’s December 6 talk on Locke’s 1697 “Essay on the Poor […]
June 10, 2019
Notes from the Capital: 2019 Kinder Scholars Updates
In early June, twenty rising Mizzou juniors and seniors lit out east to take part in the 2019 Kinder Scholars D.C. Summer Program, through which they’ll spend eight weeks living, working, and exploring in the capital. An almost complete list of internship sites can be found here, and we’ll be updating this post over the […]
April 1, 2019
The Panic of 1819: The First Great Depression
The Panic of 1819 tells the story of the first nationwide economic collapse to strike the United States. Much more than a banking crisis or real estate bubble, the Panic was the culmination of an economic wave that rolled through the United States, forming before the War of 1812, cresting with the land and cotton boom […]