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  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 […]

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 […]

For anyone who missed East Anglia Prof. Kaeten Mistry and Kinder Institute Chair Jay Sexton’s February 5 conversation on the history of national security whistleblowing in the U.S., you can now access C-SPAN’s recording of the event using this link. In addition, you can find out more about Prof. Mistry’s current work with Dr. Hannah […]

Kinder Institute Endowed Chair and Professor of History Jay Sexton hopped on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on November 8 to discuss his new book A Nation Forged by Crisis: A New American History, published in October by Basic Books. You can listen to the full interview here.

The first installment of a two-part conversation, Kinder Institute Director Justin Dyer sat down with Newsy Station Manager Cliff Judy to discuss how the American founders believed that civic education should be at the heart of the missions of the United States’ first public universities.

As part of the ongoing “Ask the Experts” collaboration, Kinder Institute Director and Professor of Political Science Justin Dyer sat down with Newsy Channel Manager Cliff Judy to discuss how secondary and higher education institutions might benefit from reimagining the role of civic education.