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As part of the World War I Museum and Memorials November 2017 “America Joins the Fight” Symposium Kinder Institute Chair Jay Sexton and Chapman University Professor and Chair of History Jennifer Keene contributed to an opening night panel discussion of President Woodrow Willson’s vision for peace, the U.S. military’s preparedness in 1917, and domestic reactions […]

On the October 1 episode of PBS’ “The Open Mind,” Kinder Institute Director Justin Dyer spoke with host Alexander Heffner about the polarization of legal interpretation and civic discourse in contemporary American political society.

Courtesy of expert Mizzou Creative videographer Mike Boles and a wonderful cast of students, we’re thrilled to provide you a brief glimpse into a day in the life of a Kinder Institute undergrad

As part of the Pulitzer Prize’s Centennial Campfires Initiative, University of California-Davis Professor of History Eric Rauchway delivered a September 7, 2016, lecture at the University of Missouri examining the causes and consequences of the Great Depression through the lens of Charlie Ross’ 1931 Pulitzer-winning St. Louis Post-Dispatch article, “The Country’s Plight.”

For the Kinder Institute’s third annual Constitution Day Lecture, University of Michigan Associate Professor of Political Science Mariah Zeisberg gave a September 20 talk entitled, “Our Global Constitution: U.S. Imperialism and the Separation of Powers.”

Professor Jay Sexton delivered the Kinder Institute’s inaugural chair lecture on November 10, 2016, examining the external factors that shaped the American founding in a talk entitled “U.S. Constitutional Democracy and the World.” A full recap of the lecture can be found here.