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If the leak of the Dobbs decision was a surprise, the ruling was anything but. As Kennesaw State Assistant Prof. of History Lauren MacIvor Thompson noted in introducing her September 2 talk at the Kinder Institute, the rolling back of Roe was entirely consistent with how the story of women in the United States has […]

Kicking off on September 2 with Prof. Lauren MacIvor Thompson’s talk on “Birth Control Law and Reform in the Age before Roe” and wrapping up three months later with Prof. Jörg Nagler’s December 2 Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow Lecture reflecting on “A Global History of the American Civil War,” fall programming at the Kinder Institute […]

We’re back with year eight of our Notes from the Capital series! As a reminder, every summer, 20 rising juniors and seniors head east from Columbia to spend June and July working, studying, and exploring in D.C. as part of our Kinder Scholars Program. Busy as they are, they’re always willing to take some time […]

The Kinder Institute Alumni Council, formed in Fall 2019 and comprised of graduates of one (or more) of the Institute’s undergraduate programs, is thrilled to announce that Paul Ambrose, an MU Senior studying Constitutional Democracy and Economics (bio below), received the first Alumni Council Scholarship. Designed to provide financial assistance to students of diverse backgrounds […]

Today, University of Missouri Provost Latha Ramchand announced the appointment of Jay Sexton as the new director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, effective July 1. Sexton is currently the Rich and Nancy Kinder Chair in Constitutional Democracy and professor of history and has been at the Institute since 2016. “Dr. Sexton is a […]

From “Victorians and Numbers,” to “The Civil Wars of John R. Kelso,” catch up on any of the Spring 2022 KICD talks that you may have missed on the Kinder Institute YouTube page.