Dole Institute Program Video Library

Our program video library is a collection of video and presentation material from past lectures and events at the Dole Institute.

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 (including Dole (05), Biden (05), Clinton (04)

David Nichols book on Eisenhower and Civil Rights entitled "A Matter of Justice."

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
"A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and
the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution"
DAVID NICHOLS, author

photo journal in progress | video

Survival of Rural America bookcover

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
"Survival of Rural America:
Small Victories and Bitter Harvests"
RICHARD E. WOOD, author

 

photo journal | video

Bob and Elizabeth Dole were the featured speakers at the 2009 Dole Lecture on May 3, 2009.

Sunday, May 3, 2009
2009 Dole Lecture: Unlimited Partners
BOB & ELIZABETH DOLE

 

READ LJW coverage of 2009 Dole Lecture
VIDEO - produced by KTWU Topeka

Senator Dole offered video taped tribute to retiring KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway on May 2, 2009.

Saturday, May 2, 2009
Senator Bob Dole's
Tribute to Hemenway

Senator Bob Dole's video tribute to retiring KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway was presented during the official "Hat's Off" tribute to the Chancellor held at the Lied Center of Kansas. VIDE0

Tuesday, April 21

"Politics, Pop Culture and Polling"

PAT CADDELL - multi-faceted politico

Pat Caddell is a noted public opinion pollster, political strategist, Fox News commentator, and former writer for The West Wing. Caddell was "interviewed" by Institute Director Bill Lacy about the current situation in Washington, how politics is portrayed in popular media, and his days polling for former president Jimmy Carter. Press Release
Program handout | photo journal in progress | VIDEO

April 15, 2009

Inaugural Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture

KIM GANDY, president of NOW
"The Equity Imperative:
Why it matters to talk about women"

Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, delivered the inaugural lecture for the Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series, created by the University, in memory of late women’s rights activist and KU student Jana Lynne Mackey. ..Press Release | VIDEO

T. Boone Pickens, author of a nationwide sustainable energy plan, The Pickens Plan.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Town Hall Meeting: The Pickens Plan
T. Boone Pickens

On Wednesday afternoon, April 8, 2009, the community joined T. Boone Pickens at the Institute for a discussion about a nationwide sustainable energy plan, The Pickens Plan. Introductions were made by former Senator Bob Dole and by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) at the meeting.
press release | photo journal | VIDEO

Sunday, April 5, 2009

"IRAQ: WHAT NEXT?"

With the war in Iraq entering its sixth year and President Obama promising to end combat operations in Iraq by 2010 many questions remain unanswered. This two-part teleconference posed some of these questions. PART I of the program featured regional college students here and students in Iraq (see program handout for names). In PART II, Dole Institute Director Bill Lacy interviewed U.S. and Iraqi decisionmakers in Baghdad.
program handout | photo journal |
KANSAN coverage | LJWorld | Video Part I Students ..Video Part II

KU History Professor Jennifer Weber discussed  Lincoln and the Copperheads .

March 12, 2009 - Presidential Lecture Series

“Lincoln and the Copperheads”

JENNIFER L. WEBER

KU assistant professor of history, with expertise in Civil War politics, society & military. Weber discussed her recognized 2006 book, Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North about antiwar Democrats in the Civil War North”

program handout | photo journal | video

Senior Carter Administration officials Jody Powell, Scott Burnett, and Tim Kraft discussed the 1976 Presidential camplaign at the Dole Institute on March 10, 2009. Video of event is linked in this article. March 10, 2009
“Spirit of 1976:
Why the Presidential Campaign is a Classic”

JODY POWELL

TIM KRAFT

SCOTT BURNETT

Dole Institute Associate Director Jonathan Earle interviewed three "insiders" from President Jimmy Carter’s '76 Campaign & White House staff:
Jody Powell, Carter’s White House press secretary and confidant; Scott Burnett, director of the Presidential Speakers Bureau,and currently legislative chairman of the Jackson County, Missouri, legislature as well as the Dole Institute’s spring fellow . Tim Kraft, key to Carter's Iowa and Pennsylvania primary wins in 1976 and Carter's White House political liason. press release
C-SPAN overview of '76 Campaign .

program handout | photo journal | video
Author and Historian Ron White discussed his new book entitled A. Lincoln.

March 3, 2009 - Presidential Lecture Series

“A. Lincoln”

RONALD C. WHITE, JR.

Historian, author of the new biography, “A. Lincoln

program handout | photo journal | video

Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement spoke at the Institute on March 1, 2009.

March 1, 2009

"Arguing the Government’s Case: The Solicitor General in the Supreme Court"

PAUL CLEMENT
Former U.S. Solicitor General

Clement discussed his time as litigator under the Bush administration. He was interviewed by KU constitutional law professor Stephen McAllister. This program was co-sponsored by the Dole Institute of Politics, the KU School of Law and the KU student chapter of the Federalist Society | press release
program handout | photo journal | video

Historian Michael Burlingame discussed is book "Lincoln. A Life" as a part of the Institute's Presidential Lecture Series in 2009.

February 17, 2009 - Presidential Lecture Series

“Lincoln: A Life”

MICHAEL BURLINGAME

Historian, author of new, two-volume biography,
“Lincoln: A Life;” professor emeritus, Connecticut College.
program handout | photo journal | video

Richard Norton Smith is a presidential historian

February 8, 2009 - Presidential Lecture Series

"Lincoln at 200: The Measure of a President"

RICHARD NORTON SMITH

Historian, author,  former director of  the Dole Institute and former director of the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL. | program handout | photo journal | video

Max Sherman discusses his book on the late Barbara Jordan.

February 3, 2009 - Black History Event

“Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth
with Eloquent Thunder”

MAX SHERMAN


Max Sherman, professor emeritus and former Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, discusses the book he edited which is a collection of his friend Barbara Jordan’s most memorable speeches, “Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder” (Feb '07).
HEAR the audio voice of the late Barbara Jordan via this link.
press release
program handout |photo journal | VIDEO