JFK Library Forums

JFK Library Forums

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JFK Library Forums episodes

  • US Foreign Policy and Europe

    Ambassador (Ret.) Nicholas Burns, Harvard professor of diplomacy and international relations; Robert Mauro, director of the Boston College Irish Institute and Global Leadership Institute; and Alexandra Vacroux, executive director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, discuss US foreign policy challenges and opportunities in Europe. Andrew Gray, EU editor at POLITICO Europe, moderates.

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    1 hr 32 min
  • The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency

    John Dickerson, correspondent for CBS' 60 Minutes and contributing writer to The Atlantic, discusses his new book "The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency." Barbara Perry, professor and director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, moderates.

    For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.

    1 hr 32 min
  • US Foreign Policy and China

    Lucy Hornby, a fellow at the Nieman Center for Journalism and former Beijing deputy bureau chief for the Financial Times, and Yasheng Huang, MIT professor of international management, discuss US foreign policy challenges and opportunities with Anthony Saich, Harvard professor of international affairs and director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. This program is co-presented with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.

    For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.

    1 hr 1 min
  • The Electoral College

    Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College professor of law; Edward B. Foley, Ohio State University professor of constitutional law; and Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College, discuss the history of and contemporary challenges to the Electoral College. Jonathan Kaufman, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and editor and Director of Northeastern University's School of Journalism, moderates.

    For more info on past and future forums, visit jfklibrary.org/forums. To watch video recordings of events, find the JFK Library channel on YouTube.

    45 min
  • Coronavirus and the 2020 Elections

    EJ Dionne, Washington Post columnist and political commentator; Janet Hook, staff writer at The Los Angeles Times; and Ronald Brownstein, senior editor at The Atlantic, discuss implications of the novel coronavirus for the 2020 elections. Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty moderates the panel.

    For more info on upcoming and past John F. Kennedy Library Forums, visit jfklibrary.org/forums. And check out the JFK Library YouTube channel for event video recordings.

    1 hr
  • The Constitution: Changes and Challenges in US History with Akhil Amar and Eric Foner

    Akhil Amar, professor of law and political science at Yale University, and Eric Foner, professor emeritus of history at Columbia University and author of "The Second Founding: How Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution," discuss constitutional changes and challenges throughout our nation's history. Kenneth Mack, professor of law and history at Harvard University, moderates.

    For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.

    1 hr 36 min
  • A Conversation with Stacey Abrams

    Stacey Abrams, New York Times bestselling author, nonprofit CEO, former Georgia House Democratic Leader and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, discusses her distinguished career and continuing work on voting rights and social issues with Jonathan Capehart, opinion writer for The Washington Post.

    1 hr 31 min
  • Great Lives Worth Reliving with Mo Rocca

    Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and frequent panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me!, discusses his new book, Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving, featuring remarkable lives of leaders, innovators, and artists worthy of greater attention. Rick Berke, co-founder and executive editor of STAT and former longtime reporter and editor at The New York Times, moderates.

    1 hr 32 min

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Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political,…