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Indiana University history professor Michael McGerr talked about women and feminism in 1960-1970s popular music. This class was from his course titled “Rock, Hip Hop and Revolution: Popular …

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch discussed the future of diplomacy and answered questions from students at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and Interna…

Former Stanford University President John Hennessy gave the commencement address to 2018 graduating students of Indiana University. Mr. Hennessy became chair of Alphabet Inc, Google’s parent…

Professor Ellen Wu showed some slides as she lectured on Japanese-American internment in the United States during World War II.

John Bodnar talks about the idea of “sexual freedom” in the 1950s and the beginning of dissent against Cold War-era moral values. Professor Bodnar talked about how American in the 1950s was …

A panel of experts who had advised presidents, secretaries of state, and secretaries of defense on issues ranging from climate change to humanitarian intervention to national security consid…

Panelists talked about the United States' Middle East policy. Panelists included a former Iraqi deputy ambassador to the U.N., journalist Robin Wright, a former Republican presidential campa…

Panelists talked about past arms control and nonproliferation strategies as well as new threats and challenges for the next presidential administration. Topics included implementation of the…

Panelists offered foreign policy advice to the next president and looked back on presidential transitions from past administrations. Topics included how much should be attempted and if a sin…

Indiana University professor James Madison talked about the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) of the 1920s, which was made up of white Protestants from different social economic levels that were drawn toge…

Seymour Hersh spoke about investigative journalism. In his remarks he talked about his experiences as a journalist, including writing about the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. Other …

Eric Deggans talked about his book, Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation, in which he argues that the media has fractured into ever-smaller divisions populate…

Professor Christina Snyder lectured on the intersection of U.S. and Native American experiences. In this class for the “Natives and Newcomers in Early America” course she showed some slides …

Jenna Bush Hager spoke to students about her memories of life in the White House during her father and grandfather’s presidencies. She also talked about teaching in Washington, work on the T…

Candidates for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District Representative Baron Hill (D), Todd Young (R), and Greg Knott (L) debated various issues.

Participants spoke about federal government efforts to shape and pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation. Among the topics they addressed were potential changes in energy regulatio…

Will Shortz spoke to the graduating students of Indiana University (IU) in Assembly Hall. In his speech, Mr. Shortz delivered a quiz in which graduating seniors guessed the majors of famous …

The panelists examined the role of Congress and its relationship with the media in the second of a two-part series co-sponsored with the Center on Congress. Topics included news as entertain…

In the first of a two-part series on the media and Congress, media analysts talked about the Federal Communications Policy known as the Fairness Doctrine, which was repealed in 1987. Topics …

The Close Up Foundation hosted this event focused on Congress and the media. Participants talked about media coverage of Congress and the legislative process. Among the topics they addressed…