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Jeffrey Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, talked about the historical significance of former President Donald Trump’s recent indictment…

What do Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon have in common? They faced not just political opponents, but Americans who actually hate…

Jeffrey Engel talked about his book When the World Seemed New, in which he examines George H.W. Bush’s foreign policy initiatives at the start of the post-Cold War world.

University of Kentucky Professor Mark Summers told the story of Democrat Grover Cleveland’s 1884 election over Republican James G. Blaine. Both candidates faced moral questions during the ca…

This is the third and last program that looked back at President George W. Bush’s 2007 Iraq surge decision to increase American troop levels. A panel of scholars responded to previous observ…

Gregg Cantrell talked about his book, The People’s Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism. He described the origins of the People’s Party in the 1890s, their political …

The 1918 flu pandemic altered American life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Conflicting information left people wary and fearful, college cla…

Myra Gutin and Jeffrey Engel talked about the life and influence of first lady Barbara Bush and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included her behind-the-sce…

James Baker, chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan and secretary of state during the George W. Bush administration, was among the speakers at an event commemorating the 30th anniversary …

The co-authors of Impeachment: An American History talked about the only three presidential impeachment proceedings ever conducted: those involving Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Cl…

Scholar of American Christianity Marie Griffith talked about her book, Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics. Professor Griffith argued that divis…

Southern Methodist University’s Jeffrey Engel discussed his book, When the World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War.

The White House Historical Association convened a meeting in Washington, D.C., of those who work at presidential sites around the country -- and of descendants of presidents from James Monro…

Five historians who have written about U.S. presidents and the presidency discussed the challenges and importance of writing presidential biographies. This Society for Historians of American…

Professor Tony Smith talked about his book Why Wilson Matters: The Origin of American Liberal Internationalism and Its Crisis Today, in which he offers his thoughts on the impact of Presiden…

Alexandra Zapruder talked about her book, Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film. Abraham Zapruder filmed President Kennedy’s Dallas motorcade and assassination in 1963 …

Five historians talked about foreign policy leaders ranging from Presidents Woodrow Wilson to George H.W. Bush. They each examine key figures of the twentieth century from World War I to the…

Jeffrey Engel talked about President George H. W. Bush’s foreign policy legacy. Mr. Engel is the director of Southern Methodist University’s Center for Presidential History. The lecture …

Andrew O’Shaughnessy talked about the election of 1800 and Thomas Jefferson’s “peaceful revolution.” He argued that the election was one of the most toxic in U.S. history and that it relied …

Authors and academics talked about the legacy of the George W. Bush administration. They focused on the former president’s ideology and the role of his vice president, Dick Cheney, in shapin…