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Yale University sociology professor Elijah Anderson discussed how Blacks are viewed in society and their experiences navigating mostly white spaces daily. The Hauenstein Center for President…

Author H.W. Brands discussed 19th century political figures Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster. He explained why the three statesmen were critical to American politics between th…

Grand Valley State University’s Hauenstein Center hosted a discussion looking at U.S. and Japanese perspectives on World War II. Speakers included Pia White, whose father was a Japanese Amba…

Indiana University Bloomington history Professor Emeritus James H. Madison gave an illustrated talk about the Ku Klux Klan in the Midwest, highlighting the 1920s-era, when there may have bee…

Kristin Hoganson talked about her book, The Heartland: An American History. She challenged the notion that the Midwest is merely a collection of “fly over” states, noting the region’s global…

New York Times columnist David Brooks and historian Ronald White discussed character and the presidency, comparing past administrations to the Trump White House, at Grand Valley State Univer…

Jason Riley and Nikole Hannah-Jones talked about the relationship between race and the American dream post-Obama administration.

Scholars talked about the evolution of American liberal political philosophy through the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. They concentrated on the ideologies of John Stuart Mill, David Hume, …

Professor Kevin Schultz talked about how liberals and conservatives in the 1960s were influenced by two friends from opposite ends of the political spectrum, conservative William Buckley and…

Scholars talked about influential conservative thinkers of the 20th century, including writers T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk, and Peter Viereck. The panel was a part of “Progressive/Conservat…

Cornel West and Robert George talked about what they have learned from each other on some of the more divisive political issues of the day. While on opposite ends of the political spectrum, …

President Nixon’s son-in-law, Edward Cox, was introduced to Americans during his much-publicized 1971 White House wedding to Tricia Nixon. Mr. Cox campaigned extensively for the re-election …