In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, Apollo 11 Lunar Command Module pilot Michael Collins, former NASA administrator Charles Bolden, former director of the Johnson Space Center Ellen
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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Award-winning author and Rice University professor of history Douglas Brinkley discussed his new book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race, with Pulitzer Prize-winning author
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
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
JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University professor of history and international relations and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, discusses his forthcoming book JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century
Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America
Senator Sherrod Brown discusses his new book, Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America , which explores the careers of senators who have also sat at Desk 88 on the Senate floor
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
Award-winning journalist Larry Tye discusses his new book Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy with Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Globe columnist Eileen McNamara. Click
Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises & Other Writings 1918-1926
Robert Trogdon, Kent State University professor of English and editor of the Library of America’s forthcoming Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises & Other Writings 1918-1926, discusses this new
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham discusses his new book, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope with Michelle Miller, co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday and CBS News
Driving While Black
Gretchen Sorin, director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York and author of Driving While Black: African-American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights; director Ric
The Art of Political Cartooning
The New Yorker contributor Barry Blitt ; cartoonist Pia Guerra ; and Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes explore the art of political cartooning with Scott Simon , host of NPR’s Weekend
The 2020 Elections: What’s Next?
Kimberly Atkins , senior opinion writer at The Boston Globe ; EJ Dionne , Washington Post columnist and political commentator; and Janet Hook , staff writer at The Los Angeles Times , discuss key
Political Polling: History and Trends
Barbara Carvalho, director of the Marist Poll; Henry Fernandez, co-founder of the African American Research Collaborative; Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history; and Anthony Salvanto, CBS News
Interpreting the 2020 Elections
Panelists including Dan Balz, chief correspondent at The Washington Post; Jonathan Capehart, opinion columnist at The Washington Post; Maria Hinojosa, president and founder of Futuro Media and anchor
Climate Change, Survival, and Deepening Our Humanity
Award-winning musician and Emerson College artist-in-residence Toshi Reagon and the Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, founding pastor of the New Roots AME Church and fellow with the Green Justice
Expanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights Today
In commemoration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this conference will explore the history of the suffrage movement and how efforts to broaden voting rights have evolved over time. Sessions
Expanding Democracy | Congressional Leadership: Speaker of the House
Molly Ball, national political correspondent for TIME and author of the new book Pelosi, and Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington bureau chief and author of the forthcoming Madam Speaker, discuss Nancy
Expanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights Today
In commemoration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this conference will explore the history of the suffrage movement and how efforts to broaden voting rights have evolved over time. Sessions
Join us for the Space Fest launch and an “out-of-this-world” video greeting from NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Following this welcome and
Former NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank, currently Senior Technical Fellow for Mission Systems at Collins Aerospace Systems, discusses his experience from more than two decades at NASA, including his
NASA Engineer Su Curley, who works on crew survival spacesuits and hardware for the Orion Program, including the journey to Mars, discusses current spacesuit technology and shows visitors how suits
Dr. Lonnie Johnson, founder of Johnson Research and Development Co., Inc, and holder of over 100 patents, discusses his career in invention – from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab to inventing the Super
Former NASA Astronaut Daniel Burbank
Former NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank, currently Senior Technical Fellow for Mission Systems at Collins Aerospace Systems, discussed his experience from more than two decades at NASA, including his
Spacesuit Engineering with Su Curley
NASA Engineer Su Curley, who works on crew survival spacesuits and hardware for the Orion Program, including the journey to Mars, discussed current spacesuit technology and showed visitors how suits
Imaginative Invention with Dr. Lonnie Johnson
Dr. Lonnie Johnson, founder of Johnson Research and Development Co., Inc, and holder of over 100 patents, discussed his career in invention – from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab to inventing the Super