McConnell Center kicks off spring schedule with focus on the US presidency
The McConnell Center is hosting four free, public events as part of its spring 2017 “Promises and Perils of the American Presidency” public lecture series.
All events will begin at 6 p.m. ET in Ekstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium (Lower Level) - directions.
- Monday, Jan. 23
- President Trump: Challenges and Opportunities – A panel discussion featuring Gary Gregg, PhD, Director of the McConnell Center; Jasmine Farrier, PhD, UofL Political Science Professor; Laura Moyer, UofL Political Science Professor; Stephan Gohmann, PhD, Director of the John H. Schnatter Center for Free Enterprise
- Monday, Feb. 20
- Does It Matter Who’s President: Success and Failure in the WhiteHouse – A President’s Day lecture by Barbara Perry, PhD, Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center
- Monday, March 20
- Presidents as the Problem: Reining in the Cult of the American President – A lecture by Gene Healy, Cato Institute, author of “The Cult of the Presidency.”
- Wednesday, April 12
- The New President and the World: Challenges and Opportunities – A lecture by Peter Zeihan, geopolitical strategist and global energy, demographic and security expert; author of “The Accidental Super Power: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder.”
The non-partisan McConnell Center, created at UofL in 1991, prepares Kentucky’s top undergraduate students to become future leaders; offers civic education programs for teachers, students and the public; and conducts strategic leadership development for the U.S. Army.
In the past 25 years, the Center has awarded more than $3.5 million in scholarship awards to more than 200 students. Its lectures, books, studies and conferences have garnered international attention, with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni recently naming the Center “an oasis of excellence in higher education.”