The Life of Rose Kennedy
Barbara Perry discusses her biography of Rose Kennedy, The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch with Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Globe col...
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series
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Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political and cultural topics reflecting the legacy of President and Mrs. Kennedy's White House years. They are conducted as conversations rather than lectures.
A Tribute to Seamus Heaney
On the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's dedication of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College, the Kennedy Library hosted a tribute to the ...
A Conversation with Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl shot by the Taliban last October because of her advocacy for children’s education, discusses her book, I am Mal...
The Legacy of Joe Moakley
A discussion of the book, "Joe Moakley’s Journey: From South Boston to El Salvador" with author Mark Robert Schneider and Congressman Jim McGovern. Pu...
JFK's Last Hundred Days
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the final months of JFK’s presidency, Thurston Clarke discusses his new book, JFK’s Last Hundred Days: The Tran...
A Conversation with John Lewis
Congressman John Lewis commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington with an in-depth discussion with veteran journalist Callie Crossle...
The Obama Presidency
Jonathan Alter will discuss his second book about the Obama presidency, The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter ...
JFK's Quest for Peace
Jeffrey Sachs will discuss his new book, To Move The World, about President Kennedy’s efforts to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and achieve worl...
A Conversation with Justice John Paul Stevens
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discusses his long career on the bench and his views of American jurisprudence with Harvard Law profes...
2013 PEN Hemingway Awards
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s son, presents this year's PEN Hemingway Award to Kevin Powers for The Yellow Birds. Colm Toibin, author of Brook...