John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series

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.

Episodes

A Tribute to Seamus Heaney

October 26, 2013 • 71 mins
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 Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet who passed away on August 30. Speakers included his good friend and fellow poet Rose Styron, former poet laureate Robert Pinsky and Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen. This program was a collaboration with PEN New England.
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A Conversation with Malala Yousafzai

October 12, 2013 • 74 mins
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 Malala, and her determination to continue her fight for universal education with WBUR’s Here & Now host, Robin Young.
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The Legacy of Joe Moakley

September 24, 2013 • 88 mins
A discussion of the book, "Joe Moakley’s Journey: From South Boston to El Salvador" with author Mark Robert Schneider and Congressman Jim McGovern. Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporter Kevin Cullen moderates.
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JFK's Last Hundred Days

September 9, 2013 • 71 mins
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 Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President, with historian Ted Widmer
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A Conversation with John Lewis

August 18, 2013 • 78 mins
Congressman John Lewis commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington with an in-depth discussion with veteran journalist Callie Crossley.
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The Obama Presidency

June 10, 2013 • 89 mins
Jonathan Alter will discuss his second book about the Obama presidency, The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tom Oliphant.
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JFK's Quest for Peace

June 5, 2013 • 101 mins
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 world peace, with Boston radio host Christopher Lydon.
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A Conversation with Justice John Paul Stevens

May 20, 2013 • 51 mins
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discusses his long career on the bench and his views of American jurisprudence with Harvard Law professor (and former law clerk) David Barron.
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2013 PEN Hemingway Awards

March 24, 2013 • 66 mins
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s son, presents this year's PEN Hemingway Award to Kevin Powers for The Yellow Birds. Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn and The Testament of Mary, delivers the keynote address.
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A Conversation with Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy

March 21, 2013 • 94 mins
Boston Globe journalists Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy discuss their book, Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice. WBUR reporter David Boeri moderates.
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A Conversation with John King

March 6, 2013 • 97 mins
Award-winning CNN correspondent John King discusses his career, Dorchester roots, and the state of our national politics with Boston Globe Editor in Chief Brian McGrory.
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A Conversation with John Irving

January 31, 2013 • 94 mins
John Irving discusses his latest novel, In One Person, with novelist Tom Perrotta.
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Selected Letters of William Styron

January 28, 2013 • 55 mins
Rose Styron, wife of the late William Styron, and their daughter, Alexandra, discuss the publication of his letters to leading artists of his day, including several describing time spent with President and Mrs. Kennedy.
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Thomas Jefferson the Politician

January 16, 2013 • 82 mins
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham discusses Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power with veteran journalist Mike Barnicle.
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The Life of Joseph P Kennedy

December 12, 2012 • 85 mins
Biographer David Nasaw discussed his new book, The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy, with veteran journalist and radio host, Christopher Lydon.
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2012 New Frontier Awards

November 19, 2012 • 30 mins
Caroline Kennedy presented the New Frontier Award to Stacey Abrams, Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and social entrepreneur Veronika Scott, founder of an innovative humanitarian project in Detroit.
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Obama and the Supreme Court

November 18, 2012 • 93 mins
New Yorker writer and legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, discussed his new book, The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court with Harvard Law professor David Barron.
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A New and Improved Constitution

July 10, 2012 • 79 mins
Kevin Bleyer, Emmy Award–winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will discuss his new book, ME THE PEOPLE: One Man's Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America, with Meghna Chakrabarti, host of WBUR's Radio Boston.
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Remembering Sargent Shriver

June 16, 2012 • 63 mins
Mark Shriver discussed his new book, A Good Man, about his late father, R. Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps with Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
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David McCullough on Americans in Paris

June 7, 2012 • 106 mins
David McCullough discussed his latest book, The Greater Journey, about prominent 19th-century Americans’ formative years in Paris.
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