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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.

  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    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 columnist Eileen McNamara.
    7 September 2213, 5:00 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    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 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.
    26 October 2013, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    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 Malala, and her determination to continue her fight for universal education with WBUR’s Here & Now host, Robin Young.
    12 October 2013, 9:00 pm
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    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. Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporter Kevin Cullen moderates.
    24 September 2013, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    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 Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President, with historian Ted Widmer
    9 September 2013, 11:30 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    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 Crossley.
    18 August 2013, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    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 Tom Oliphant.
    10 June 2013, 10:00 pm
  • 1 hour 41 minutes
    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 world peace, with Boston radio host Christopher Lydon.
    5 June 2013, 10:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 22 seconds
    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 professor (and former law clerk) David Barron.
    20 May 2013, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    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 Brooklyn and The Testament of Mary, delivers the keynote address.
    24 March 2013, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    A Conversation with Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy
    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.
    21 March 2013, 10:00 pm
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