Center for Presidential History Senior Fellow and soon-to-be Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library Lindsay Chervinsky joins the CPH to speak about her new book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic. This account of America's second president illuminates how John Adams tackled the immense challenges posed to […]

Professor and former Center for Presidential History fellow Elizabeth O'Brien Ingleson (London School of Economics) joins the CPH to speak about her new book Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade. In her book, Ingleson discusses how the interests of American businesses and the Chinese state converged to reframe the Chinese economy […]

Who should get your vote?  Listen and Decide. Voters face a momentous choice this November.  CPH can help, by offering the perspective of two experts each tasked with making the case for one candidate.  A CPH Third Rail Lecture Series event, this evening will not only help voters make a more informed decision, but also […]

Please join the Center for Presidential History on October 16th and 17th for West of the White House: The Frontier and the American Presidency, a two night landmark symposium which marks the first sustained collaboration between the Center for Presidential History and the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. The question taken […]

Who should get your vote? Listen and Decide. Voters face a momentous choice this November.  CPH can help, by offering the perspective of two experts each tasked with making the case for one candidate.  A CPH Third Rail Lecture Series event, this evening will not only help voters make a more informed decision, but also […]

Former Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush and New York Times bestselling author Jean Becker joins the CPH to speak on her new book Character Matters: and Other Life Lessons from George H.W. Bush. This account of the character and leadership of America's 41st President includes stories of learning from the man by his colleagues, friends, […]