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5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | American historian and journalist Jill Lepore speaks with Reverend Cornell William Brooks, former president of the NAACP and director of a Social Justice Collaborative at the Harvard Kennedy School. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Nina Perales, vice president of litigation at MALDEF; and Michael Li, senior counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, speak with Cook Political Report Senior Editor Dave Wasserman. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | Michigan Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, speaks with Joanna Lydgate, CEO of States United Democracy Center. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe and former US Representative, speaks with former US ambassador and board chair of The International Foundation for Electoral Systems William C. Eacho. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Dr. Rajiv Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation and former administrator of USAID, speaks with Phil Lader, former ambassador to the UK. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | American poet Richard Blanco speaks with Meg Weston, founder and director of The Poets Corner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday, August 1, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Tim Alberta, author and writer for The Atlantic magazine, speaks with COA Trustee R. Marie Griffith, professor in the humanities at Washington University in St. Louis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks with Jeffrey Rosen, president & CEO of the National Constitution Center. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Jeffrey Rosen, president & CEO of the National Constitution Center, speaks with Dr. Judith S. Goldstein, Founder and Executive Director Emeritus of Humanity in Action, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM | US Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD 8th District) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME 1st District) speak with writer and journalist Frances Stead Sellers. |
The COA Summer Institute focuses on dialogue, conversation, and frequent interaction between and among our invited speakers and participants.
There are nine sessions held throughout the week. Sessions are 75 minutes and include audience Q&A.
Evening sessions are followed by a cocktail reception.
To view recordings from past years click on the button below and select a Summer Institute playlist on the COA YouTube Channel.
Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
By: Stephen Breyer
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These Truths: A History of the United States
By: Jill Lepore
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Jill Lepore
The Kingdom, The Power & The Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
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The Deadline: Essays
By: Jill Lepore
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Jill Lepore
American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil Ware and the Rise of President Trump
By: Tim Alberta
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The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
By: Jeffrey Rosen
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Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
By: Rajiv Shah
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This America: The Case for the Nation
By: Jill Lepore
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Jill Lepore