How to Find Upcoming Events at the Dole Institute of Politics

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The Dole Institute of Politics lists its upcoming events directly on the homepage at doleinstitute.org, under the Upcoming Events and Featured Events sections. Each listing shows a date, start time, and an event category, so you can scan the schedule and decide what to attend without digging through a separate calendar. The homepage also links to a full Calendar in the main navigation if you want the complete schedule beyond the featured items.

Where the event listings appear

Two areas on the homepage carry event information:

  • Upcoming Events — a section near the top of the page highlighting the next event, with its title and date.
  • Featured Events — a dated list of several upcoming programs, each with a time and category label.

The main navigation includes a Calendar link, which is the place to go for the full schedule rather than just the featured selections.

What the listings tell you

Each featured event includes three pieces of information:

Field Example from the site
Date Oct 07
Time 3:00PM
Title Clausewitz, Mao, and Operational Art
Category Ft. Leavenworth Series

The category label matters because it tells you what kind of program you're looking at. The site shows several recurring series and formats:

  • Ft. Leavenworth Series — military and strategic topics (e.g., "Clausewitz, Mao, and Operational Art").
  • Dole Forum — public affairs discussions (e.g., "The Constitution in Context: Constitutional Structure and Individual Rights in Crowther v. Board of Regents").
  • Discussion Groups — smaller-format sessions (e.g., "Previewing the Midterm Elections").

Steps to find and attend an event

  1. Go to doleinstitute.org.
  2. Scan the Upcoming Events section for the next program, or scroll to Featured Events for a dated list of several.
  3. Note the date, time, and category of anything that interests you.
  4. Open the Calendar in the main navigation for the full schedule if the featured list doesn't cover what you need.
  5. Check the individual event page for location and any attendance details before you go — the homepage listing gives date, time, and category, but confirm logistics on the event itself.

What to expect from the programming

The Institute's events lean toward politics, history, civics, and public policy. Recent and upcoming examples on the site include a Dole Fellow and former Archivist of the U.S., a former FDIC chair, and a Bipartisan Policy Center vice president of energy — so the lineup mixes academic, governmental, and policy voices. If you're a student, the site also points to civic engagement resources, including voter registration through its #VoteReady prompt.

Common snags

  • The homepage only shows featured events. If you don't see what you're looking for, the full Calendar is the next stop.
  • Times are listed but locations usually aren't on the homepage. Open the specific event for venue and access details.
  • Categories are your filter. If you only want public policy talks, look for Dole Forum; for military history, look for Ft. Leavenworth Series.