Upcoming Events

The Rise of Executive Power in the 21^st Century: Necessity or Danger? Thursday, April 18, 2013    11:10 am – 12:35 PM 
Room 246, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus

A panel discussion featuring:

Howard B. Dean III
Senior Presidential Fellow, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Hofstra University; Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 2005-2009; 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate, former Governor, State of Vermont

Edward J. Rollins
Senior presidential Fellow, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Hofstra University; former White House deputy chief of staff; former director, White House Office of Political Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs; Political Strategist, commentator, Fox News Network

Gene Healy 
Vice president, Cato Institute; journalist and author whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune; weekly columnist, Washington Examiner

 Moderated by Meena Bose, Director, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency

 Admission is free and open to the public.

Past Events

Thursday, February 28, 11:10-12:35, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus – "Balance of Power?  Obama, Congress, and Compromise in a Second Term."
Participants: Kalikow Center Senior Presidential Fellows Howard Dean and Ed Rollins; Politico reporter Maggie Haberman.  Co-sponsored with School of Communication.
 
Wednesday, March 6, 11:15-12:40, Guthart Theater, Axinn Library, South Campus – "National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism."
Participants: Kalikow Center Senior Presidential Fellows Howard Dean and Ed Rollins; Director, National Security Project, Center for International Policy Melvin A. Goodman.  Co-sponsored with International Scene Lecture Series.

Thursday, November 29, 2012, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. "Post-Election Analysis"A panel discussion with Kalikow Center Senior Presidential Fellows Howard Dean and Edward Rollins. Co-sponsored by the National Center for Sububan Studies at Hofstra University. Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, South Campus.

Events Sponsored by the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency – Fall 2012

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 12:45 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. "Why Do Presidential Debates Matter?"A panel discussion with Kalikow Center Senior Presidential Fellows Howard Dean and Edward Rollins, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Mann and American Enterprise Institute Resident Scholar Norman Ornstein. Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.

Events Sponsored by the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency-Spring 2012

Wednesday, Feb. 15 – 11:15 a.m. “The White House in the World Today: International Perspectives on the Presidency” – a panel featuring Kalikow Center Senior Presidential Fellows Howard Dean and Ed Rollins, and ProPublica reporter Kim Barker. Co-sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement and the International Scene Lecture Series. Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus.

Thursday April 19 – “Change in the White House? Comparing the Presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama” – a daylong symposium. See schedule below:

PANEL I: Comparing the Domestic Political Leadership of Bush (43) and Obama, 9:35-11, Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus

Chair: Rosanna Perotti, Hofstra University

“Comparing the Constitutional Presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama,” Robert Spitzer, SUNY-Cortland

“A Uniter or a Divider?” – Richard Himelfarb, Hofstra University

“Comparing Domestic Policy Making in the Bush and Obama Administrations” – John Graham, Indiana University, and Veronica Stidvent, University of Texas at Austin

Discussant: Gary Jacobson, University of California at San Diego

PANEL II: Changes in the White House and the World?, 11:10-12:35, Student Center Theater
Chair: Paul Fritz, Hofstra University

“Evaluating Iraq and Afghanistan in the George W. Bush and Obama Presidencies” -- Carolyn Eisenberg, Hofstra University

“Comparing the National Security Organization and Decision Making of George W. Bush and Barack Obama” - John Burke, University of Vermont

“How Has the Bush Doctrine Influenced the Obama Doctrine?” -- Stanley Renshon, City University of New York

Discussant: The Honorable Dov S. Zakheim, Senior Fellow, CNA Corp, and Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Keynote Panel,
 2:20-3:45, Student Center Theater -- “Decision 2012: How Have the Bush and Obama Presidencies Shaped the Race for the White House?” -- Kalikow Center Senior Presidential Fellows Howard Dean and Ed Rollins, and Lord Stewart Wood of Anfield, Senior Policy Adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, 2007-2010

Events sponsored by the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency – Fall 2011

Thursday, September 22 -- 12:45 p.m. – International Scene Lecture Series - “Presidential Leadership and Adherence to International Law in Combating Terrorism,” a panel discussion.  246 East Library Wing, Joan & Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus. Speakers: Kalikow Center senior presidential fellows Howard B. Dean III, Edward J. Rollins, Princeton Emeritus Professor of International Law Richard Falk.  Moderated Kalikow Executive Director Meena Bose and Professor Linda Longmire

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -- 11:15 a.m. -- Day of Dialogue panel on issues, themes, and candidates that will heighten political participation in 2012, Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, South Campus. Speakers: Howard B. Dean III, Edward J. Rollins, Professor Millicent Brown of Claflin University.  Moderated by Meena Bose and Professor Michael D’Innocenzo.

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -- 9:35 a.m. – co-sponsored with the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University. A panel discussion about suburban voters and the 2012 election. Speakers: Howard B. Dean III, Edward J. Rollins, Bruce Gyory, Corning Place Consultants. Moderated by Meena Bose and NCSS Executive Dean Lawrence Levy. Student Center Theater, Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus