Academic Conference

• Hunter College, New York City

  March 7-8, 2013

   

  OVERVIEW

   

  This scholarly two-day conference will include sessions on a range of topics including presidential leadership, science policy, civil rights, and both foreign and domestic policy. It will focus on present-day policy implications and the lessons we can draw from the Eisenhower Legacy for the 21st Century.

   

  ABOUT ROOSEVELT HOUSE

   

  Roosevelt House, an integral part of Hunter College since 1943, reopened in 2010 as a public policy institute honoring the distinguished legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Its mission is three-fold: to educate students in public policy and human rights, to support faculty research, and to foster creative dialogue. The new institute provides opportunities for students to analyze public policy and experience meaningful civic engagement; for faculty to research, teach, and write about important issues of the day; and for scholarly and public audiences to participate in high-profile lectures, seminars and conferences.

   

  ABOUT THE EISENHOWER FOUNDATION

   

  The Eisenhower Foundation’s mission is to honor Dwight D. Eisenhower and to perpetuate his important legacy; to encourage and support educational activities relating to citizenship; and to support the non-federally funded operation of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum (The Eisenhower Center).

   

  CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS

   

  MARCH 7, 2013

  Session 1 and the Science Policy Roundtable will be held at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute  – 47-49 East 65th Street (between Madison and Park Avenues). The Public Program will be held at The Kaye Playhouse, East 68th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues).

  2:00pm
  

  Welcoming Remarks:  Daniel A. Sharp, CEO, The Eisenhower Foundation 

  Session 1 – Honest Expertise:  Eisenhower and the Constructive Use of Science
  Moderator:  Michael Desch, Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Notre Dame

  Panelists:

  • Benjamin Greene, Assistant Professor of History, Bowling Green State University
  • Mark Shanahan, PhD Candidate in Politics and History, Brunel University, UK
  • Zuoyue Wang, Professor, Department of History, Cal State Pomona

  Discussants:

  • Michael Desch, Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
  • Yanek Mieczkowski, Associate Professor of History, Dowling College

  3:45pm
  Science Policy Roundtable
  Moderator:      Michael Lubell, City College of New York Professor of Physics and American Physical Society Director of  Public Affairs

  Panelists:

  • Michael Desch, Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
  • Zuoyue Wang, Professor, Department of History, Cal State Pomona
  • Naira Rezende, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, Rare Genomics Institute
  • Pallavi Phartiyal, Senior Analyst and Program Manager, Center for Science and Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists

  MARCH 7, 2013 – Evening Public Program

  The Public Program will be held at The Kaye Playhouse, East 68th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues).

  5:30-7:30pm

  Welcoming Remarks
  Jennifer J. Raab, President of Hunter College

  Introductory Remarks
  David Eisenhower

  Keynote Address: “Is Political Moderation Possible? Lessons from Eisenhower’s Approach to Bipartisanship”
  Evan Thomas, author of Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World
  
  Roundtable Conversation on the Eisenhower Presidency with Panelists:
  

  • Jean Edward Smith, Senior Scholar, Columbia University and author of Eisenhower in War and Peace
  • Stephen Hess, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Brookings Institution and Eisenhower White House Staff
  • Rita Hauser, President, The Hauser Foundation and Member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, 2009-2013
  • Philip Zelikow, Dean for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia and Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission

  Moderated by Jim Newton, Journalist and author of Eisenhower: The White House Years

   

   

  MARCH 8, 2013

  All Day 2 events will take place at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, located at 47-49 East 65th Street (between Madison and Park Avenues).

  8:00am
  Continental Breakfast & Conference Registration

  8:30am
  Opening Remarks:

  Jonathan Fanton, Interim Director, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute

  Daniel A. Sharp, CEO, The Eisenhower Foundation

  Andrew J. Polsky, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY

  8:50am

  Session 2 – Eisenhower’s Presidential Leadership
  Moderator:    Fred I. Greenstein, Professor of Politics Emeritus, Princeton University

  Panelists:

  • Kenneth E. Collier, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
  • Geoffrey Kabaservice, Visiting Research Scholar, Roosevelt House

  Discussants:

  • Fred I. Greenstein, Professor of Politics Emeritus, Princeton University
  • Andrew J. Polsky, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY
  • Jean Edward Smith, Senior Scholar, Columbia University and author of Eisenhower in War and Peace

  10:15am

  Short Break 

  10:30am
  Session 3 – Rights in the Balance:  Eisenhower and Civil Rights

  Moderator: Jim Newton, author of Eisenhower: The White House Years

  Panelists:

  • David A. Nichols, author of A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution
  • Kenneth Mack, Professor of Law, Harvard University

  Discussants:

  • Timothy N. Thurber, Associate Professor of History, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Jim Newton, Journalist and author of Eisenhower: The White House Years

  12:30pm – LUNCH

  1:30pm
  Session 4 – “Waging Peace”:  Eisenhower and Foreign Policy
  Moderator:   Evan Thomas, author of Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World

  Panelists:

  • Douglas Little, Professor of History, Clark University
  • Meena Bose, Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies and Director of the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency,  Hofstra University
  • Dale Herspring, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University

  Discussants:

  • Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics, Columbia University
  • Evan Thomas, author of Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World

  3:00pm – BREAK

  3:15pm

  Session 5 –Between Past and Future:  Eisenhower and Domestic Policy
  Moderator: Andrew J. Polsky, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY

  Panelists:

  M. Stephen Weatherford, Professor of Political Science, UC Santa Barbara

  Mark H. Rose, Professor of History, Florida Atlantic University

  Discussants:

  David Eisenhower

  Charles Tien, Professor and Chair of Political Science, Hunter College

  4:45pm

  Closing Remarks:  David A. Nichols

  5:00pm – RECEPTION

  This conference was made possible with generous support from: