E. N. Thompson Forum on World Issues Regeneration: Leadership and Hope for a Changing Planet
September 22 | Doris Kearns Goodwin | Presidential Historian and Author
The 25th Annual Governor's Lecture in the Humanities presented by Humanities Nebraska
Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times #1 best-selling author. Her seventh and most recent book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, was published in September 2018 to critical and popular acclaim. This volume is the culmination of Goodwin’s five-decade career focused on the study of the American presidency and provides an accessible roadmap to leadership. • https://doriskearnsgoodwin.com/about-doris/ • https://go.unl.edu/ent2020-goodwin (20min)
Books: Leadership In Turbulent Times In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely—Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)—to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and The Golden Age of Journalism The prize-winning biography of Theodore Roosevelt—a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. Told through the friendship of Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, Goodwin captures an epic moment in history. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln The landmark biography of Abraham Lincoln, adapted by Steven Spielberg into the Academy Award- winning film Lincoln, and winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize, illuminates Lincoln’s political genius as he brought disgruntled opponents together and marshaled their talents to the task of preserving the Union. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front In World War II Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, No Ordinary Time relates the story of how Franklin D. Roosevelt, surrounded by a small circle of intimates, led the nation to victory in World War II and with Eleanor’s essential help, changed the fabric of American society. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson’s political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and hell-raising politico father, through this early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, When JFK’s assassination brought him to the highest office in the land. Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching and best-selling memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball. Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, she re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans. The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga Acclaimed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s best-selling The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga explores the fascinating, pertinent history of two immigrant families, their rise to potent political dynasties, and the marriage that brought the two together to found the most powerful family in America. E. N. Thompson Forum on World Issues Regeneration: Leadership and Hope for a Changing Planet
Articles: - Doris Kearns Goodwin Personal Website - “Trump doesn't measure up": Doris Kearns Goodwin on leadership - What Can History Teach Today's Leaders? Doris Kearns Goodwin Shares Presidential Lessons for the Coronavirus Pandemic - On the Presidency’s Fraught Relationship With the Press - The True Grit of Four American Presidents - Rachel Maddow and Doris Kearns Goodwin on a Presidential Race for the History Books - BARACK OBAMA AND DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN: THE ULTIMATE EXIT INTERVIEW - Renowned presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin finally takes on George Washington - Doris Kearns Goodwin on how Trump's crisis response contrasts with previous presidents
Podcasts: - Doris Kearns Goodwin On Lincoln And His 'Team Of Rivals' 9min - What will the future think of 2019? An exclusive conversation with best-selling author Doris Kearns Goodwin 22min - Presidential Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Talks Leadership In Turbulent Times 45min
Videos: - Doris Kearns Goodwin on the qualities of an effective leader 5min - There is no single pattern to leadership, says Doris Kearns Goodwin 7min - Doris Kearns Goodwin On How Leaders Are Made 10min - Doris Kearns Goodwin on “Leadership in Turbulent Times” 18min - Ted Talk: Lessons from Past Presidents 18min - Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's take on impeachment 18min - President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. 54min Panel Discussion