Kansas University’s Dole Institute of Politics has announced its late spring programming schedule.

Highlights of March through May events include former National Security Adviser Don Gregg, congressmen Martin Frost and Tom Davis, CNN contributor Alex Castellanos and former Truman Library Director Mike Devine.

The following events join previously announced early spring events, including ABC’s Lynn Sherr on Feb. 24 and the Presidential Lecture Series with Richard Norton Smith on March 1 and March 2.

All events are free and take place at the Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive. For more information visit doleinstitute.org.

“Truman’s Unused A-Bombs: Beyond Fat Man and Little Boy”?

• 7:30 p.m. March 8. Former Truman Library director and American foreign policy expert Mike Devine will discuss the A-bombs that were ready but never used. He will provide insights on President Truman’s decision to use the bomb to end WWII and what may have happened if Japan had refused to surrender. 

“Korean Comfort Women”

?• 3 p.m. March 10. Author and Korean scholar Maija Devine will present stories and little-known suffering of women not often counted among WWII’s victims. Around 1937, young Korean girls and women began to disappear following Korean and Japanese “job” recruiters. Mostly ages 12 to 19 and from the poorest families in rural areas, these first comfort women provided sex to 20 to 30 Japanese soldiers daily, with promised (but mostly unrealized) compensation.

“A View From the Bench: Politics and Public Policy”

• 4 p.m. March 22, March 29, April 5, April 12, April 19 and April 26.?Judge Joyce London Ford, the nation’s first African-American chief U.S. magistrate judge, will lead a series that examines the interactions of governance and the law. At each discussion group, she will be joined by distinguished guests.

“Director’s Series: Jimmy LaSalvia”?

• 3 p.m. March 24. The 2016 Director’s Series will kick off with former Dole Fellow Jimmy LaSalvia and his new book, “NO HOPE: Why I left the GOP (and You Should Too).” The Director’s Series is a group of programs selected each semester by the Dole Institute of Politics that enhances afternoon programming with interviews on diverse political topics.

“Election Preview: The Future of the GOP”?

• 7:30 p.m. March 28. CNN contributor and Republican strategist Alex Castellanos will assess the status of the Republican Party and 2016 presidential election. Castellanos is the founder of NewRepublican.org and has worked on electoral campaigns for candidates including Bob Dole, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney.

“The National Security Advisor”?

• 7:30 p.m. April 7. President George H.W. Bush’s national security adviser, Don Gregg, also a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, will discuss the role of the national security adviser and contemporary international issues in today’s globalized world.

“Red and Blue States of Mind” (Dole Institute Student Advisory Board Program)?

• 7:30 p.m. April 12. Patrick Miller, KU assistant professor of political science, will discuss his research and how strong partisan identities lead to hostility more than ideologies and issue preferences in the first of two important programs on polarization.

“2016 Dole Lecture with Martin Frost and Tom Davis”

?• 4 p.m. April 17. Former congressmen Tom Davis, R-Virginia, and Martin Frost, D-Texas, will discuss why gridlock is more prominent than ever — and how it can be stopped. Davis and Frost are the authors of “Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis.” The event will include a book sale and signing.