MU Presentation on the Missouri-Kansas Border War Rivalry

Posted on: August 20, 2025 at 06:57:38 CT

Those who are interested in expanding their thinking on the Border War rivalry should consider attending a presentation the day before the rivalry game. See the link below for a presentation by the University of Missouri’s Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. This presentation will go well beyond the history-based “jayhawker = noble abolitionist vs jayhawker = lawless marauder” trash talking between the fan bases (too often encompassing the kU Athletic Department). I understand the presentation will describe how the border warfare episode in regional history is predominantly remembered through the lens of a sports rivalry, how that obscures and distorts important socio-political aspects of the border warfare, and, as a result, how we have failed to learn from the border warfare episode important lessons pertinent to the survival and success of our constitutional democracy.

https://democracy.missouri.edu/events/a-rivalry-with-an-invented-past-the-kansas-missouri-border-war-september-5-campaign-kickoff-weekend-event-2-3pm-missouri-theatre/