Miller Center Presents

New public events series

Continuing the Miller Center’s 40-year tradition of hosting prominent voices on national and global issues

Featured events

Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography
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E pluribus unum? Race, religion, and American identity

Experts including Ibram X. Kendi, Larycia Hawkins, and Jason Johnson probe America's original sin of racism on this PrezFest 2019 panel
Steve Gillon
The Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism

Historian Steve Gillon talks about his book on the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped debates about race and inequality in America
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What happens when a president shatters norms?

The unprecedented nature of the Trump presidency has focused attention on the importance of traditions and norms in presidential leadership. Discussion with E. J. Dionne, Peter Wehner.
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Flower memorial at intersection where Heather Heyer was struck down by white terrorist
Race and Racism
White supremacy on trial
Karen Dunn, Roberta Kaplan, Amy Spitalnick, Risa Goluboff, Micah Schwartzman, Ian Solomon
Elizabeth Sherwood Randall
War and Terrorism
Democracy Dialogues: America's homeland security advisor on countering domestic terrorism
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Frances Townsend, Micah Schwartzman
Covid-19 vaccine packages
Federalism
Federalism in the age of COVID-19
Jonathan Rodden, Richard C. Schragger, Miriam Seifter
Lyndon Johnson standing
The Presidency
Celebrating the LBJ telephone tapes
Melody Barnes, Michael Beschloss, Brian Williams, Mark Lawrence
viktor orban dictator of Hungary
World Happenings
Modern authoritarianism and new challenges to democracy
Anne Meng, Elizabeth Nugent, Bryn Rosenfeld
us-flag
The Presidency
‘The Presidency: Facing Constitutional Crossroads’
Michael Nelson, Barbara A. Perry, Russell Riley, Sean Theriault
Protesters in London with a sign that says 'Democracy must rule'
Domestic Affairs
Constitutional crises at home and abroad
Gretchen Helmke, Sanford Levinson, Kim L. Scheppele, Mila Versteeg
Shelley Capito and Tim Kaine side by side headshots
Governance
Democracy Dialogues: Self-government in the age of disunion
Shelley Moore Capito, Tim Kaine, Jim Ryan, Melody Barnes, Pilar Jimenez Larre Borges
Joe Biden signing a bill
The Presidency
Why the transition isn’t over
Ann Compton, Ken Duberstein , Chris Lu, Janet Napolitano, Sean O’Keefe
Charles Robb speaking
Governance
Chuck Robb: ‘In the Arena’
Charles S. Robb, Lynda Johnson Robb, William Antholis, Barbara Perry