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
miller center in blue
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.
Topic
Trump twitter page
Politics
Social media and political warfare
Eric Edelman, Laura Rosenberger, Michael Shure, Aynne Kokas (moderator)
children in a classroom
Education
Who am I, who are we, who defines our history? Educating for democracy and social justice
Derrick Alridge, Catherine Bradshaw, Nancy Deutsch, Johari Harris, Stephanie van Hover
nixion in the oval office
Education
Echoes of the past: Insights from the secret White House tapes
Ken Hughes, Kent Germany, Guian McKee, Marc Selverstone, and Nicole Hemmer (moderator)
buttons and pins that say vote
Elections
Crystal Ball live: Politics, big ideas, and election 2020
Jamelle Bouie, Chris Matthews, Karl Rove, Amy Walter, Larry Sabato (moderator)
podium at the whitehouse press briefing
Media and the Press
The presidency and the press in a digital age
Don Baer, Dan Bartlett, Ayesha Rascoe, Nicole Hemmer (moderator)
kids reading books
Education
Teachable moments: Education and the spread of democracy
Yoni Appelbaum, Kristina Johnson, Derek Mitchell, Dan Twining, Margot Rogers (moderator)
hands of many colors holding each other
Race and Racism
E pluribus unum? Race, religion, and American identity
Larycia Hawkins, Ibram Kendi, Jason Johnson, David Saperstein, Sidney Milkis (moderator)
Jefferson statue at UVA
An evening with Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham, Melody Barnes (moderator)
stick flags - usa, china, japan
Foreign Affairs
Newer world order: Internationalism and American security
Madeleine Albright, Stephen Hadley, John Dickerson (moderator)
globe with USA currency overlay
Economic Issues
Great powers, the global economy, and America’s changing role
John Negroponte, Bob Rubin, Ann Compton (moderator)