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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Barbara Bush
The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
Barbara Perry
Susan Page
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Leadership
Above the glass ceiling: Women in leadership
Margaret Brennan, Jennifer Lawless, Anita McBride, Barbara Perry (moderator)
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Governance
Why democracy?
Risa Goluboff, Susan Rice, Peter Wehner, Melody Barnes (moderator)
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The Presidency
Rethinking the American Presidency
John Dickerson, Max Stier, Mona Sutphen, Robert Bruner (moderator)
Bill Clinton
The Presidency
Closing Keynote: President Bill Clinton
Jim Ryan
President Bill Clinton
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Trade
Commerce, security, and the new global (dis)order
Yiorgos Allayannis, Dale Copeland, Amanda Sloat, John Owen (moderator)
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The Presidency
Translating presidential ideas into words: Speechwriters in the White House
John McConnell, Sarada Peri, Kyle O’Connor (moderator)
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Political Parties and Movements
Defending democracy: Social movements and ‘people power’
Srdja Popovic, Stephen Mull (moderator)
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Founding and Shaping of the Nation
Is the Constitution really for us, by us?
Kristen Cavallo, Levar Stoney, Kat Imhoff (moderator)
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Religion
Religion and democracy
Jamelle Bouie, Kathleen Flake, Sylvester Johnson, Jalane Schmidt, Nichole Flores (moderator)