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Nationally renowned speakers

Politicians, journalists, and government officials frequently participate in Miller Center panel discussions

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Probing questions

UVA students are enthusiastic participants in Miller Center events throughout the year

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Robust debate, without fear or favor

Miller Center speakers address the nation's most pressing problems—sometimes eliciting protests

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At the Miller Center, we believe that opposing positions can both have merit; that we can investigate questions of fact and discuss questions of opinion; that we can be open to changing our minds; and that our political system benefits from compromise. That’s why every year we bring together Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives. We convene dozens of events fostering civil and intellectual dialogue among scholars, politicians, journalists, and citizens.

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Chad Davis/Wikimedia Commons. ICE agents and bystanders in Minneapolis after the January 07, 2026, shooting of Renée Good.

February 17, 2026 10:00 AM

The crisis in Minnesota: Executive power and civil liberties

  • Ashley Waters Gundersen

  • Rachel Harmon

  • David Lazar

  • Guian McKee

  • Richard C. Schragger

  • Daniel Stid

  • Micah Schwartzman (moderator)

Location: ONLINE ONLY

People gathered together to protest during an anti-Trump No Kings protest

February 18, 2026 03:00 PM

The American presidency: Promise and peril

  • William Howell

  • Elaine Kamarck

  • Sidney Milkis (moderator)

  • William Antholis (introduction)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

Idealized view of Revolutionary War Boston as a European city by Franz Xaver Habermann, circa 1770s.

February 23, 2026 11:00 AM

Whither the American republic?

  • Jamelle Bouie

  • Laura K. Field

  • James Hunter

  • Sidney Milkis (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

The national flags of countries member of the NATO fly outside the organisation headquarters in Brussels, Belgium

March 09, 2026 11:00 AM

The past and future of NATO

  • Stephan Kieninger

  • Victoria Nuland

  • Stephen Sestanovich

  • Eric Edelman (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE