![empty classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-04/empty-classroom-340x191.jpg?itok=3CqSDM9p)
May 12, 2020 11:00 AM
The pandemic's lasting effect on education
Melody Barnes
Robert Pianta
Kimberly J. Robinson
William Antholis (moderator)
![Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shaking hands](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-04/trump-xi-shake-hands-g20-340x191.jpg?itok=CR8WI8z1)
Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy
May 04, 2020 09:00 AM
U.S.-China relations in a turbulent time: Can rivals cooperate?
Matthew Pottinger
James Steinberg
Evan Feigenbaum
Aynne Kokas
Yen Pottinger
Melur Ramasubramanian
Robert Carl Cohen
William Antholis (moderator)
Harry Harding (moderator)
Syaru Shirley Lin (moderator)
![Handwritten note from Cuban Missile Crisis saying "we are demanding withdrawal of the missiles"](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-04/jfk-cuban-missile-crisis-note-340x191_0.jpg?itok=D6iEGij1)
April 29, 2020 11:00 AM
![COVID-19-drive-thru testing site](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-04/covid-drive-thru-testing-340x191.png?itok=f4XkSwWv)
April 24, 2020 11:00 AM
'Ask not': National service in times of crisis
John Bridgeland
Timothy Shriver
William Antholis (moderator)
![Nurses loading soldier into ambulance in 1918](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-03/1918fluvictimsstlouis-340x191.jpg?itok=_yDuapG9)
April 21, 2020 11:00 AM
The healthcare system and COVID-19
Guian McKee
Kathryn Quissell
William Antholis (Moderator)
![Shopkeeper posts a sign that a business is closed due to coronavirus](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-04/business-closed-coronavirus340.191.jpg?itok=_vtXphlb)
April 17, 2020 11:00 AM
Layoffs, furloughs, unemployment: Coronavirus and the job market
Leora Friedberg
Chris Lu
William Antholis (moderator)
![Donkey vs. elephant, Democrat vs. Republican](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-04/donkey-and-elephant-r-and-d-340x191.jpg?itok=IXrHt_f9)
April 16, 2020 12:00 PM
Reaching across the aisle
Mary Kate Cary
Chris Lu
David Leblang (moderator)
![Closeup of a microphone, with a crowd in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-04/microphone-and-crowd-340x191_0.jpg?itok=ovhy3WDe)
April 09, 2020 02:00 PM
Policymaking in the pandemic
Ian Solomon
William Antholis (moderator)
![Chinese family on street wearing masks](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-04/china-family-masks-340x191.jpg?itok=S3zk3px_)
April 07, 2020 02:00 PM
China and the geopolitics of COVID-19
Aynne Kokas
Brantly Womack
William Antholis (Moderator)
![Iwo Jima Memorial at sunrise](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-03/iwojima-memorial-340x191.jpg?itok=Z7jWvnV5)
April 02, 2020 02:00 PM
Leadership in times of crisis
Allan Stam
William Antholis
![Ambassador Taylor testifying in November 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-02/ambassador-william-taylor-impeachment-testimony340x191.jpg?itok=5MrFCCT_)
April 01, 2020 11:00 AM
Diplomacy on trial: Ambassador William Taylor
Ambassador William Taylor
William Antholis (moderator)
![down arrow over europe](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-03/coronavirus-showck-340x191.jpg?itok=70fLqGpa)
March 26, 2020 10:30 AM
The developing economic crisis and the pandemic
Robert Bruner
David Leblang
David Smith
![election 202 graphic with red elephant and blue donkey](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-03/election2020-340x191.jpg?itok=bOQbIN8T)
March 24, 2020 11:00 AM
Trump in 2020: History lessons in an election year
William Antholis
![Diamonds on black background](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-02/diamonds-rescheduled-340x191_0.jpg?itok=D8WyHZN5)
March 04, 2020 07:00 PM
How the rich stay rich: A glimpse behind the velvet curtain
Ruth Mason
Joseph J. Thorndike
![Mushroom cloud with fireball](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-02/nuclear-bomb-340x191.jpg?itok=4tFG5pML)
March 02, 2020 03:30 PM
Misunderstanding the bomb: How we've learned the wrong lessons about nuclear deterrence and arms control
Brendan Green
Todd Sechser
![newspaper headline "acquitted" with picture of Donald Trump](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-02/trump-acquitted-340x191.jpg?itok=V1HV_LQ1)
February 24, 2020 11:00 AM
The Trump impeachment episode: Party wars and the Constitution
Claire Finkelstein
Jonathan Turley
Sidney Milkis (moderator)
![Police in riot gear](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-12/hugary-chaos-340x191.jpg?itok=yFgwvJXc)
February 18, 2020 10:00 AM
Ambassadors unplugged: A hard look at the state of the world
Eric Edelman
Nancy Soderberg
John M. Owen IV (moderator)
![Wall topped with barbed wire](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-01/border-wall-340x191.jpg?itok=GbLHTYTx)
February 06, 2020 11:00 AM
Border wars
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Michael D. Shear
David Leblang (moderator)
David A. Martin (moderator)
![Governor and Tammy Murphy in profile looking down](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-01/govmrsmurphy-justadded-340x191.jpg?itok=2xl_N-tG)
February 05, 2020 03:00 PM
The art of public service: New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy
Governor Phil D. Murphy
First Lady Tammy Snyder Murphy
Dean Ian H. Solomon
Location:
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
235 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
![Hong Kong protestors](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-12/hong-kong-protest-340x191.jpg?itok=v-ogmB1t)
January 31, 2020 11:00 AM
Autonomy limited: Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and the U.S.
Evan Feigenbaum
Syaru Shirley Lin
Harry Harding (moderator)
![Frederick Douglass](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2020-01/frederick-douglass-340x191.jpg?itok=0HZs0ek5)
January 24, 2020 04:00 PM
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of freedom
David Blight
William Antholis
Larycia Hawkins
![Nancy Pelosi announcing articles of impeachment](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-12/pelosi_announcing_the_results_of_impeachment340x191.jpg?itok=TYtPc5Uo)
January 17, 2020 11:00 AM
Impeachment pop-up roundtable (Rotunda edition)
Deborah Hellman
Kyle Kondik
Chris Lu
Barbara Perry (moderator)
Location:
The Rotunda
1826 University Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22904
![Lady Bird Johnson reading to children in school](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-12/lady-bird-school-340x191.jpg?itok=--ibKwij)
January 16, 2020 11:00 AM
How great was the Great Society? A view from 2020
Kevin Gaines
Guian McKee
Julian Zelizer
Melody Barnes (moderator)
![John F. Kennedy Jr. in tuxedo at a party](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-12/jfk-jr-postponed-340x191.png?itok=dLy2bElj)
December 09, 2019 11:00 AM
POSTPONED: America's reluctant prince
Steven M. Gillon
Barbara A. Perry
![republican candidates at a debate during the lead up to the 2016 elections](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-09/republican-candidates-2016-340x191.jpg?itok=fw1GA2bd)
December 05, 2019 11:00 AM
The death of politics
Peter Wehner
William Antholis (moderator)
![White House with storm clouds](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-07/white-house-storm-clouds340x191.jpg?itok=HxpANHxO)
November 21, 2019 11:00 AM
The Lost Soul of the American Presidency
Stephen F. Knott
Russell Riley
![1870s political cartoon showing fat corrupt politician among ruins](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-10/tammany-nast-cartoon-340x191.jpg?itok=wX2pQMhJ)
November 19, 2019 10:00 AM
Corruption and institutional decay
William Browder
David Gergen
Shan Aman-Rana
Kara Brockmeyer
Michael Gilbert
Daniel W. Gingerich
Deborah Hellman
Philip Keefer
Stephen D. Mull
David Singerman
Sandip Sukhtankar
Sylvia Tidey
Jessica Levy
![Map of road running from China across Asia](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-10/bri-340x191.jpg?itok=t87_Rr4x)
November 15, 2019 11:00 AM
The American response to China's Belt and Road Initiative
Kathryn C. Kaufman
Rush Doshi
Kerem Cosar
Syaru Shirley Lin (moderator)
![Old water tower against a purple sky](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-09/american-creed-340x191.png?itok=2ONv9JaE)
November 12, 2019 03:30 PM
“American Creed”: Screening and discussion
David M. Kennedy
John Bridgeland
Melody Barnes
![George W. Bush with military](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-09/george-w-bush-with-military-340x191.jpg?itok=O6H-HlMi)
November 01, 2019 02:30 PM
Critical decisions: Insights from the George W. Bush Presidential Oral History Project
John Bellinger
Josh Bolten
John Bridgeland
Eric Edelman
Michael Nelson
Barbara Perry
Russell Riley
Frances Townsend
Margaret Warner
![Hillside Colombian town](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-09/vff-port-340x191.jpg?itok=3eAD7I93)
October 24, 2019 06:00 PM
Virginia Film Festival: 'Port of Destiny'
Location:
Newcomb Hall Theater
180 McCormick Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
![Bruce Springsteen playing guitar](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-09/western-stars-340x191.jpg?itok=XX2upG_4)
October 24, 2019 05:30 PM