Events / Upcoming Events

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Nationally renowned speakers

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

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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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Tornado siren

April 18, 2022 01:30 PM

'In Case of Emergency: How Technologies Mediate Crisis and Normalize Inequality'
  • Elizabeth Ellcessor

  • Aynne Kokas

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
&
Online webinar

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Democracy Dialogues

April 14, 2022 09:30 AM

Social media vs. democracy
  • Barbara Comstock (R-VA)

  • Mark Warner (D-VA)

  • Danielle Citron

  • Siva Vaidhyanathan

Location: The Rotunda at the University of Virginia
&
Online webinar

Illustration of man on ladder above the COVID virus

March 30, 2022 11:00 AM

The fight against COVID: Has the U.S. entered a new normal?
  • Guian McKee

  • J. Stephen Morrison

  • Margaret Foster Riley

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
Online webinar

Illustration of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers

March 29, 2022 01:30 PM

Russian aggression: What now? U.S. and NATO considerations
  • Eric Edelman

  • Evelyn Farkas

  • Stephen D. Mull

  • Andrew Weiss

Location: Online webinar

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Project on Democracy and Capitalism

March 24, 2022 11:00 AM

The state of the Biden economy: Infrastructure, inflation, and growth in 2022
  • Kinda Hachem

  • Scott C. Miller

  • Steven Rattner

  • Matthew Yglesias

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
&
Online webinar

Burned out residential building in Kyiv, February 2022

March 21, 2022 11:00 AM

Where does the Ukraine War go from here? Examining escalation scenarios
  • William Antholis

  • Philip Potter

  • Allan C. Stam

Location: Online webinar

Nuclear weapons lined up

March 17, 2022 06:30 PM

U.S. nuclear strategy, great power competition, and war in Ukraine
  • James Stavridis

  • Todd Sechser

Location: Online webinar

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Democracy Dialogues

March 16, 2022 03:00 PM

How can we measure the health of democracy?
  • Michael Abramowitz

  • John Bridgeland

  • Seema Shah

  • Ian Vásquez

  • Margaret Brennan

Location: Online webinar

Migrants at border wall

March 02, 2022 03:00 PM

Richard Nixon meets with troops

February 22, 2022 07:00 PM

Inside the secret White House tapes
  • Marc Selverstone

Location: Online webinar

President Biden, sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, with his reflection in the foreground

February 17, 2022 12:00 PM

Presidential leadership: Insights for year two
  • Lori Esposito Murray

  • William Antholis

  • Amy Walter

Location: Online webinar

Woodrow Wilson facing left

February 15, 2022 11:00 AM

‘A World Safe for Democracy’
  • G. John Ikenberry

  • John M. Owen IV

Location: Online webinar

Columns outside the Supreme Court building

February 10, 2022 04:00 PM

Disorder in the court? SCOTUS cases and controversies in 2022
  • Barbara Perry

  • Saikrishna Prakash

  • Sarah Wilson

Location: Online webinar

Crowd climbing on U.S. Capitol building

February 02, 2022 03:00 PM

‘What Happened to the Vital Center?’
  • William Antholis

  • Ron Christie

  • Nicholas Jacobs

  • Sidney Milkis

  • Molly Reynolds

Location: Online webinar

U.S. and China themed wrecking balls

Democracy Dialogues

January 28, 2022 11:00 AM

Is democracy essential to U.S.-China relations?
  • Peter Berkowitz

  • Elizabeth Economy

  • Patricia M. Kim

  • Aynne Kokas

Location: Online webinar

Pakistan Monument at night

January 25, 2022 12:30 PM

Perspectives from Pakistan: A conversation with Ambassador Asad M. Khan
  • Asad M. Khan

  • Stephen Mull

  • Ian H. Solomon

Location: Online webinar

Monument to Tulsa massacre

January 20, 2022 11:00 AM

Breaking silences: Lessons from Tulsa and Charlottesville
  • Andrea Douglas

  • Scott Ellsworth

  • Kevin K. Gaines

Location: Online webinar

Joe Biden at desk with American flag in background

First Year Project

January 13, 2022 03:00 PM

President Biden's first year
  • Joshua Bolten

  • Valerie Smith Boyd

  • Ann Compton

  • Eric Edelman

  • Guian McKee

  • Suzanne Maloney

  • J. Stephen Morrison

  • Ian H. Solomon

  • Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Location: online webinar

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December 14, 2021 11:00 AM

The COVID crisis: Past, present, and future
  • John Bridgeland

  • Carlos del Rio

  • Deval Patrick

Location: Online webinar

Signs encouraging people to vote

December 09, 2021 11:00 AM

‘The Elections of 2020’
  • Michael Nelson

  • Barbara Perry

Location: Online webinar

illustration of missiles pointing at a bullseye

December 02, 2021 02:00 PM

‘The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution: Power Politics in the Atomic Age’
  • Keir Lieber

  • Daryl G. Press

  • Dale Copeland

  • Todd Sechser

Location: Online webinar

JFK and John Glenn inspect Mercury capsule, Feb. 23, 1962

November 17, 2021 11:00 AM

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Presidency at a Crossroads

November 13, 2021 10:00 AM

'The Presidency: Facing Constitutional Crossroads'
  • Barbara Perry

Location: Online or in-person (at UVA's Alumni Hall)

Old civil rights signs with "Black Lives Matter" sign

November 11, 2021 11:00 AM

BLM and the history of African American activism
  • Kevin K. Gaines

  • Andra Gillespie

  • Wesley Lowery

Location: Online webinar

rolled up newspaper

November 04, 2021 04:00 PM

‘News Hole: The Demise of Local Journalism and Political Engagement’
  • John Harris

  • Danny Hayes

  • Jennifer Lawless

Location: Online webinar

George and Laura Bush

October 29, 2021 02:00 PM

Virginia Film Festival: ‘9/11: Inside the President's War Room’
  • Andy Card

  • Ann Compton

  • Karl Rove

  • William Antholis

Location: Culbreth Theatre
109 Culbreth Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Globe getting an injection

October 26, 2021 09:00 AM

Vaccination and beyond: Lessons for ending the pandemic from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the U.S.
  • William Antholis

  • José Manuel Barroso

  • Chang-Chuan Chan

  • Chen Chien-jen

  • Pam Cheng

  • George Freeman

  • Patricia Geli

  • Adam Kamradt-Scott

  • Syaru Shirley Lin

  • J. Stephen Morrison

  • Anneke Schmider

  • Stan Shih

  • Alexander Stubb

  • Yik Ying Teo

  • Malcolm Turnbull

  • Michelle Williams

  • Eng Kiong Yeoh

Location: Online webinar

Covid vaccine bottles

October 22, 2021 04:30 PM

Pursuing equity for the COVID vaccine
  • Taison Bell

  • J. Stephen Morrison

Location: Online webinar

Donald Rumsfeld memo

October 21, 2021 11:00 AM

‘The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War’
  • Craig Whitlock

  • Spencer Bakich

Location: Online webinar

Donkey and elephant on a chalkboard

October 15, 2021 11:00 AM

America’s electoral future: Where are the parties headed?
  • William Jelani Cobb

  • Jennifer Lawless

  • Sidney Milkis

Location: Online webinar

George H. W. Bush

October 12, 2021 11:00 AM

‘The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post Presidency’
  • Jean Becker

  • Mary Kate Cary

Location: Online webinar

Chinese guardian lion

October 07, 2021 08:30 PM