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

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

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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

Person putting on a mask

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

Cover of the book, 'The  Presidency at a Crossroads'

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

People in line to vote

UVA Democracy Biennial

September 25, 2021 03:15 PM

feet walking on pavement

UVA Democracy Biennial

September 25, 2021 01:00 PM

People silhouetted against stock ticker

UVA Democracy Biennial

September 24, 2021 03:00 PM

lights commemorating September 11 agains New York City skyline

Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy

September 10, 2021 10:00 AM

9/11: Twenty years later (Day 2)
  • Rosa Brooks

  • Eric Edelman

  • Melvyn P. Leffler

  • J. Stephen Morrison

  • Stephen D. Mull

  • Barbara Perry

  • Timothy Recuber

  • Mara Rudman

  • Marc Selverstone

  • Benjamin Wittes

Location: Online webinar

lights commemorating September 11 agains New York City skyline

Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy

September 09, 2021 03:30 PM

9/11: Twenty years later (Day 1)
  • William Antholis

  • Ann Compton

  • Tom Donilon

  • Richard Haass

  • Marc Selverstone

  • Philip Zelikow

Location: Online webinar

Eddie Jacobson and Harry Truman

September 02, 2021 04:30 PM

Flowers on a street

July 22, 2021 03:30 PM

White supremacy on trial
  • Karen Dunn

  • Roberta Kaplan

  • Amy Spitalnick

  • Risa Goluboff

  • Micah Schwartzman

  • Ian Solomon

Location: Online webinar

Liz Sherwood-Randall

Democracy Dialogues

June 23, 2021 02:00 PM

America's homeland security advisor on countering domestic terrorism
  • Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

  • Frances Townsend

  • Micah Schwartzman

Location: Online webinar

Covid-19 vaccine packages

May 27, 2021 04:30 PM

Federalism in the age of COVID-19
  • Jonathan Rodden

  • Richard C. Schragger

  • Miriam Seifter

Location: Online webinar

Lyndon Johnson standing

May 20, 2021 08:00 PM

Celebrating the LBJ telephone tapes
  • Melody Barnes

  • Michael Beschloss

  • Brian Williams

  • Mark Lawrence

Location: Online video broadcast

Viktor Orbán speaking

May 17, 2021 02:00 PM

Modern authoritarianism and new challenges to democracy
  • Anne Meng

  • Elizabeth Nugent

  • Bryn Rosenfeld

Location: online webinar