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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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October 07, 2021 08:30 PM

People in line to vote

UVA Democracy Biennial

September 25, 2021 03:15 PM

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UVA Democracy Biennial

September 25, 2021 01:00 PM

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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

Pattern made of US flags

May 12, 2021 04:00 PM

‘The Presidency: Facing Constitutional Crossroads’
  • Michael Nelson

  • Barbara A. Perry

  • Russell Riley

  • Sean Theriault

Location: Online webinar

Protesters in London with a sign that says 'Democracy must rule'

April 30, 2021 11:00 AM

Constitutional crises at home and abroad
  • Gretchen Helmke

  • Sanford Levinson

  • Kim L. Scheppele

  • Mila Versteeg

Location: Online webinar

Shelley Capito and Tim Kaine side by side headshots

Democracy Dialogues

April 29, 2021 09:00 AM

Self-government in the age of disunion
  • Shelley Moore Capito

  • Tim Kaine

  • Jim Ryan

  • Melody Barnes

  • Pilar Jimenez Larre Borges

Location: Online webinar

Joe Biden signing a bill

April 22, 2021 11:00 AM

Why the transition isn’t over
  • Ann Compton

  • Ken Duberstein

  • Chris Lu

  • Janet Napolitano

  • Sean O’Keefe

Location: online webinar

Charles Robb speaking

April 21, 2021 03:30 PM

Chuck Robb: ‘In the Arena’
  • Charles S. Robb

  • Lynda Johnson Robb

  • William Antholis

  • Barbara Perry

Location: online webinar

Donald Trump waving

April 15, 2021 11:00 AM

‘After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency’
  • Robert Bauer

  • Jack Goldsmith

  • Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Location: online webinar

Painting of George Washington and his cabinet

April 01, 2021 11:00 AM

‘The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution’
  • Lindsay Chervinsky

  • Chris Lu

  • Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Location: Online webinar

Globe made of flags

March 23, 2021 02:00 PM

‘Re-engage the world’: Rethinking U.S. national security strategy
  • Eliot Cohen

  • Eric Edelman

  • Michèle Flournoy

Location: online webinar

storm over the White House

March 12, 2021 11:00 AM

The state of the American presidency
  • Jamelle Bouie

  • Sidney Milkis

  • James Morone

Location: Online webinar

Members of NATO and their flags surround the NATO symbol

March 04, 2021 11:00 AM

NATO and the future of U.S. alliances
  • Joshua Alley

  • Philip Breedlove

  • Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer

  • James Goldgeier

  • Todd Sechser

Location: Online webinar

Supreme Court building

February 24, 2021 11:00 AM

Can we all just get along? The new president and the Supreme Court
  • Barbara Perry

  • Saikrishna Prakash

  • Sarah Wilson

Location: Online webinar

silhouetted travelers

February 22, 2021 06:00 PM

Land of hope and dreams? The future of U.S. immigration policy
  • David Leblang

  • Anne C. Richard

  • Karen Tumlin

Location: online webinar

Elephant on American flag with Donald Trump waving

February 16, 2021 11:00 AM

The post-election GOP: Where will conservatism go next?
  • Mary Kate Cary

  • Ron Christie

  • Michael Steele

Location: Online webinar

The Smithsonian Museum of African American History and the Washington Monument

February 09, 2021 02:00 PM

History is now: What is America’s story?
  • Lonnie Bunch

  • Ken Burns

  • Amna Nawaz

Location: Online webinar

Young John F. Kennedy

February 04, 2021 11:00 AM

'JFK: Coming of age in the American Century'
  • Fredrik Logevall

  • Barbara Perry

  • Marc Selverstone

Location: Online webinar

Hands holding up U.S. flags

January 28, 2021 01:30 PM

'Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy'
  • Melody Barnes

  • Corey D. B. Walker

  • Thad Williamson

  • Barbara Brown Wilson

Location: Online webinar

Joe Biden in a mask

January 22, 2021 11:00 AM

The Biden administration inherits the Covid-19 crisis
  • Guian McKee

  • J. Stephen Morrison

  • Margaret Foster Riley

Location: Online webinar

Photo illustration of Americans of color

January 19, 2021 03:30 PM

Race relations and criminal justice in the new year
  • Paul Butler

  • Kevin K. Gaines

Location: Online webinar

James Monroe's signature on a pardon document

January 15, 2021 11:00 AM

Can the president pardon himself?
  • John Harrison

  • Brian Kalt

  • Bernadette Meyler

  • Micah Schwartzman

Location: Online webinar

Patriot Front march to the Capitol Building, Washington, DC, February 8, 2020

January 13, 2021 04:00 PM

Using the F-word: Fascist drift in America
  • Emily Gorcenski

  • Nicole Hemmer

  • Christopher Mathias

  • Jalane Schmidt

Location: Online webinar