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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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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

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping toasting

January 11, 2021 08:00 PM

Time for a reset? U.S.-China relations during the Biden administration
  • Evan A. Feigenbaum

  • Harry Harding

  • Syaru Shirley Lin

  • Chris Lu

  • Stephen D. Mull

  • Larry J. Sabato

  • Song Guoyou

  • Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

  • Wu Xinbo

  • Xin Qiang

Location: Online webinar, with a live audience at Fudan University in Shanghai and a virtual audience elsewhere

Nixon waving goodbye after Watergate

December 16, 2020 11:30 AM

'Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy'
  • Robert C. Lieberman

  • Suzanne Mettler

  • Sidney Milkis (moderator)

Location: Webinar

President Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon in 1968

December 08, 2020 04:00 PM

Running the White House
  • Peter Baker and Susan Glasser

  • Eric Edelman

  • Chris Lu

  • David Marchick

  • Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

  • William Antholis (moderator)

  • Mary Kate Cary (moderator)

Location: Webinar

Glowing digital image of globe

December 01, 2020 11:00 AM

'The World: A Brief Introduction'
  • Richard Haass

  • Todd Sechser (moderator)

Location: Webinar

Virginia State Flag

November 19, 2020 10:00 AM

The past and future of home rule in Virginia
  • William Antholis

  • Audrey McFarlane

  • Richard C. Schragger

  • Daniel Farbman

  • David Toscano

  • Larry Roberts

  • Leslie Hager-Smith

  • Levar Stoney

  • Justin Wilson

Location: Online webinar

Joe Biden in front of Covid cases graph

November 13, 2020 12:00 PM

Presidential transition in times of crisis
  • William Antholis

  • Michael Chertoff

  • David Marchick

  • Janet Napolitano

Location: Webinar

U.S. Supreme Court building

November 09, 2020 04:00 PM

Litigating the election
  • Dan Ortiz

  • Myrna Pérez

  • Bertrall Ross

  • Micah Schwartzman

Location: Online webinar

Trump and Biden in silhouette

November 06, 2020 03:30 PM

Election 2020 Aftermath: Turbulence, transition, or tranquility? (Friday discussion)
  • William Antholis

  • Melody Barnes

  • Michael Gilbert

  • Sidney Milkis

  • Janet Napolitano

Location: Webinar

Trump and Biden in silhouette

November 05, 2020 03:30 PM

Election 2020 Aftermath: Turbulence, transition, or tranquility? (Thursday discussion)
  • William Antholis

  • Melody Barnes

  • Paul Freedman

  • Kevin K. Gaines

  • Caroline Janney

Location: Webinar

Silhouettes of Trump and Biden

November 04, 2020 03:30 PM

Election 2020: What just happened?
  • William Antholis

  • Mary Kate Cary

  • Jennifer Lawless

  • Saikrishna Prakash

Location: Webinar

Print showing Booker T. Washington and Theodore Roosevelt

October 29, 2020 02:00 PM

Presidential leadership and race
  • Kevin Gaines

  • Russell Riley

  • Risa Goluboff (moderator)

Location: online webinar

Photo illustration of Capitol Building and American flag

October 27, 2020 03:00 PM

The home stretch: Election 2020 one week out
  • William Antholis

  • Mary Kate Cary

  • Ann Compton

  • Paul Freedman (moderator)

Location: Webinar

yellow immigration sign

Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy

October 26, 2020 10:00 AM

Immigration, asylum, and national security: A comparative perspective
  • William Antholis

  • Jeff Crisp

  • David Scott FitzGerald

  • Regina Jefferies

  • Brian Kelly

  • David Leblang

  • Erika Lee

  • Dara Lind

  • Doris Meissner

  • Kathleen Newland

  • Anne C. Richard

Location: Webinar

Sweeper and doffer in cotton mill, circa 1908

October 22, 2020 02:00 PM

'The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again'
  • Robert Putnam

  • Shaylyn Romney Garrett

  • John Bridgeland (moderator)

Location: Webinar

Painting of Benjamin Franklin in France

October 19, 2020 02:00 PM

‘America in the World’: The story of U.S. diplomacy
  • Robert Zoellick

  • William Antholis (moderator)

  • David Leblang

Location: Webinar

Bill Clinton at a rally at NC State University in Raleigh on October 4, 1992

October 14, 2020 04:30 PM

globe and flag photo illustration

October 08, 2020 01:00 PM

Democracy and strategy: American statecraft in the 21st century
  • Mary Louise Kelly

  • Michael McFaul

  • Anne-Marie Slaughter

  • Stephen M. Walt

  • Todd Sechser (moderator)

Location: Webinar

Raging wildfire

October 07, 2020 11:00 AM

A foreign policy for climate
  • John Podesta

  • Todd Stern

  • William Antholis (moderator)

  • Deborah Lawrence (moderator)

Location: Webinar

We the women sign

October 02, 2020 01:00 PM

Women in politics: Past, present, and future
  • Melody Barnes

  • Jennifer Lawless

  • Barbara Perry

  • Craig Volden

Location: Webinar