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October 24, 2019 06:00 PM
Virginia Film Festival: 'Port of Destiny'
Location:
Newcomb Hall Theater
180 McCormick Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
October 24, 2019 05:30 PM
October 21, 2019 04:00 PM
Impeachment pop-up roundtable
Melody Barnes
Chris Lu
Barbara Perry
Saikrishna Prakash
Philip Zelikow
October 17, 2019 11:00 AM
The problem with the next recession
David Wilcox
David Leblang (moderator)
September 26, 2019 11:00 AM
All the Powers of Earth
Sidney Blumenthal
William Antholis
September 24, 2019 02:00 PM
Cartooning the White House: Celebrating comic artist Patrick Oliphant
Mary Kate Cary
Kent Germany
Ken Hughes
Chris Lu
Chester Pach
Robert Strong
Philip Zelikow
Michael Nelson (moderator)
Location:
Newcomb Hall Theater
180 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
September 18, 2019 06:30 PM
'Enrique's Journey': How to fix immigration in a humane way
Sonia Nazario
David Leblang (moderator)
Location:
The Haven at First and Market
112 West Market Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
September 12, 2019 06:00 PM
Condoleezza Rice & Philip Zelikow: To Build a Better World
Condoleezza Rice
Philip Zelikow
Ann Compton (moderator)
Location:
Newcomb Hall Ballroom
180 McCormick Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
September 06, 2019 11:00 AM
The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
Susan Page
Barbara Perry (moderator)
Presidential Ideas Festival 2019
May 23, 2019 02:00 PM
Rethinking the American presidency • Closing keynote with President Bill Clinton
Location:
Old Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Presidential Ideas Festival 2019
May 23, 2019 09:30 AM
Above the glass ceiling: Women in leadership • Why democracy?
Location:
Old Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Presidential Ideas Festival 2019
May 22, 2019 02:30 PM
Teachable moments: Education and the spread of democracy • E pluribus unum? Race, religion, and American identity
Location:
Old Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Presidential Ideas Festival 2019
May 22, 2019 09:30 AM
Crystal Ball live: Politics, big ideas, and election 2020 • The presidency and the press in a digital age
Location:
Old Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Presidential Ideas Festival 2019
May 21, 2019 02:30 PM
The buck stops here: Leadership at the highest level • Climbing the ladder: Social mobility in the United States
Location:
Old Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Presidential Ideas Festival 2019
May 21, 2019 09:30 AM
Newer world order: Internationalism and American security • Great powers, the global economy, and America’s changing role
Location:
Old Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
April 25, 2019 11:00 AM
'The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice Roberts'
Joan Biskupic
Barbara Perry
April 15, 2019 05:30 PM
Saving America from our culture of contempt
Arthur C. Brooks
Melody Barnes (moderator)
Allan C. Stam (moderator)
Location:
Nau Hall
1540 Jefferson Park Ave.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Road to PrezFest 2019
April 11, 2019 04:00 PM
How the Republic collapsed (and how it might be saved)
Michael Tomasky
William Antholis
March 29, 2019 03:00 PM
Perspectives on the U.S. and Europe: Ambassadors of the Visegrad Group
Ivan Korčok
Hynek Kmoníček
László Szabó
Piotr Wilczek
Stephen Mull
Location:
Garrett Hall
235 McCormick Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
March 27, 2019 11:00 AM
Inside Camelot: The untold story of JFK's valet
Nick Drake
Alfred Reaves
Barbara Perry (moderator)
David Throup
March 26, 2019 04:00 PM
Future of the Democratic Party
Dan Balz
Jennifer Lawless
Chris Lu
Nicole Hemmer (moderator)
March 20, 2019 11:30 AM
To end the Korean War? Peace on the Peninsula
Byoung-Kon Jun
Jae-Jung Suh
Philip Zelikow
March 07, 2019 11:00 AM
February 25, 2019 11:00 AM
Revolution and Aftermath: Forging a New Strategy toward Iran
Dale Copeland
Eric Edelman
Ray Takeyh
February 22, 2019 11:00 AM
Presidents' Day: Trump and the American presidency
Sidney Milkis
Michael Nelson
Barbara Perry
Road to PrezFest 2019
February 08, 2019 11:00 AM
The conservative case for universal health care
Avik Roy
Guian McKee
February 01, 2019 11:00 AM
The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace
Barbara Perry
David Woolner
January 22, 2019 04:00 PM
Race in the decade since Obama
Melody Barnes
Kevin Gaines
Lauretta Charlton
Location:
Newcomb Hall Theatre
180 McCormick Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
January 16, 2019 11:00 AM
Edward M. Kennedy: An Oral History
Barbara Perry
Melody Barnes
Road to PrezFest 2019
January 10, 2019 09:00 AM
Ten years later: Lessons from the 2008–09 financial crisis
William Antholis
Robert Bruner
Peter Conti-Brown
Jeffry Frieden
Graciela Kaminsky
John Lawrence
David Leblang
Frances Lee
Jonathan R. Macey
Julia Mahoney
Paul Mahoney
Daniel Meyer
Peter Orszag
Carmen Reinhart
Lawrence H. Summers
Linda Tesar
David Wessel
Location:
Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
December 14, 2018 11:00 AM
President Carter: The White House years
Stuart Eizenstat
Russell Riley
December 13, 2018 01:00 PM
History of 1968, part II
Marc Selverstone
Guian McKee