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Collage of prominent guests to Miller Center events: President Clinton, Karl Rove, Madeleine Albright

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

Protest for change, woman holding a sign

Robust debate, without fear or favor

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

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Corey Booker whispers to Elizabeth Warren; Senator Blumenthal in the foreground

March 26, 2019 04:00 PM

Future of the Democratic Party
  • Dan Balz

  • Jennifer Lawless

  • Chris Lu

  • Nicole Hemmer (moderator)

Buddhist peace flags on barbed wire

March 20, 2019 11:30 AM

To end the Korean War? Peace on the Peninsula
  • Byoung-Kon Jun

  • Jae-Jung Suh

  • Philip Zelikow

Marc Short in front of White House, blue tint

March 07, 2019 11:00 AM

Flag of Iran

February 25, 2019 11:00 AM

Revolution and Aftermath: Forging a New Strategy toward Iran
  • Dale Copeland

  • Eric Edelman

  • Ray Takeyh

President Trump in the Oval Office

February 22, 2019 11:00 AM

Presidents' Day: Trump and the American presidency
  • Sidney Milkis

  • Michael Nelson

  • Barbara Perry

Doctors in operating room

Road to PrezFest 2019

February 08, 2019 11:00 AM

FDR

February 01, 2019 11:00 AM

The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace
  • Barbara Perry

  • David Woolner

President Obama with a group of children, his arms outstretched

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

Ted Kennedy and Barack Obama

January 16, 2019 11:00 AM

Edward M. Kennedy: An Oral History
  • Barbara Perry

  • Melody Barnes

Man in business suit standing on precipice

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

Anwar Sadat, President Carter, and Menachem Begin sign Camp David Accords

December 14, 2018 11:00 AM

President Carter: The White House years
  • Stuart Eizenstat

  • Russell Riley

Nixon on the campaign trail

December 13, 2018 01:00 PM

History of 1968, part II
  • Marc Selverstone

  • Guian McKee

MLK and President Johnson

December 07, 2018 03:30 PM

Rivalry and Reform
  • Sidney Milkis

  • Daniel J. Tichenor

Trump rally with "Make America Great Again" sign

Historical Presidency

December 04, 2018 12:00 PM

Trump and Xi

November 30, 2018 11:00 AM

Trump's U.S. national security policy
  • Michael E. O'Hanlon

  • John Owen

Congress

November 15, 2018 01:00 PM

Navigating gridlock: Congress, the presidency, and partisanship
  • David Brady

  • Tom Davis

  • Juliet Eilperin

  • Maggie Haberman

  • Jennifer Lawless

  • Chris Lu

  • John McLaughlin

  • Doug Rivers

  • Marc Short

  • Dina Titus

  • Michael Franc

  • Sid Milkis

Location: The Hoover Institution's Johnson Center
1399 New York Ave NW #500
Washington, DC 20005

voting booth

November 06, 2018 07:00 PM

Pints & Presidents: Midterm watch party
  • Mary Kate Cary

  • Nicole Hemmer

Location: Kardinal Hall
722 Preston Ave
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Acceptable loss image collage

November 03, 2018 05:30 PM

Virginia Film Festival: 'An Acceptable Loss'
  • Joe Chappelle

  • Barbara Perry

  • Todd Sechser

Location: St. Anne’s-Belfield School
Grisham Hall
2132 Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Images of 1968

November 01, 2018 05:00 PM

Virginia Film Festival: '1968: The Year That Changed America'
  • Mark Herzog

  • Ron Christie

  • Nicole Hemmer

Location: Culbreth Theatre
109 Culbreth Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Wind farm

October 17, 2018 03:00 PM

States and the future of renewable energy
  • Martin O'Malley

  • Jonathan Cannon

DNA test visualization: colored rectangles

October 16, 2018 07:00 PM

Are we selling ourselves out? The impact of genetic data collection
  • Katie Hasson

  • Nicholas Mortensen

  • Anna Von Spakovsky

  • Emily Lockwood

  • Andy Carluccio

Illustration of chains and computer code

October 10, 2018 06:15 PM

How cryptocurrency and blockchain technology impact democracy
  • Yiorgos Allayannis

  • Cara LaPointe

  • Jakub Duda

  • Chris Lu (moderator)

Tiananmen gate entrance to Forbidden city

October 02, 2018 11:00 AM

The China challenge
  • Harry Harding

  • Brantly Womack

  • William J. Antholis

international currencies

September 28, 2018 03:30 PM

Nixon: The post-Bretton Woods world
  • Thomas W. Zeiler

  • David Leblang

American flag; steeple in the background

Road to PrezFest 2019

September 14, 2018 04:00 PM

Faith, spirituality, and public life
  • Tim Kaine

Location: Old Cabell Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Supreme Court building

September 11, 2018 05:00 PM

SCOTUS forecasting: A new justice and the dynamics of the Supreme Court
  • Barbara Perry

  • Saikrishna Prakash

  • Micah Schwartzman

Kerner Commission

September 06, 2018 11:00 AM

Ed Ayers with President Obama

June 23, 2018 04:00 PM

facebook imagery

June 06, 2018 11:00 AM

Is social media destroying democracy?
  • Siva Vaidhyanathan

  • Nicole Hemmer

Kennedy Family drinking tea for a TV camera

May 15, 2018 03:30 PM

Tea with the Kennedys
  • Evan Thomas

  • Barbara Perry

Trump at CPAC

May 10, 2018 10:30 AM

Conservatism reimagined
  • Mary Kate Cary

  • Ron Christie

  • Mollie Hemingway

  • Nicole Hemmer