Miller Center Presents

New public events series

Continuing the Miller Center’s 40-year tradition of hosting prominent voices on national and global issues

Featured events

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1968: The year that changed America

Seminar on the pivotal year 1968 led by Guian McKee and Marc Selverstone, associate professors at the Miller Center.
war powers
Sen. Tim Kaine on Presidential War Powers

Sen. Tim Kaine visited the historic Rotunda at the University of Virginia to talk about his legislative efforts to define the limits of both presidents and Congress to declare and prosecute wars.
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A conversation on the new localism: Power in the age of populism

Bruce Katz was formerly the Centennial Scholar at the Brookings Institution. While there he focused on the challenges and opportunities of global urbanization.
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What happens when a president shatters norms?

The unprecedented nature of the Trump presidency has focused attention on the importance of traditions and norms in presidential leadership. Discussion with E. J. Dionne, Peter Wehner.
Topic
Declaration of Independence with "If we can keep it" written on top in red letters
How the Republic collapsed (and how it might be saved)
Bill Antholis
Michael Tomasky
George Thomas and JFK
The Presidency
Inside Camelot: The untold story of JFK's valet
Nick Drake, Alfred Reaves, David Throup, Barbara Perry
Corey Booker whispers to Elizabeth Warren; Senator Blumenthal in the foreground
Political Parties and Movements
Future of the Democratic Party
Nicole Hemmer
Dan Balz, Jennifer Lawless, Chris Lu
Buddhist peace flags on barbed wire
Asia
To end the Korean War? Peace on the Peninsula
Byoung-Kon Jun, Jae-Jung Suh, Philip Zelikow
President Trump sits in the Oval Office
The Presidency
Presidents' Day: Trump and the American presidency
Sidney Milkis, Michael Nelson, Barbara Perry
Doctors preforming surgery in a dimly lit operating room
Health
The conservative case for universal health care
Guian McKee
Avik Roy
FDR
The Presidency
The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace
Barbara Perry
David Woolner
President Obama with a group of children, his arms outstretched
Race and Racism
Race in the decade since Obama
Melody Barnes, Kevin Gaines, Lauretta Charlton