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.
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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
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Social Issues
'Ask not': National service in times of crisis
William Antholis
John Bridgeland, Timothy Shriver
victims of Spanish flu 1918
Health
The healthcare system and COVID-19
William Antholis
Guian McKee, Kathryn Quissell
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Jobs and Economy
Layoffs, furloughs, unemployment: Coronavirus and the job market
William Antholis
Leora Friedberg, Chris Lu
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Domestic Affairs
Policymaking in the pandemic
William Antholis
Ian Solomon
people in china
Asia
China and the geopolitics of COVID-19
William Antholis
Aynne Kokas, Brantly Womack
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The Presidency
Leadership in times of crisis
William Antholis
Allan Stam
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Foreign Affairs
Diplomacy on trial: Ambassador William Taylor
Bill Antholis
Ambassador William Taylor
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Economic Issues
The developing economic crisis and the pandemic
David Leblang
Robert Bruner, David Smith
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Elections
Trump in 2020: History lessons in an election year
Bill Antholis
Marc Selverstone
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Finance and Banking
How the rich stay rich: A glimpse behind the velvet curtain
Ruth Mason, Joseph J. Thorndike