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

Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography
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E pluribus unum? Race, religion, and American identity

Experts including Ibram X. Kendi, Larycia Hawkins, and Jason Johnson probe America's original sin of racism on this PrezFest 2019 panel
Steve Gillon
The Kerner Commission and the unraveling of American liberalism

Historian Steve Gillon talks about his book on the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped debates about race and inequality in America
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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
globe and flag photo illustration
Foreign Affairs
Democracy and strategy: American statecraft in the 21st century
Todd Sechser
Mary Louise Kelly, Michael McFaul, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Stephen M. Walt,
wildfire
Foreign Affairs
A foreign policy for climate
William Antholis
John Podesta, Todd Stern, Deborah Lawrence
The White House against blue
The Presidency
Talking transitions: Perspectives for first and second term administrations
William Antholis
David Marchick, Penny Pritzker, Joshua Bolten, Andrew H. Card, Jr., Denis McDonough, Mack McLarty, Margaret Brennan, Stephen J. Hadley, Lisa Monaco, John Podesta, Barbara A. Perry, Melody Barnes, Alexis Herman, Valerie Jarrett, Karen Hughes, Margaret Spellings, Amy Walter, William Antholis
sky scene with soldier and helicopter
Foreign Affairs
The presidency and endless war
William Antholis
Gina Bennett, Ashley Deeks, Eric Edelman, Seth G. Jones, Carter Malkasian , Stephen D. Mull, Aaron O’Connell, Anne Patterson, William B. Quandt, Marc Selverstone, Allan C. Stam, Stephen Wertheim, Katie Bo Williams, Brantly Womack, Philip Zelikow, Rebecca Zimmerman
19th century photo of the statue of liberty with immigrants looking up at it.
Immigration
‘Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom’
David Leblang
Ilya Somin
"vote matters" sign
Social Issues
Presidents, parties, social movements, and the 2020 election
Sidney Milkis
Megan Ming Francis, Sidney Tarrow
Chinese-US flags with test tube in gloved hand
Foreign Affairs
The pandemic and great power competition
Kurt Campbell, Zhu Feng, John M. Owen IV, Todd Sechser, Jessica Chen Weiss
President Lyndon Johnson in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 31, 1968
The Presidency
'The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency'
William Antholis
John Dickerson
Presidential seal in gold on black background
The Presidency
'The Living Presidency'
William Antholis
Saikrishna Prakash
A voter dropping a dollar bill into the ballot box
Economic Issues
Democracy and capitalism: The recession and the 2020 election
Bob Bruner
Keith Hennessey, Isabel Sawhill