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
buttons and pins that say vote
Elections
Crystal Ball live: Politics, big ideas, and election 2020
Jamelle Bouie, Chris Matthews, Karl Rove, Amy Walter, Larry Sabato (moderator)
church and American flag
Religion
Religion and democracy
Jamelle Bouie, Kathleen Flake, Sylvester Johnson, Jalane Schmidt, Nichole Flores (moderator)
podium at the whitehouse press briefing
Media and the Press
The presidency and the press in a digital age
Don Baer, Dan Bartlett, Ayesha Rascoe, Nicole Hemmer (moderator)
kids reading books
Education
Teachable moments: Education and the spread of democracy
Yoni Appelbaum, Kristina Johnson, Derek Mitchell, Dan Twining, Margot Rogers (moderator)
nixion in the oval office
Education
Echoes of the past: Insights from the secret White House tapes
Ken Hughes, Kent Germany, Guian McKee, Marc Selverstone, and Nicole Hemmer (moderator)
hands of many colors holding each other
Race and Racism
E pluribus unum? Race, religion, and American identity
Larycia Hawkins, Ibram Kendi, Jason Johnson, David Saperstein, Sidney Milkis (moderator)
children in a classroom
Education
Who am I, who are we, who defines our history? Educating for democracy and social justice
Derrick Alridge, Catherine Bradshaw, Nancy Deutsch, Johari Harris, Stephanie van Hover
whitehouse
The Presidency
Executive power and the U.S. Constitution
Jennifer Lawless, Barbara Perry, Saikrishna Prakash, Russell Riley, and Mike Nelson (moderator)
Washington monument
Leadership
The buck stops here: Leadership at the highest level
Denis McDonough, Mack McLarty, Andy Card, Ann Compton and Barbara Perry (moderators)
liberty with new york city in the background
Domestic Affairs
21st century challenges: climate, immigration, and terror
Rosa Brooks, Deborah Lawrence, Todd Sechser, David Leblang (moderator)