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
Nixon on the campaign trail
Domestic Affairs
History of 1968, part II
Marc Selverstone, Guian McKee
Martin Luther King Jr. meeting with LBJ
Political Parties and Movements
Rivalry and Reform
Sidney Milkis, Daniel J. Tichenor, Nicole Hemmer
Trump rally with "Make America Great Again" sign
Foreign Affairs
Trump, America First, and the future of America in the world
John Negroponte, Stephen Mull
Trump and Putin
American Defense and Security
Trump's U.S. national security policy
John Owen
Michael E. O'Hanlon
House of Representatives
Congress
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
Wind farm
Energy and the Environment
States and the future of renewable energy
Martin O'Malley, Jonathan Cannon
a link chain of data graphic
Finance and Banking
How cryptocurrency and blockchain technology impact democracy
Chris Lu
Yiorgos Allayannis, Cara LaPointe, Jakub Duda
hidden city in china
Asia
The China challenge
Harry Harding, Brantly Womack, William J. Antholis
internal currencies
Finance and Banking
Nixon: The post-Bretton Woods world
Thomas W. Zeiler, David Leblang
flag and cross
Religion
Faith, spirituality, and public life
Tim Kaine