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
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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
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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
How the Rich Stay Rich
Finance and Banking
How the rich stay rich: A glimpse behind the velvet curtain
Ruth Mason, Joseph J. Thorndike
Misunderstanding the Bomb
American Defense and Security
Misunderstanding the bomb: How we've learned the wrong lessons about nuclear deterrence and arms control
Todd Sechser
Brendan Green