Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team
Zoom WebinarJoin the Miller Center and Southern Methodist University for a special screening of the director's cut of the VPM/Miller Center documentary "Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team." A discussion will immediately […]
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Past Events
Mapping the Gay Guides: Using Digital History to Explore LGBTQ Travel Guides, 1965-1980
Zoom WebinarWhile on his frequent business trips around the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bob Damron wanted to find bars and other locales to meet other men […]
Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South—and their daring attempt to escape and bring their […]
(POSTPONED, WILL RESCHEDULE) The Middle Way: How Three Presidents Shaped America’s Role in the World
UPDATE, 1/8/2021: With regret, we must postpone this upcoming webinar with Derek Chollet. Derek is deeply involved with the foreign policy transition team for President-Elect Biden and can no longer […]
A Teach-In on President Trump & the Current Constitutional Crisis
Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, two things are clear: we are in an unprecedented constitutional crisis, and President Trump is at the center of it. In […]
Unprecedented (Again): Historical Perspectives on the Election of 2020 and Beyond
A Preview Interview with Thomas Balcerski: How will the election of 2020 be remembered by history? What, if any, are its historical antecedents, and to what degree is it unprecedented? […]
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
A new biography published about George Washington is unlike any other. Described as “form-shattering and myth-crushing,” “keen and savage,” as well as “spirited and engaging,” historian Alexis Coe’s “You Never […]
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
A Preview Interview with Marcia Chatelain From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. […]
Discussing Race, Settler Colonialism, and Healthcare in the Age of COVID-19
A Preview Interview with Dr. Maria K. John The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major, sometimes fatal shortcomings in the U.S. healthcare system. Through a conversation about the recent history of […]
Sorting Out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare and Developmental States in the Americas
A Preview Interview with Amy Offner The untold story of how welfare and development programs in the United States and Latin America produced the instruments of their own destruction […]