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Event | April 25, 2025

Democracy and the Imagination

Deva Woodly (Brown University) and Lawrie Balfour (UVA Politics) discuss how their recent books reimagine the meaning of freedom and the possibilities of democracy. Moderated by Kevin Gaines (UVA Woodson Institute).

  • April 25, 2025
  • UVA's Bond House
    600 Brandon Ave. Charlottesville, VA
  • 12:00 pm–1:15 pm
Event | April 23, 2025

Is American Civic Culture the Source of Our Challenges?

On April 23, 2025, AEI hosted an event to discuss American civic culture as it affects our democracy, in collaboration with the Chautauqua Institution and UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy.

  • April 23, 2025
  • AEI
    American Enterprise Institute 1789 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036
  • 12:30 pm–1:45 pm
Event | April 8, 2025

Belief and Belonging: Religion’s Role in Strengthening Democracy

How can faith-based efforts contribute to a more inclusive and resilient democracy? A panel of spiritual leaders discusses how religious belonging can inform civic culture.

  • April 8, 2025
  • UVA's Bond House
    600 Brandon Ave., Charlottesville, VA
  • 10:00 am–11:00 am
Event | March 21, 2025

Future-Making: Land, Law, and Indigenous Resilience

How does the ongoing search for healthy relationships with a changing landscape influence Indigenous approaches to democracy, governance, and policymaking?

  • March 21, 2025
  • Morven Farm
    600 Morven Dr., Charlottesville, VA
  • 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Event | March 21, 2025

Empowering Democratic Inclusion in a Globalized World

Archon Fung (Harvard Kennedy School), editor of Empowering Affected Interests, explores with Kirsten Gelsdorf (UVA Batten School) how democracy could be reconfigured in a world defined by increasing global interdependence.

  • March 21, 2025
  • UVA's Bond House
    600 Brandon Ave. Charlottesville, VA
  • 12:00 pm–1:15 pm
Event | February 7, 2025

Tensions in American Conservative Thought

Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute shares his insights about the pressures that have shaped conservative thought and the conflicts between a desire for mainstream acceptance and the pull of extremism and populism.

  • February 7, 2025
  • UVA's Bond House
    600 Brandon Ave. Charlottesville, VA
  • 12:00 pm–1:15 pm
Event | January 30, 2025

UVA's 2025 Community MLK Celebration With Michele Norris

Michele Norris delivers UVA's 2025 Community MLK Celebration keynote address, followed by a discussion with Melody Barnes, executive director of UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.

  • January 30, 2025
  • The Paramount Theater
  • 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
Event | January 16, 2025

The Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis

James Davison Hunter, author of Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis, explores the intricate relationship between democracy and the principles of solidarity in our increasingly polarized world.

  • January 16, 2025
  • UVA's Bond House
    600 Brandon Ave., Charlottesville VA
  • 11:00 am–12:15 pm