The Karsh Institute Announces Winners of Inaugural Student Photography Contest

Graduate and undergraduate students from across UVA responded to the Karsh Institute of Democracy’s first Student Photography Contest, each submitting a series of images answering the question: What does democracy look like to you?

In 2024 Global Elections, Democracy Is on the Ballot

During a record election year, Karsh Institute-affiliated faculty comment on the situation in their countries of expertise.

Former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig Joins UVA’s Karsh Institute and School of Law as Distinguished Fellow in Law and Democracy

The Honorable J. Michael Luttig, a prominent legal scholar and former U.S. Court of Appeals judge, joins the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy as its first Distinguished Fellow in Law and Democracy.

2023 Highlights

In 2023, UVA's Karsh Institute of Democracy focused on defending against threats to democracy while simultaneously studying and invigorating its institutions, practices, and cultural underpinnings.