Charlottesville–Right Now: George Gilliam joins Coy Barefoot

3.14.11 Assistant Director for Public Programs at the Miller Center of Public Affairs George Gilliam joins Coy to discuss upcoming events. The conversation also recaps the recent controversial lecture and q&a session with Elliott Abrams on peace in the Middle East. Before previewing upcoming lectures- including one on the origins of the Peace Corps and another on the value of public opinion polls, Gilliam also talks a little bit about his area of scholarly expertise: Virginia history.

Charlottesville–Right Now: George Gilliam and Christina Lopez-Gottardi join Coy Barefoot

1.11.11 George Gilliam and Christina Lopez-Gottardi from The Miller Center of Public Affairs join Coy to discuss upcoming speakers and events. In January, Isabel Wilkerson will speak about her new book The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, and Anthony Cordesman will speak on the War in Afghanistan. Also, today’s conversation addresses the recent tragedy in Arizona through.

Charlottesville–Right Now: George Gilliam of the Miller Center joins Coy Barefoot

12.1.10 Assistant Director for Public Programs at the Miller Center for Public Affairs George Gilliam joins Coy to discuss events planned for 2011. The conversation covers a wide range of topics from incarceration rates, to suicide bombings, and you can hear about all of the upcoming speakers at the Miller Center, here.