Events

Join us for a timely conversation about the state of journalism and its essential role in a thriving democracy. Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor of The Atlantic, and Evan Smith, Managing Director of Events at The Atlantic and former CEO of The Texas Tribune, will discuss the challenges facing news organizations today and how journalism can help foster an informed, engaged citizenry.

Join us for The Patman Center 2027 Summer in Oxford Info Session! In partnership with The Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at The University of Missouri, The Patman Center is excited to offer $10,000 fellowships to ten UT-Austin students to support their participation in the Kinder Institute's Study in Oxford program.

As we conclude the nation’s semiquincentennial, at a moment when the American experiment once again teeters on the precipice of political violence, historian Jay Sexton reflects on the history of a region that has embodied the headlines of the United States at 250: our constitutional democracy failed before it triumphed, and it has been marked, at every stage, by political violence and war.