About Our Events
Featured programming and events at the Center for the Political Future include our Political Conversations series, debate watches, and panel discussions.
Political Conversations
The Center invites notable politicians, political operatives, and policy experts to campus for discussions with Center Director Bob Shrum or Co-Director Mike Murphy. The Political Conversations series has featured Donna Brazile, former Chair of the Democratic National Committee (pictured below), as well as Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Director of Communications; Joe Kennedy III, former U.S. Representative (D-MA), and many others. This series is in partnership with the USC Dornsife Political Science / International Relations (POIR) Department.
See our Calendar of Events and join us for one or more of these amazing experiences. Please RSVP for our free, weekly events on our Facebook Event Calendar.
Events Offered
- Fellows Program: Pizza and Politics Series
- Unruh Institute Student Summits:
- Past Debates and Town Halls:
- Student Debate: Trojan Democrats vs. College Republicans (Fall 2024)
- America at a Crossroads: Democracy ’24 Town Hall (Fall 2024)
- U.S. Senate Candidates Debate (Spring 2024)
- Student Debate: Trojan Democrats vs. College Republicans (Fall 2023)
- USC Student Debate (Spring 2023)
- USC Student Debate (Fall 2022)
- Los Angeles Mayoral Debate (Spring 2022)
- USC Student Debate (Spring 2022)
- Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg (Spring 2020)
- USC Student Debate (Fall 2020)
- Past Conferences:
- Climate Forward Conference 2025 (Spring 2025)
- The Trumping of America: Why and What Next? – Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics (Spring 2025)
- Climate Forward 2024: Climate at the Crossroads (Spring 2024)
- Democracy on the Line? 2024 and Beyond – Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics (Spring 2024)
- Conference: Solutions for a Sustainable Future (Fall 2023)
- American Democracy Summit (Fall 2023)
- Climate Forward 2023: Bridging Divides, Sharing Solutions (Spring 2023)
- 2022 Midterm Madness and Beyond – Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics (Fall 2022)
- Climate Forward 2022: Building Energy for Change (Spring 2022)
- 2021: The Year of Politicking Dangerously – Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics (Fall 2021)
- Climate Forward 2021 (Spring 2021)
- President Joe Biden’s First 100 Days (Spring 2021)
- Conspiracies Then and Now: Day 1 and Day 2 (Spring 2021)
- The Making of the President 2020: What Happened and What’s Next? – Warschaw Conference on Practical Politics (Fall 2020)
- Climate Forward 2020 (Fall 2020)
- 2020 Vision: Inside the Presidential Campaign (Spring 2020)
- The Dis-United States: Tribalism in American Politics (Fall 2019)
- Climate Forward: Navigating the Politics of Climate Change (Spring 2019)
Miss any of our past events? Read more about our past events to catch up. You can also catch up by watching our YouTube videos or Facebook Live videos.
