Come out for a free, family-friendly afternoon by the water. Discover how VCU monitors river health, protects local ecosystems, and leads vital conservation efforts along the James River.
Is AI just the next disruptor in a long line of world-changing technologies, or is it something genuinely new? Dr. Jason Ross Arnold, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, tackles the question.
Join us for a Meet VCU Authors event with Ying-Chao Kao, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Sociology at VCU, and author of Fear of Queer Taiwan: Anti-LGBTQ Movements between Taiwan and the U.S. Religious Right.
Join us October 6 for a talk about Native Nations and the American Revolution by Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian Kathleen DuVal, Ph.D., of UNC Chapel Hill.
Join us for a conversation with Geoff Bennett, co-anchor and co-managing editor of the PBS NewsHour. Bennett will discuss his book "Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms."
In partnership with the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, the College of Humanities and Sciences presents a screening of the documentary “Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War” from VPM and director Stacey L. Holman.
Celebrate the launch of the Latino Virginia Oral History Archive, a bilingual digital collection documenting the experiences of Latino communities across the Commonwealth.
The Department of African American Studies will host a viewing and discussion of the film KEMBA. This film details the true story of Kemba Pradia Smith, sentenced to 24 years in prison for crimes committed by her boyfriend. This screening is co-sponsored by the organization Represent Justice; the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies; the Black Education Association; and the Wilder School.
Join the Humanities Research Center for an event in our Repair Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Laura Terrance, a Mohawk scholar, to discuss Indigenous sovereignty, Indigenous vengeance, and the productive potentials of anti-colonial violence.
As the country prepares for the congressional midterm elections on Nov. 3, please join our panel of faculty from the Department of Political Science to discuss the major topics of the elections and the future control of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate.
A screening of Michele Poulos's 2016 documentary “A Late Style of Fire: Larry Levis, American Poet,” with an original score by Iron & Wine, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
Join the Humanities Research Center for an event in our Repair Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Jill Doerfler (Anishinaabe), Professor and Department Head of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Two days after the congressional midterm elections on Nov. 3, our panel of faculty from the Department of Political Science will discuss the outcomes of the elections, the control in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, and the impact on the future of the country.
In his visit to the VCU campus, Adam Jortner will talk about the main points he writes about in his book, "A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom."
Olufunke Grace Bankole has won the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, which honors an outstanding debut novel published during the preceding calendar year.
Dates: Wednesday, Nov 18, 2026 – Sunday, Nov 22, 2026
The Humanities Research Center is proud to be part of the VCU team providing leadership support to Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
Save the date of April 1, 2027 for the annual Blake Lecture in the History of Christianity featuring Shaily Patel, Ph.D., an assistant professor of early Christianity in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech.
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