Powell-Edwards Lecture Series for Religion and the Arts presents "Art, Research, and Afro-diasporic Spirituality"

Date: Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Join us March 2 for the annual Powell-Edwards Lecture Series for Religion and the Arts featuring a conversation between Marina Magloire, Ph.D., of Emory University and E. Gaynell Sherrod, Ph.D., of VCUarts. The conversation will address how artistic, spiritual and scholarly practices influence one another in the work of the scholar-artists they have studied, and in their own work.

The Elske v.P. Smith Distinguished Lecture presents “The Crown’s Silence”

Date: Thursday, Feb 5, 2026

Join us for the annual Elske v.P. Smith Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, February 5. The lecture will focus on the newly released publication “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas” written by Brooke Newman, Ph.D. Reception to follow the lecture.

The Kabbalistic Tree: Visual Interface of Jewish Mysticism

Date: Monday, Feb 16, 2026

J. H. Chajes, Ph.D. will be speaking on kabbalah and Jewish mysticism, framed around his magisterial book "The Kabbalistic Tree." 

The Blake Lecture in the History of Christianity presents "Constructing the Jewish Other"

Date: Thursday, Apr 9, 2026

Join us April 9 for the annual Blake Lecture in the History of Christianity featuring Eric Vanden Eykel, Dean of Faculty, and associate professor and program coordinator of religious studies at Ferrum College. His lecture is titled "Constructing the Jewish Other: Judeophobia and Early Christian Readers."

Alumni Memoir Writing Workshop

Date: Friday, Feb 27, 2026

Join VCU's Office of Development and Alumni Relations and the Humanities Research Center for an in-person Memoir Writing Workshop with Sonja Livingston, Associate Professor of English at VCU.

Humanities Symposium

Date: Thursday, Apr 23, 2026

Join us for VCU's first Humanities Symposium, which will showcase the vital research and creative work of our faculty and students across the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

Boundaries and Backlash: Resegregation and Recent Political Trends in Virginia’s Public Schools

Date: Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026

Join us for a Curriculum Conversation with Dennis Williams, Research Associate at the University of Virginia.

“Destiny” Revisited: Inclusions and Erasures of Indigeneity in K-12 U.S. History Standards, 10 Years Later

Date: Wednesday, Mar 4, 2026

Join us for a Curriculum Conversation with Sarah Shear, Associate Professor of Social Studies and Multicultural Education at the University of Washington-Bothell.

Cinema of Crushing Motherhood: A New Feminist Cinema

Date: Monday, Feb 9, 2026

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors talk with Olivia Landry, Chair of the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, and author of Cinema of Crushing Motherhood: A New Feminist Cinema.

The Cambridge Companion to American Prison Writing and Mass Incarceration

Date: Monday, Feb 2, 2026

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors talk with David Coogan, Liz Canfield, and Becca Ringle, co-authors of The Cambridge Companion to American Prison Writing and Mass Incarceration.

The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas

Date: Monday, Mar 2, 2026

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors talk with Brooke Newman, Associate Professor of History at VCU, and author of The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas.

The Accused: How Women Faced Justice for Nazi-Era Crimes

Date: Monday, Mar 16, 2026

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors event with Jessica Trisko Darden, Associate Professor of Political Science at VCU, and author of "The Accused: How Women Faced Justice for Nazi-Era Crimes."

Secret Addressee: Essays on How Poetry Matters

Date: Monday, Apr 13, 2026

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors event with David Wojahn, Professor Emeritus of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, and author of "Secret Addressee: Essays on How Poetry Matters."

VCU Visiting Writers Series: MFA Alumni Spotlight

Date: Thursday, Feb 19, 2026

The VCU Visiting Writers Series is pleased to host a joint-reading by MFA Alumni Lea Marshall and AJ White . . .

VCU Visiting Writers Series: Melissa Faliveno

Date: Tuesday, Mar 24, 2026

The VCU Visiting Writers Series hosts an evening of creative nonfiction with a reading by Melissa Faliveno . . .

School Of Life Sciences and Sustainability Research Day

Date: Thursday, Apr 23, 2026

SLSS Research Day showcases undergraduate poster presentations and graduate research talks, offering a dynamic glimpse into the curiosity, rigor, and creativity that define our community.

Film Screening and Discussion: It Was Just An Accident (Panahi, 2025)

Date: Thursday, Apr 9, 2026

Join us for a free screening of “It Was Just An Accident” (dir. by Jafar Panahi, 2025) in the Commons Theater!

VCU Well Project Updates: Memorializations and Internment

Date: Thursday, Apr 9, 2026

Join the Department of African American Studies as we welcome Stephen Davenport and members of the VCU Well Project staff. The team will discuss progress made in the memorialization and internment of the individuals whose remains were discovered in the East Marshall Street Well.

Monthly Lunch with Indigenous Elder in Residence Robert Gray

Date: Wednesday, Apr 8, 2026

Join us in welcoming former Pamunkey Chief Robert Gray for a monthly lunch!

Community as Curriculum: When Cultural Solidarity, Critical Care, and Collective Healing Become Pedagogy

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Join us for a Curriculum Conversation with Amanda Morales, ssociate Professor of Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

ALMA Democracy in Dialogue Debate

Date: Wednesday, Apr 8, 2026

Join the Baldacci Institute and VCU's Avanzando Latinos con Motivación y Acción (ALMA) for a respectful debate in part of the Baldacci Institute's Democracy in Dialogue series!

Ripple Effects Become Tidal Waves Conference

Dates: Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 – Saturday, Apr 18, 2026

Ripple Effects Become Tidal Waves is a conference that explores those affected by the prison system.

SLSS Sustainability Seminar Series presents "Designing for Impact: A Transdisciplinary Micro-Credential in Sustainability and Life-Cycle Design Thinking" by Dr. Radhika Barua

Date: Friday, Apr 17, 2026

Join the Sustainability Seminar Series for "Designing for Impact: A Transdisciplinary Micro-Credential in Sustainability and Life-Cycle Design Thinking".

Social Science Research Working Group: Session 4

Date: Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026

The Social Science Research Working Group is a forum for workshopping research in progress in the social sciences. All members of the VCU community, including faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend and participate.