Events

All events at the HRC are free and open to all.

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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.

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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.

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Curriculum Conversation - Dennis Williams

Date: Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026

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

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Mini 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.

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

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.

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."

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Cervantes y Las Joyas

Date: Monday, Mar 30, 2026

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors talk with Mar Gongóra Davis, Professor of Spanish in the School of World Studies at VCU, and author of Cervantes y Las Joyas.