Events

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

After Jail, Before Freedom

Date: Monday, Sep 21, 2026

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors event with David Coogan, Associate Professor of English, and co-author of After Jail, Before Freedom.

Riley Taitingfong event

Indigenous Data Sovereignty and the CARE Data Maturity Model

Date: Thursday, Oct 1, 2026

Join the HRC Indigenous Humanities Lab for an event with Riley Taitingfong, CHamoru, Co-founder, US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and Postdoctoral Researcher, Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona.

Ying-Chao Kao

Fear of Queer Taiwan: Anti-LGBTQ Movements between Taiwan and the U.S. Religious Right

Date: Monday, Oct 5, 2026

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.

Tribal Engagement Principles and Best Practices

Date: Friday, Oct 9, 2026

Join us for a Research Fridays event with Lindsey Johnson, Chickahominy Tribal Citizen and Community Liaison Specialist for the Virginia Center on Aging and the VCU Office of Health Initiatives, Patricia Slattum, a pharmacist and core faculty at the Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, Virginia Geriatric Education Center, Virginia Center on Aging at VCU, and Dr. Sarah Montoya, Co-director of the Indigenous Humanities Lab to discuss tribal engagement best practices.

Erick Krigsvold poster 4x3

Inherited Hands, New Forms: Tradition and Modernity in Indigenous Art

Date: Monday, Oct 12, 2026

Join the HRC for an event with Erick Krigsvold, Pamunkey artist and former Karenne Wood Artist in Residence.

Laura Terrance Headshot

Violence and the Impossibility of Repair

Date: Monday, Oct 26, 2026

Join the HRC 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.

Ned Blackhawk

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

Date: Friday, Oct 30, 2026

Join us for an event with Ned Blackhawk, Howard R. Lamar Professor of History at Yale University and author of "The Rediscovery of America."

Jill Doerfler headshot

Reform and Repair: Removing Blood Quantum from Tribal Citizenship Requirements

Date: Monday, Nov 2, 2026

Join the HRC 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.

HRC and Faculty Affairs Writing Retreat at Roslyn

Dates: Monday, Jan 11, 2027 – Wednesday, Jan 13, 2027

The HRC and the Office of Faculty Affairs invite you to join us for a three-day writing retreat at the Roslyn Retreat Center in Richmond!