Events

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

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.

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.

“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.

Monthly Lunch with Indigenous Elder in Residence Robert Gray

Date: Wednesday, Mar 4, 2026

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

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."

Latinx Scholarship Symposium

Date: Saturday, Mar 28, 2026

More information to come.

Commonwealth Crossroads: A Celebration of Virginia's Immigrant Traditions

Date: Saturday, Mar 28, 2026

Join the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and the Center for Cultural Vibrancy for a celebration of the richness of artistic traditions brought to Virginia by recent immigrants and refugees.

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

Date: Wednesday, Apr 1, 2026

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

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!

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."

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.

Indigenous Elder in Residence Welcome Reception

Date: Wednesday, Jan 21, 2026

Join the HRC and the Department of History as we welcome the HRC's new Indigenous Elder-in-Residence, Robert Gray, Chief of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe from 2015 through 2024.

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

Date: Wednesday, Apr 1, 2026

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