The speaker for this virtual event is Stephanie Foote, Jackson and Nichols Chair and Professor of English at West Virginia University.

The speaker for this event is Jonathan M. Katz, freelance journalist and author of "Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire"

The speaker for this event is Kai Bosworth, Ph.D., assistant professor of international studies in the School of World Studies at VCU and author of "Pipeline Populism: Grassroots Environmentalism in the 21st Century."

The Humanities Research Center welcomes you to our 2022 opening ceremony and celebration at the ICA Forum!

The speaker for this event is Michael Lawrence Dickinson, assistant professor of African American history at VCU and author of "Almost Dead: Slavery and Social Rebirth in the Black Urban Atlantic"

The speaker for this event is Phoebe Wagner, writer, editor, and academic working at the intersection of climate change and speculative fiction.

The speaker for this event is Tracey Gendron, associate professor and Chair of the Department of Gerontology at VCU and author of "Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How to End it"

"Intersections" focuses specifically on Black and Indigenous sound, music and auditory culture in the early Atlantic world.

The speakers for this event are Ethan Brown, Pamunkey artist and filmmaker and Karenne Wood Native Artist-in-Residence at the HRC, and Federico Cuatlacuatl, artist and filmmaker.

The speaker for this event is Melis Hafez, associate professor of History at VCU and author of "Inventing Laziness: The Culture of Productivity in Late Ottoman Society"

The speaker for this virtual event is Kelsey Leonard, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Waters, Climate, and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo.

The speaker for this virtual event is Bethany Hughes, assistant professor in the Department of American Culture and a core faculty member in the Native American Studies Program at the University of Michigan.

The speaker for this event is Rocío Gomez, assistant professor in Latin American History at VCU and author of "Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835-1946."

The speaker for this event is Lionel Larré, president of Bordeaux Montaigne University, where he teaches American history with a focus on Native American history and on representations of Native Americans.

The speaker for this event is Diane Wilson, writer, speaker, educator, and author of "The Seed Keeper" (Milkweed, 2021).