Thinking at the End of the World: The Work of the Environmental Humanities
September 7, 2022

The speaker for this virtual event is Stephanie Foote, Jackson and Nichols Chair and Professor of English at West Virginia University.
Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire
September 9, 2022

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"
Pipeline Populism: Grassroots Environmentalism in the 21st Century
September 12, 2022

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."
Celebrating the Humanities at VCU
September 16, 2022

The Humanities Research Center welcomes you to our 2022 opening ceremony and celebration at the ICA Forum!
Almost Dead: Slavery and Social Rebirth in the Black Urban Atlantic
September 26, 2022

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"
Gathering Futures: Speculative Fiction as Transformative Possibility During the Climate Crisis
October 3, 2022

The speaker for this event is Phoebe Wagner, writer, editor, and academic working at the intersection of climate change and speculative fiction.
Ageism Unmasked
October 10, 2022

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: Black and Indigenous Sound in the Early Atlantic World
October 15, 2022

"Intersections" focuses specifically on Black and Indigenous sound, music and auditory culture in the early Atlantic world.
Fractures of Memory: Indigenous Futurisms and Experiential Symbolism
October 19, 2022

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.
Inventing Laziness: The Culture of Productivity in Late Ottoman Society
October 24, 2022

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"
WAMPUM Framework: Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
November 3, 2022

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.
Water and Land: Indigenous Performance as Invitation to Action
November 10, 2022

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.
Research Fridays: Grant Writing in the Humanities
November 11, 2022

In this informal session, we will discuss potential projects, grant opportunities and ideas, and everything to do with grant writing in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835-1946
November 14, 2022

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 Recovery of Cherokee Author John Milton Oskison (1874-1947)
November 17, 2022

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 Seed Keeper Reading and Discussion
November 17, 2022
Dismantling Institutional Whiteness: Emerging Forms of Leadership in Higher Education
January 23, 2023

The speakers for this event are Mangala Subramaniam, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and M. Cristina Alcalde, Vice President of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University.
Travel and African American Imagination: A Conversation between Dr. Michael Ra-shon Hall and Dr. Kimberly Nichele Brown
February 6, 2023

The speakers for this event are Michael Ra-shon Hall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English at VCU, and Kimberly Nichele Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSWS) at VCU.
The Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane Film Screening
February 15, 2023

The HRC presents a film screening of “The Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane,” with filmmaker Shawn Utsey, Professor of Psychology at VCU.
Beyond Sustainability: Climate Justice Charrette
February 15, 2023

Beyond Sustainability invites students to join us for a design workshop that seeks to address the systemic roots of our unsustainability problems on campus and in our world as a whole.
How Digital Technology Produces Fascism
February 17, 2023

The speaker for this event is David Golumbia, Associate Professor of Digital Studies in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Growing Kale, Shifting Power and Building Food Sovereignty
February 21, 2023

The speaker for this event is Malik Yakini, co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network.
Spring '22 Residential Fellows’ Research Presentations
February 24, 2023

The HRC residential fellows for Spring '22 will each give presentations on their research during their fellowship, under the theme of "Race, Ethnicity and Social Justice."
Petro-Time
March 2, 2023

The speaker for this event is Heather Davis, assistant professor of Culture and Media at The New School in New York.
The Unexpected Dante: A Mystery Solved
March 13, 2023

The speaker for this event is Bernardo Piciché, Associate Professor of International Studies in the School of World Studies at VCU.
How to Prepare a Successful Application for a Fulbright Scholar Award
March 17, 2023

The speakers for this event are Jill Blondin, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, and Jeff Wing, J.D., Assistant Dean and Director of the National Scholarship Office at VCU.
The Unrepentant Oscar Wilde
April 3, 2023

The speaker for this event is Nicholas Frankel, Professor of English at VCU.
Humanities & Public Interest Technology: Leading the Ethical Governance of Innovation
April 12, 2023

The speaker for this event is Sylvester Johnson, founding director of the Virginia Tech Center for Humanities.
Do Whales Judge Us?: Interspecies History and Ethics
May 1, 2023

The speaker for this event is Bathsheba Demuth, Assistant Professor of History and Environment and Society at Brown University.
Interested in our offerings from prior years?
Each of the following pages offers a section at the bottom that lists topics and speakers from the past: