Meet VCU Authors

Members of faculty in the humanities at VCU have an impressive record of scholarly productivity and are recognized, both nationally and internationally, for their significant contributions to our understanding of the human condition across cultures, throughout the past, and in the present. Our Meet VCU Authors series invites members of the Richmond community as well as colleagues and students from VCU and other local universities to come and meet VCU's authors as they talk about their recently published books and answer questions about their work. All are welcome!

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Andrew Crislip

What Does a Religion Feel Like? Thoughts on Emotion in Early Christianity

Date: Monday, Aug 25, 2025

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors talk with Andrew Crislip, Chair of the Department of History at VCU, and author of Emotion in Early Christianity.

Grace Gipson 4x3

From The Wiz to Wakanda: Afrofuturism in Pop Culture

Date: Monday, Sep 8, 2025

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors talk with Grace Gipson, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at VCU, and author of From The Wiz to Wakanda: Afrofuturism in Pop Culture.

Jorg Matthias Determann 4x3

One Planet, One Sky: Internationalism in Modern Astronomy

Date: Monday, Sep 22, 2025

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors talk with Jörg Matthias Determann, Professor in the Department of Liberal Arts & Sciences at VCU in Qatar, and author of One Planet, One Sky: Internationalism in Modern Astronomy.

Jennifer Rhee 4x3

Informatics of Domination

Date: Monday, Oct 27, 2025

Join us for a Meet VCU Authors talk with Jennifer Rhee, Associate Professor of English at VCU, along with Zach Blas and Melody Jue, co-editors of Informatics of Domination.

Brooke Newman 4x3

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

Date: Monday, Jan 26, 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.

david coogan

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.

Mar Gongora Davis 4x3

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.