National Endowment for the Humanities awards two grants to VCU projects

One will establish a health humanities minor, while the other supports a professor’s book project on visual images of African Americans in leisure contexts from slavery through the Jim Crow era.

VCU students, faculty document oral history of the East Marshall Street Well Project

The Health Humanities Lab, a research lab at VCU’s Humanities Research Center, is conducting the project in collaboration with the Family Representative Council.

First public event from VCU’s Memory Studies Lab features prominent history scholar Edward Ayers

The April 2 symposium highlights the wide-ranging aspects and ramifications of how we interpret the past.

Cristina Stanciu, director of VCU’s Humanities Research Center, elected to advisory board of global consortium

She will provide intellectual leadership and nurture collaboration tied to prominent issues of public concern.

CHCI announces new Advisory Board members for 2024

The CHCI Nominations Committee welcomes five new board members to CHCI: Bianet Castellanos, Wendy Chun, Cajetan Iheka, Patricia Parker, and Cristina Stanciu.

‘Racism is destructive to Black bodies’: Lecturer discusses medical inequality

Dr. Anna LaQuawn Hinton presented “Breathing Life into Black Wombs: Ableism, Misogynoir, and the Reproductive Injustice within the Medical Industrial Complex,” a lecture discussing racism and medical inequality, on Feb. 8 at the VCU Humanities Research Center. Photo by Rani Sisavath.

Much Ado About Nothing? Local Immigration Policy, and the MS-13 ‘Threat’ Lecture Recap

An “imagined connection between immigration and crime” runs the media, says Paarlberg. The point of his null results paper: to not find a relationship.

An Interview with Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart is a second-year PhD student in VCU's  Media, Art, and Text (MATX) program, and recently started teaching a course on menswear.

Bringing to light health disparities in the community and on campus, VCU hosts second History and Health Symposium

Professionals from diverse health disciplines explore the historical underpinnings of current health disparities.

Black Feminism, Performance and Power: An Interview with Hope Ward

Hope Ward, third year PhD student in the MATX program, defines herself as “an artist emphasizing the synonymic role of Black feminism and universal humanity."

Loose Parts connects art and play to the serious work of child development

Building on an overseas tradition, a VCUarts and humanities team is creating engaging local play spaces where children won’t hear the common refrains “Don’t touch” or “Get down.”

What the life and death of a whale can tell us about our ties to the natural world

In keynote address of Research Weeks at VCU, environmental historian Bathsheba Demuth explores how ethics, species and history continue to intersect and challenge us.

Experts discuss barriers preventing patients from participating in clinical trials

Health equity panel discussion recommends researchers and doctors address long standing historical wrongs when talking to patients about joining clinical trials.

Class of 2023: Emma Geisler finds her footing with an interdisciplinary approach and a new interest in research

Geisler, an interdisciplinary studies major, hopes to continue to study public health with a focus on immigration after graduation.

Detroit community garden founder kicks off lecture series honoring VCU grad who fought for food security

Keynote speaker Malik Yakini helped start the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a 7-acre community garden in Detroit.

Transdisciplinary Environmental Research Incubator funds four new research collaborations

“The incubator will soon become a model for future research collaborations across the university,” said Cristina Stanciu, Ph.D., director of the Humanities Research Center.

Pocahontas Reframed 2022 recap

The annual Native American film festival featured more than 20 films, musical performances, readings and more.

Conference celebrates Black and Indigenous sound in the early Atlantic world

The event was capped off by a performance from "Mexilachian" band Lua Project.

Pamunkey artist Ethan Brown brings his work, process and expertise to VCU

Brown is serving as the inaugural Karenne Wood Native Artist/Writer in Residence at the Humanities Research Center.

VCU event to delve into the roots of Black and Indigenous music and sound in the early Atlantic world

“Intersections: Black and Indigenous Sound in the Early Atlantic World,” an in-person and virtual event taking place on Oct. 15, is free and open to the public.

Humanities Research Center co-leads Indigenous media symposium

The center’s director co-organized the event, an opportunity for Indigenous scholars to discuss news and publications in Native American nations.

Humanities Research Center co-leads international symposium on Indigenous media and literature

The center’s director co-organized the event, an opportunity for scholars to discuss Indigenous publications and print culture as part of the center’s ongoing initiative, “On Native Ground.”

Two Focused Inquiry Faculty Help Lead Research Group That Examines Memory, Historical Narratives

“I hope that the work we’re doing in memory studies and the work that the HRC is doing–as a whole–will be seen as continuing to make VCU a home for really rich humanities work even as it is trying to invest in the sciences in meaningful ways, too.”

Meet the 5 interdisciplinary scholars who will be residential fellows this year at VCU’s Humanities Research Center

The VCU Humanities Research Center fellowship program has broadened its reach with its spring cohort of fellows.

Humanities Research Center supports Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival and launches Karenne Wood writer/artist residency

With a rich menu of more than 20 films, The Pocahontas Film Festival showcased the work of nationally-acclaimed Indigenous filmmakers from the United States and Canada, as well work by emerging local artists.

Humanities Research Center launches Native writer/artist residency program

The program honors the legacy of Karenne Wood, a member of the Monacan Indian tribe and a poet, activist, tribal historian and educator who lectured at VCU on many occasions.

Supporting humanities research and collaboration among scholars

VCU’s Humanities Research Center brings together faculty and graduate students with common research interests.