International Collaborations
The Humanities Research Center is proud to partner with international institutions, coming together to foster international, transdisciplinary humanities scholarship across our campuses and across the globe.
International Partners
Indigenous Print Cultures, Media, and Literatures
This symposium took place in Mainz, Germany from July 6-9, 2022, and was co-organized by the Humanities Research Center at VCU and the Obama Institute at Johannes Gutenberg University. The symposium brought together Native and Non-native scholars from the U.S., Europe, and New Zealand, to reflect on past, present, and future directions in Native American and Indigenous Studies, particularly the intersections of the fields of Indigenous print cultures, media and literatures. The speakers addressed both theoretical and historical archives. The resulting work from this gathering was published in a special issue, "Indigenous Periodicals" for American Periodicals (2023, Cristina Stanciu, Jill Doerfler and Oliver Scheiding).
The Indian Citizenship Act at 100: Indigenous Rights, Indigenous Futures
At the Indian Citizenship Act's centennial, we ask: What did/does citizenship ultimately mean for Native people? This symposium—co-organized by Bordeaux Montaigne University, the Humanities Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, the Obama Institute at Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany, and the University of Nebraska Press—brought together Native and Non-native scholars from North America and Europe to reflect on past, present, and future directions in Native American and Indigenous Studies, particularly the intersections of several sub-fields in Indigenous studies. The symposium, which took place in Bordeaux, France from June 19-22, 2024, featured keynote lectures from Philip J. Deloria, Ned Blackhawk and Maggie Blackhawk.