The Center is committed to building relationships and partnerships with colleagues at VCU and with other institutions in Richmond and the broader region.
The Humanities Research Center provides a forum for intellectual exchange across and beyond the Humanities at VCU, traversing conventional disciplinary boundaries and encouraging collaboration throughout the College of Humanities and Sciences as well as across the University as a whole and the local community.
08/14/2026
The HRC is thrilled to announce we are hiring for a part-time Administrative and Events Assistant! This Assistant will provide day-to-day administrative support for the Humanities Research Center, as well as assisting our Director and Administrative Coordinator with the center’s in-person and online events. Learn more and apply here! https://bit.ly/hrc-hiring
08/07/2026
Next Friday! The HRC Indigenous Humanities Lab is proud to launch the Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance series. Our first session will feature Dr. Sarah Montoya, Co-director and Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow of the HRC Indigenous Humanities Lab.
Stay tuned for more events in this series on September 1st and October 1st!
📅 SESSION 1: Friday, August 14th, 12pm-1pm
📍 Online (zoom)
🔗 Register here: https://vcu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E3e5vFhmT6WLaECe3ovX7w
Thank you to Marketing and Communications at VCU for putting together our Land Acknowledgment in images and sounds from today's Judicial Summit for the Tribal Nations in Virginia!
07/10/2026
Today, the VCU Humanities Research Center had the honor of hosting the 2nd Annual Judicial Summit for the Tribal Nations of Virginia — and what a day it has been.
Thank you to the Upper Mattaponi Tribe for trusting VCU to host this gathering — and to Chief Frank Adams, Chief Stephen Adkins, Chief Anne Richardson, and Chief Kevin Brown for being here. Your presence on our campus means everything. And to Connor Tupponce, Melissa Holds the Enemy, and Reggie Tupponce for working with us.
Thank you to Provost Arturo Saavedra, MD/PHD/MBA Saavedra for opening the summit and for demonstrating, through his presence, what it looks like when a university shows up for its communities. Thank you to Secretary of the Commonwealth Candi Mundon King for supporting this event and for her kind remarks!
Thank you to the tribal members, legal scholars, community partners, and VCU colleagues who made this day possible.
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04/16/2026
The hardest problems don't fit neatly into a single discipline. Neither does the best research. At VCU's first Humanities Research Symposium next week, students and faculty are crossing the lines between literature and neuroscience, technology and ethics, community memory and public policy — and finding something remarkable on the other side. Come see what's possible when curiosity has no borders.
Thursday, April 23, 9 am-4 pm, Cabell Library.
Keynote speaker: Lauren Tilton, University of Richmond, at 1 pm.
https://humanitiescenter.vcu.edu/events/co-sponsored/humanities-symposium.html
04/16/2026
04/08/2026
Looking to round out your semester with our slate of April events? We have you covered. Join us this April at Humanities Research Center!
APR 9: "It Was Just an Accident" Film Screening
APR 13: "Secret Addressee: Essays on How Poetry Matters" with David Wojahn
APR 21: VCU Q Collective Senior Scholar-in-Residence Keynote
APR 23: Humanities Symposium at Cabell Library
Visit our website at the link in our bio to register for all these events and more!
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