NewsPresidential Leadership
What makes a leader decide to go to war? We take a look at the beginning of United States imperialism as we consider why leaders do the things they do.
NewsHumanities Fellowships Go Virtual
The Virginia Humanities Fellowship program is operating entirely remotely for the duration of the 2020-2021 academic year. The Fellowship program initially moved online in accordance with the statewide stay-at-home orders …
NewsWitnessing the Dawn of Black Voting
The 15th Amendment became part of the US Constitution 150 years ago on February 3, 1870. In this special election-season Fellows talk, presented on October 27, 2020, Virginia Humanities’ Fellow …
NewsThe Pandemic Election
This election has a lot of people worried about voting–how to do it and how to make it count.
NewsEducation Innovation
Education will never be the same. While no one has the answers, decisions are being made and teachers, professors and families are rapidly adapting.
NewsThe Arrival of Black Voting
Watch this special webinar with three experts on the history of early voting. Don DeBats, who is teaching American Studies at Flinders University in Australia this semester, is researching and …
NewsThe 15th Amendment, a Failure?
The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified February 3, 1870, gave African American men in America the right to vote. It was the third and last of the Reconstruction amendments. While women’s suffrage …
NewsWomen Front and Center
2020 is shaping up to be a significant year for women in Virginia and across the country. In addition to the Virginia General Assembly finally ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (after failing to do so since 1973), this year we will celebrate the centennial of women achieving the right to vote.
NewsAnnouncing the Rosel Schewel Fund
Update 8/27/2020: Because we can no longer meet in person in large groups, the Women and Democracy event planned for October 2020 will now be virtual. To commemorate the passage …
NewsMusic and Democracy: The Soundtrack
In our recent show, Music and Democracy, Charlie McGovern helps us trace the evolution of social change in America through popular songs by the likes of Nat King Cole, Percy …
NewsJust Say No
By Brendan Wolfe We had to call it something,” Kelley Libby told me, referring to a new, five-part podcast she developed in collaboration with James Madison’s Montpelier. “So we decided …
NewsOn the Beat: Local Journalism, Truth, and Democracy
Regional journalists and authors Monica Hesse (The Washington Post) and Beth Macy (The Roanoke Times) join Pulitzer Prize recipient Eric Eyre (Charleston Gazette-Mail) in a discussion of important issues impacting communities nationwide—including the opioids crisis and the …
