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Fellowships | History

Video: Fat Cattle, Firewood, and Forage

The Metabolism of Military Forces in the American Revolution – Dave Hsiung explores the environmental contexts and consequences of the American Revolutionary War.

Stories | 18th Century, Nature, Revolutionary War
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With Good Reason | Civics

Hard News

Local news and investigative journalism are vital to our democracy. But are they in trouble? Guests weigh in on the future of the newspaper.

Stories | Business
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Fellowships | History

The Metabolism of History

By Nora Pehrson Drawing on chemistry, biology, geology, botany, and ecology, Dave Hsiung is studying the American Revolution and how Americans have interacted with and changed the land ever since. …

Stories | Climate Change, Nature, Revolutionary War
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With Good Reason | Cultures & Communities

Mountains in Harmony

The singing of former Appalachian coal miner and preacher Frank Newsome exemplifies the oldest, English-language religious music passed down orally in America. And there’s a mountain range in Romania where coal mining communities share a lot in common with Appalachia.

Stories | Folkways, Music, Nature
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With Good Reason | Civics

Finding Classroom Success

From racial disparity and poverty to shyness, students face a lot of obstacles heading into college. But some professors are finding new ways to support them and forge a path to success.

Stories | Education, Health, STEM
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With Good Reason | Civics

Gun Sense

A Virginia professor becomes a gun control advocate after a shooting at her school.

Stories | Education, Health, Social Justice
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Grants | Cultures & Communities

Richmond’s Civil Rights Past Remembered Through Stories

By Nora Pehrson Virginia Humanities grant recipient and former fellow Laura Browder is working to share the history of Richmond’s civil rights movement with public audiences. Funded in part by …

Stories | Black/African American, Civil Rights
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Fellowships | History

The 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 …

Stories | 19th Century, Democracy, Government
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Fellowships | History

Eliza House Trist & Thomas Jefferson

In this talk, Virginia Humanities Research Fellow Karen A. Chase reveals the life and writings of Elizabeth House Trist, the often-overlooked American woman who traveled westward in 1783, two decades …

Stories | 18th Century, Women
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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

Festival Partnership Raises Awareness of Environmental Writing

More than ten years ago, a unique partnership formed between the Virginia Festival of the Book and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) to celebrate some of today’s top environmental …

Stories | Nature
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Emma Edmunds: Memorial Service Details

We were incredibly sad to learn of Emma Edmunds’ passing earlier this week. Among her many accomplishments, Emma is known for her years of dedicated work at UVa, as the …

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Virginia Humanities | History

Women 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.

Stories | 20th Century, Democracy, Women
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