NewsVOTE! Gilda Daniels and the #1 Antidote for Voter Suppression
Check out this recap from our election-focused virtual event with Gilda Daniels, as she discusses her book…
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NewsFamily Secrets in Fiction: Jill McCorkle in conversation with Brendan Mathews
Check out this recap from Shelf Life with Jill McCorkle, as she discusses her new book…
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NewsDetecting Women with Hilary Davidson and Rachel Howzell Hall
Check out this recap from Shelf Life with Hilary Davidson and Rachel Howzell Hall, as they discuss their new books and crime writing…
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NewsThe Kinship of Plants and People—Enrique Salmón on Iwígara
Check out this recap from Shelf Life with Enrique Salmón, as he discusses his book, Iwígara: The Kinship of Plants and People…
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NewsAnnouncing November SHELF LIFE events
SHELF LIFE continues in November with virtual author events Thursdays at noon…
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NewsBernard Cohen and the Legacy of Loving
Bernard Cohen, one of the two lawyers who successfully took on one of the last laws underpinning legal segregation in the landmark Loving v. Virginia case, died on October 12… Read More»
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 …
NewsQ&A with Shelf Life author Rachel True
Get to know SHELF LIFE author Rachel True…
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NewsQ&A with author Gilda Daniels
Get to know featured speaker Gilda Daniels…
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NewsJunious Brickhouse:
Artist, educator, folklorist, dancer and community activist In this video produced by the the National Council for the Traditional Arts Junious Brickhouse reflects on his lifelong exploration of African American …
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NewsThe Pandemic Election
This election has a lot of people worried about voting–how to do it and how to make it count.
NewsThe Historical Silences of Africans in Early Virginia
This year, the Virginia Africana Associates annual conference was presented as an online keynote lecture on October 23, 2020, by Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts …
