NewsRichmond’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 …
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 …
NewsEliza 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 …
NewsFestival 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 …
NewsOur Grant Guidelines Are Being Updated
The limit on Open Grant requests has been increased to $20,000 and Discretionary Grants will be increased on July 1.
NewsEmma 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 …
NewsVirginia Humanities Announces Twenty-Seven New Grants
Virginia Humanities announces $185,650 in recent grants to twenty-seven nonprofit organizations in support of public humanities programs serving communities across the Commonwealth. Since 1974, the Virginia Humanities Grants Program has …
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.
NewsVirginia Festival of the Book Announces 2020 Schedule
More than 120 Free Programs in March, for All Ages and Reading Interests January 15, 2020—Charlottesville, Va.—The Virginia Festival of the Book—a program of Virginia Humanities, celebrating its 26th year …
NewsLoyal Artists, Loyal Slaves
Watch this free public talk by Rachel Stephens, Associate Professor of Art History, American Art and Architecture at the University of Alabama. Much can be gleaned about the role of …
NewsWhistle Words
Humanities’ Power to Heal is a film and writing project capturing the transformational and healing power of writing for women diagnosed with cancer.
NewsBackStory, the American History Podcast, ends Production in 2020
Charlottesville, VA— After more than three hundred episodes that have reached millions of listeners over the last twelve years, BackStory, the American history podcast produced by Virginia Humanities, will record its final episode …
NewsThe Whole Story
Virginia Humanities helps reveal the lives of the enslaved and widen the scope of narratives presented at plantations statewide.
NewsA Letter From Matthew Gibson
To Our Virginia Humanities Friends, As we near the close of the year, I want to thank you for supporting Virginia Humanities. Because of you, in the last year we …
