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VCU history professor Ryan Smith to explore ‘Liberty and Death in St. John’s Churchyard’ on May 25
May 22, 2023
Smith’s lecture will draw from his most recent book “Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond’s Historic Cemeteries.”
10 projects awarded funding from the VCU Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Fund
May 16, 2023
The fund awarded nearly $100,000 this year to faculty for research projects related to the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Students curate fellow students’ work in new VCUarts exhibition
May 5, 2023
The exhibition offers history and museum studies graduate students some hands-on experience in spotlighting the work of their studio-based peers.
Black Lives Matter, Except When they Don't
April 19, 2023
VCU history professor Brooke Newman serves as lead researcher for Guardian’s investigation of British monarchy’s ties to slavery
April 6, 2023
Newman, whose forthcoming book is “The Queen’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery,” said “the British monarchy has refused to acknowledge or apologize for their historic links to slavery.”