Virginia Humanities

History, Dance and Blessings with the Monacan Nation

As part of the festivities for American Indian and Indigenous heritage Month, tribal members and leaders of the Monacan Nation will present their culture in the form of traditional song and dance at the Blacksburg Farmer’s Market.

Can Curly Fries Predict the Future?

Jen Golbeck explores the surprising things that data scientists can learn from your random likes and shares.

Richmond Folk Festival

This year, the Richmond Folk Festival will feature more than thirty performance groups across seven live stages, children’s activities, a folk arts marketplace, regional and ethnic foods, and more.

Virginia Folklife Presents “Tasty Licks: Virginia’s Food Traditions”

Richmond Folk Festival, October 7-9, 2016

VFH’s Virginia Folklife Area and Stage announces its theme for the 2016 Richmond Folk Festival: “Tasty Licks: Virginia’s Food Traditions,” showcasing the diverse foodways of Virginia along with Virginia Folklife musical pairings.

White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia

Kiki Petrosino, poet, VFH Residential Fellow, and Associate Professor of English at the University of  Louisville, will introduce poems from her latest book-in-progress. With White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia Petrosino contemplates what it means to be a mixed-race Virginian in light of the region’s fraught racial history. Inspired by research into her enslaved ancestors’ […]

We Are All Arlington

For the past 40 years, Arlington County has been a gateway community for thousands of immigrants—not only to the Commonwealth of Virginia, but to the United States in general and all the opportunity it represents. Immigrants from nearly 120 countries have settled in Arlington, creating a multicultural legacy that has changed what it means to […]

Mapping Lambert’s Point Reception

Mapping Lambert’s Point is an ongoing project co-sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities and the Political Science and Geography Department which collects oral histories of the past and present residents of Old Dominion’s neighboring community, Lambert’s Point. The project embeds the stories into a virtual map accessible online. We invite you to come to […]

Polynesian Voyagers Expert Panel Discussion

A panel discussion examining climate change, the traditional ways indigenous groups, including Polynesian and Virginian natives, have interacted with their environments, and how the world’s citizens can build a better future together.

Landscapes of Slavery and Segregation

Announcing a new multi-location, audio-visual exhibition on the interpretation and preservation of Virginia sites connected to segregation and slavery.

Announcing a new multi-location, audio-visual exhibition on the interpretation and preservation of Virginia sites connected to segregation and slavery.