This year’s Humanities Week, created and produced by students, is organized around the theme “Civil Resistance.” Sponsored by UVA’s Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures, the annual program continues through Saturday.
Recent Articles by
Anne E. Bromley
April 03, 2018
UVA alumna Sharon L. Wood, dean of the engineering school at the University of Texas at Austin, has demonstrated outstanding leadership in her work to diversify engineering.
March 30, 2018
The Center for the Liberal Arts offered a free workshop to teachers, presenting ideas for teaching the difficult history of racial inequality in Charlottesville and the U.S., from its very beginning to present day.
March 25, 2018
At a Virginia Festival of the Book event, Ryan took on “Life’s Essential Questions” – taken from the title of his 2017 book – and many more while in conversation with his Charlottesville friend and running coach, Mark Lorenzoni.
March 22, 2018
As advocates and ambassadors for diversity, equity and inclusion at UVA, Derrick Alridge and Gary Nimax are tireless mentors, show patience and empathy in listening to others, and bring people together to create strong networks and make things happen.
March 19, 2018
This week’s annual Virginia Festival of the Book will again have a decidedly orange-and-blue tint, with dozens of events featuring UVA faculty, staff and alumni.
March 19, 2018
How does one deal with pain, loneliness, love, happiness, quirky occurrences, mysteries, nature’s fragile beauty or remorseless violence – all the myriad experiences of daily life? Some write poetry, like assistant professor Paul Guest.
March 14, 2018
Identifying approaches to communicate this shared history – portraying the horrors of slavery, as well as the feelings, thoughts, resistance, creativity and resilience of enslaved peoples – will be a focus of an international conference in the Rotunda.
March 14, 2018
Throughout 2018, a series of discussions are being held in each of the Virginia communities that King visited in his work on civil rights, asking one of his final questions: “Where do we go from here?”
March 01, 2018
The second annual Liberation and Freedom Day will be celebrated with events beginning at 9 a.m. at UVA, and continuing at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center after a procession down Main Street.