Monday, November 5, 2018 4:00 p.m. VCU Institute for Contemporary Art 601 W. Broad St. Reception and light hors d’oeuvres to follow Phillip Gardiner, Ph.D. University of California Office of the President Talk abstract: Menthol cigarettes are disproportionately used by African American smokers; 85% of adults and 94% of youth. These products are more heavily […]
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Tuesday, November 6 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. VCU Cabell Library Third Floor Lecture Hall The Cabell First Novelist Award is presented on behalf of VCU’s M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program. Sponsors include the James Branch Cabell Library Associates, VCU Libraries, the VCU Department of English, Barnes & Noble @ VCU and the VCU College […]
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November 7, 2018 2:00 p.m. Academic Learning Commons 2201 Speaker: Jamie Fredericks, PhD Forensic Science Program Eastern Kentucky University Sponsored by the Department of Forensic Science as part of its Graduate Program Seminar Series For more information, contact Jo Murphy at jsmurphy@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8420.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 4:00 p.m. Cabell Library Lecture Hall, 901 Park Avenue Fariba Enteshari Founder and Executive Director of the Rumi Educational Center Sponsored by the Humanities Research Center in partnership with the program in Religious Studies and the Powell-Edwards Lecture Series in Religion and the Arts Admission is free and all are welcome.
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November 8 and 9, 2018 9:00 a.m. University Student Commons (multiple rooms) We invite undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences and the humanities at VCU and neighboring universities and colleges to submit proposals for paper presentations, posters and special sessions. All research topics are welcome, with special interest in work on the broad […]
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November 14, 2018 2:00 p.m. Academic Learning Commons 2201 Speaker: Scott Edwards, PhD Senior Adviser, Amnesty International Crisis Response Program Prof. Lecturer, GWU Elliot School Sponsored by the Department of Forensic Science as part of its Graduate Program Seminar Series For more information, contact Jo Murphy at jsmurphy@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8420.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 4:00 p.m. VCU Globe 1030J, 830 West Grace Street Julia Capó Jr. Associate Professor of History University of Massachusetts at Amherst This event is part of the speaker series “Gender TRANSgressions, Past and Present” that began in fall 2017 and continues through this semester. Sponsored by the Humanities Research Center with […]
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November 26, 2018 6:00 p.m. Academic Learning Commons, Room 1107 Speaker: Dr. Rachel Gross Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies San Francisco State University Sponsored by the VCU Center for Judaic Studies in the School of World Studies More information: David Weinfeld, daweinfeld@vcu.edu
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 4:00 p.m. Multipurpose Room, Second Floor (Room 250) Cabell Library, 901 Park Avenue Aren Aizura Assistant Professor of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies University of Minnesota This event is part of the speaker series “Gender TRANSgressions, Past and Present” that began in fall 2017 and continues through this semester. Sponsored by […]
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Thursday, November 29, 2018 4:00 pm Richmond Salons I & II University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Avenue Featuring presentations by student researchers from RELS 371: Women In Islam, taught by Dr. Samaneh Oladi Ghadikolaei, and a talk by: Mona Haydar Emerging Rapper, Activist and Artist “Barbarican: Ruminations On Otherness And Oneness” Sponsored by the Humanities […]
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