Sustaining the Humanities: Funding Innovation and Institutional Resilience in a Time of Uncertainty (Journal Article)

In 2025, unprecedented disruptions to federal cultural funding exposed longstanding structural vulnerabilities within the public humanities. A new peer-reviewed article by Yosef Medina (Director of Strategic Initiatives at Virginia Humanities) … Read more

Virginia – Dance Revolution at the Richmond Folk Festival

Oct 10 & 11, 2026, 12:00-6:00 PM The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities presents “Dance Revolution” at the 2026 Richmond Folk Festival, on Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October … Read more

October 10–11, 2026

Humanities = Supporting HBCU Scholarship

Virginia Humanities’ HBCU Scholars Fellowship supports faculty and alumni of HBCUs by giving these humanities scholars time to focus on research projects. In this episode, we speak with current HBCU Scholars Fellow Dr. Monika Rhue and Virginia Humanities’ Yosef Medina, who runs the program.