Please join us in congratulating Sergio Silva, a graduate student specializing in early modern Iberian studies and historical memory, on the publication of his podcast episode, "Afterlives in Stone." Brilliantly incorporating testimony from members of the African American descendants of the enslaved laborers who built the University of Virginia, archival documents from the freed community of nineteenth-century Charlottesville, and Pablo Neruda's 20th century poetry, Sergio's podcast offers a new way of understanding historical trauma, memory, and the redress of racial inequity both locally and globally. 

Click here for the audio file and transcript of "Afterlives in Stone." Students interested in participating in other public humanities projects should apply for fellowships at the Race, Religion, and Democracy Lab, here.

Congratulations to Sergio and all of the collaborators who shared their stories.

Voices featured: Diane Brown Townes, Elaine Rackley, Andie Waterman, Naikelly Rojas, Sarita Herman, James Ryan

Archival voices: Philena Carkin papers, Isabella Gibbons