May 8 & 9, 2026
“Moving Towards Life: Community and Care in the Arts and Cultural Work” is a virtual and in-person convening organized as part of the Simmons Center’s MA in Public Humanities course “Decolonization of Museums: Nations, Museums, Anti-Colonialism and the Contemporary Moment.”

April 23 & 24, 2026
A conference exploring memory, representation, and reconciliation around slavery and transatlantic legacies.

Thursday, April 9, 2026, 12–7pm and Friday, April 10, 2026, 9am–3pm
In-person event at Brown University in Providence, RI
Local viewing event in Atlanta, GA
Virtual attendance option available

December 3 & December 4, 2025
Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
December 4, 2025, marks the 160th anniversary of the ratification of the landmark 13th Amendment – a defining moment in U.S. Constitutional history that officially abolished slavery and reshaped law; and an Amendment that still resonates in our courts today.

Thursday, May 8, 2025, 10am to 6pm
A virtual conference organized as part of the Simmons Center’s MA in Public Humanities course "Decolonization of Museums: Nations, Museums, Anti Colonialism and the Contemporary Moment."

April 24, 2025 | Mystic Seaport Museum
Evening program featuring the exhibition "Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea"
April 25–26, 2025 | Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
Conversations around conservation: waterways, culture, and resilience