The Summer@Brown course, “Power and the Production of History,” has had the privilege of collaborating with the Simmons Center for the past four years. This course examines relations of power, silences and erasures in historical narratives and archives, and legacies of violence and communal resistance across structures of colonialism, slavery and genocide. Each year, students note that a highlight of this class is our field trip to the Simmons Center. During these visits, students learn from Simmons staff and faculty who provide immersive guided tours and workshops about the center’s mission and projects. Students eagerly view the center’s archives and collections featuring annual exhibits of art and work like speculative fiction, maroon societies, and oral histories narrating the role of slavery and colonialism in the making of modernity. As “Power and the Production of History” culminates in the creation of a collective exhibit, the Simmons Center offers a brilliant opportunity for students to actively engage with questions of power, the production of archives, and memorials and curatorial justice enacted by artists, intellectuals and organizers leaving students from across the nation and world inspired to further take up these pursuits in their lives, practices and careers. “Power and the Production of History” would not be possible without the Simmons Center and its critical activation of the public humanities, arts, and community-engaged scholarship.