Humanities Feature Bureau

In the Late 1970s, Almost a third of Cambodia’s people were murdered by the Khmer Rouge regime or died from starvation. A U.N.-backed court is finally trying these war crimes. But, closer to home here in Virginia, a Vietnamese-American artist and a Roanoke-based poet are exploring how to honor the victims through their art and forging a unique collaboration. Jesse Dukes has this report.

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Today  there is a social networking website for every interest group. Even scholars of 19th century history.  But one such website run by the University of Virginia allows researchers to do more than just share pictures or chat, as reporter Martha Woodroof explains.

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If you take a bus ride this holiday season, it’s probably just to get where you need to go. But when Kath Weston travels on buses,  it’s usually part of her work as an Anthropology professor at the University of Virginia.  Ten years ago, she started researching poverty in America – a topic many academics study.  But Weston chose to set her book on cross country buses so she could write about poverty through a series of real life stories.  The book is called “Traveling Light: On the Road with America’s Poor.” Reporter Jesse Dukes has more.

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Last month, archaeologists discovered the remains of George Washington’s Boyhood home. They also uncovered truckloads of artifacts—half-a-million and counting. Reporter Danielle Karson recently visited the lab where these pieces of history are being studied.

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