Through documentaries, interviews, public lectures, podcasts, and media appearances, Gardullo brings historical scholarship into conversation with contemporary audiences. These conversations explore museums, memory, race, culture, and public life while demonstrating the role of history in addressing some of the most urgent questions of our time. These lectures and media features examine the creation of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the role of museums in shaping public memory, scholarship, and civic life.
University of Glasgow Keynote
A keynote lecture reflecting on the creation of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the development of its foundational collections and exhibitions, and the role museums can play in shaping public memory and civic life.
CBS 60 Minutes
A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the stories that shaped its collections and exhibitions.
Rutgers Magazine
PBS / WETA Arts
An exploration of the international exhibition and collaborative initiative examining the afterlives of slavery across four continents particularly through the lenses of art and Black freedom-making.
Seizing Freedom Podcast
Gardullo joins historian Kidada Williams and Kinshasha Holman Conwill to discuss Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies, the continuing significance of Reconstruction, and the role of museums in helping audiences engage with difficult histories. The conversation examines how exhibitions can illuminate struggles for freedom, citizenship, and democracy while connecting historical scholarship to contemporary public life.
National Geographic
Gardullo participates in a penetrating meditation from National Geographic on what can be found when looking for slave ships told through the lens of the Black-led organization Diving with a Purpose, who work as part of the Slave Wrecks Project network.
The São José
Smithsonian NMAAHC
A reflection on the power of recovering the story of the Portuguese slave ship São José from those who worked on the project including Slave Wrecks Project co-director, Paul Gardullo.
Slave Wrecks Project Interview
C-SPAN American History TV
Lonnie Bunch and Paul Gardullo discuss the Slave Wrecks Project and the discovery of the São José Paquete de Africa, exploring how archaeology, historical research, and descendant-community engagement are transforming public understanding of the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies.
PBS / WNET
NMAAHC
Brown University