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"Document Du Jour" Dinner Forum is an opportunity for an AMCS graduate student to present an intriguing or puzzling document or artifact from their dissertation research - one that will be of wide interest to Americanists across disciplinary lines - and to puzzle through it with colleagues.
Slavery in St. Louis Exhibit
Sports & Society Reading Group: Gender, Race, and Compensation in College Sports
The Sports & Society reading group will meet on Friday, February 2nd from 3:00-4:30pm in DUC-242.
Moving Stories in the Making: An Exhibition of Migration Narratives
How can narratives – visual, textual, and oral -- bridge divides between migrants and the communities in which they settle? Moving Stories in the Making: An Exhibition of Migration Narratives brings together the work of local and national artists who craft narratives of migration, and holds space for migrants and those affected by migration to tell their stories.
AMCS Study Abroad Information - Zoom Session
AMCS Study Abroad Information - In-person
Curtis Chin: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Washington University is proud to welcome Curtis Chin to the Hurst Lounge.
Americanist Dinner Forum with Kathryn Walkiewicz - Reading Territory: On Indigeneity, Blackness, and Land as Theory
Following Courage: William Wells Brown
AFAS Speaker Series: "Black Networked Resistance", A Book Talk
Come support AFAS professor, Dr. Raven Lloyd, as she introduces her first published book, "Black Networked Resistance".
Fifth Biennial Graduate Student Art History Symposium: Making Contact: Haptic, Temporal, Spatial, and Conceptual Connections
The Washington University in St. Louis Department of Art History and Archaeology will host its fifth biennial Graduate Student Art History Symposium (GSAHS) titled Making Contact: Haptic, Temporal, Spatial, and Conceptual Connections on February 23rd and 24th. The event will be held entirely in person on the Danforth Campus of Washington University and includes a keynote by Dr. Elena FitzPatrick Sifford, panels of graduate student speakers, an accompanying art project, and museum and exhibition visits.
Sports & Society Reading Group: Legacy of Fandom: Introducing the Levey Family Collection on Sports and Culture
The Sports & Society reading group will meet on Friday, February 23rd at 3pm in the Olin Library.
Congress and Justice: A Conversation from the Front Lines with Carlos Uriarte
Carlos Felipe Uriarte, AB ’02, returns to his alma mater to share his experiences working at the center of American law and politics.
Storytelling Workshop: Mitos y Folclor (Myth and Folkore)
AMCS and AAS Major / Minor Welcome
AMCS Spring Research Colloquium
Elliot H. Stein Lecture in Ethics with Richard Haass
Americanist Dinner Forum - What is Digital Humanities?
All are invited for dinner and conversation with WashU faculty on April 2nd.
The Buder Center Powwow
The Buder Center Powwow is FREE and open to the public on Saturday, April 6, 2024
On Palestinian Literature: past, present, and future
A talk on art, scholarship, and community
AFAS Featured Event: Works of Dr. Samuel Shearer and Dr. Thembelani Mbatha
Samuel Shearer is assistant professor in the Department of African and African American Studies. Shearer's work focuses on the design, production, and destruction of urban space in African cities and how these processes inform popular politics and cultures across the continent. His current book project, tentatively titled The Kigali After: A New City for the End of the World is about the politics of urban design, displacement, and the dual crises of capitalism and ecology in one of the fastest urbanizing cities the world: Kigali, Rwanda.
Dr. Thembelani (Themba) Mbatha is an interdisciplinary scholar of global black thought and the literary and cultural histories of Africa and the African diaspora. His work focuses on the intersections between the histories of blackness and the politics of memory in the postcolonial and black Atlantic worlds. His current book project, titled Registers of Black Witnessing: Archives of Testimony in Africa and the African Diaspora, sets to offer a decolonized framework of testimony and witnessing while investigating the implications of this on contemporary and future discourses of blackness.
Sports & Society Reading Group: Whose Helmet?: Reconceptualizing American Football’s Iconic Equipment
The Sports & Society reading group will meet on Friday, April 12th from 3:00-4:30pm in DUC-248.
With Heart and Humor: A Screening with Julia Lindon
Julia Lindon (WashU class of 2013) has worked on Saturday Night Live (NBC), Ted Lasso (Apple), Survival of the Thickest (Netflix), and In the Know (Peacock).
AMCS Spring Gathering
The Spring Gathering will take place in the Orchid Room from 4-6pm on Tuesday 4/23!
Feathers and Facepaint: The Making of Redface in American Theatre
Bethany Hughes, Assistant Professor of American Culture, Native American Studies Program, University of Michigan
College of Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony
AMCS & AAS Undergraduate Commencement Reception
Please join us for a special reception to recognize and celebrate our students' success in American Culture Studies and Asian American Studies!
University-Wide Commencement Ceremony
The Legacy of Prejudice at the 1904 World’s Fair
Bear Beginnings AMCS & AAS Open House
A Warm Welcome: Immigrant Inclusion in Divisive Times
This event will bring together academics and practitioners to discuss efforts to promote the inclusion of immigrants in St. Louis and across the country. Expert panelists including those from the fields of sociology, law, and journalism, will share their perspectives and field questions from the moderator and the audience.
AMCS/AAS Fall Welcome Back Gathering
On Agency, James, & The Twain Doctrine
Americanist Dinner Forum: An evening with Lyndon Barrois Jr.
All are invited for dinner and conversation on Monday, September 16th at 5:30pm at Kuehner Court in Weil Hall.
The St. Louis Black Repertory - Black Theatre Day
The St. Louis Black Repertory company is marking International Black Theater Day as September 17th, 2024. The greater St. Louis community is invited to join an esteemed group of panelists as they discuss they importance of black people in theater spaces.
Book Launch: Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America
Join us for this celebration and panel discussion for the forthcoming book, Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America.
AFAS Intellectual Life: Works of Dr. Jonathan Fenderson and Dr. Jessica Samuel
FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: John Powers "Stan Brakhage, Public Intellectual"
FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: John Powers "Stan Brakhage, Public Intellectual"
CDI Summit
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion is hosting our inaugural summit on Friday, September 27th from 2pm-6:30pm.
Julia Perry Symposium
Co-sponsored by: CRE2
(Re)Discovering the Musical Legacy of Julia Perry
Co-sponsored by: CRE2 and Chamber Project St. Louis
Americanist Dinner Forum - Learning by Osmosis: A Conversation about Navigating Academia
All are invited for dinner and conversation on Tuesday, October 1st at 5:30pm.
Colloquium with Nakia Parker
"Slavery, Commodification, and Unfreedom in Indian Territory,
1830-1860"
This event is co-sponsored by AMCS.
Lunch with Faye Gleisser
Graduate students are invited for lunch and conversation with Faye Gleisser
Realistic Hope: American Democracy and the 2024 Election
A Danforth Dialogues event with John Dickerson, Jamelle Bouie, Adam Kinzinger, Joy Harjo, and Valeria Luiselli
The Work of Risk: Guerilla Art for Surviving the Carceral Present
Faye Gleisser, Associate Professor of Art History and Critical Theory, Indiana University, Bloomington
College of Arts & Sciences Major Minor Fair
Asian American Studies Fall Mixer with Distinguished Visiting Scholar Mary Lui
Learn how to research in Asian American Studies (AAS), meet the AAS minors, connect with our campus APIDA organizations, and enjoy some good food!
Colloquium with Mary Lui
Join us as Mary Lui, Professor of American Studies and History at Yale University, presents a lecture cosponsored by History and American Culture Studies
Lunch with Distinguished Visiting Scholar Mary Lui
Graduate students are invited for lunch and conversation with Distinguished Visiting Scholar Mary Lui.
Behind the Mic on “Killer’s of the Flower Moon”
AFAS Intellectual Life: Black Bodies, Black Votes: Pre-Election Analysis
Race is a defining issue in the 2024 U.S. election. Join our expert panelists for an in-depth panel discussion on what this election means for Black voters. From the historic nomination of the first Black woman by a major political party to Trump's escalating attacks on people of color and immigrants—most recently targeting Haitian immigrants—race and rights are being used to mobilize young and marginalized voters while simultaneously stoking fear among white voters. Panelists will also address the ongoing attacks on DEI initiatives, Black Studies curricula in public schools, and affirmative action, alongside continued efforts to suppress Black votes. This panel explores critical challenges and stakes Black voters face in what is being called one of the most consequential elections in history.
In response, the Department of African & African American Studies has convened a panel of scholars to provide historical and political context. The discussion will explore what's at stake for the country and, in particular, for Black Americans as we look toward the future.
RSVP is required.
Sports & Society Reading Group: College Football Realignment
The Sports & Society reading group will meet on Friday, October 25th from 3-4:30pm in DUC 241 to discuss College Football Realignment.
Americanist Dinner Forum - Interrogating the Carceral State: Intersections in Native, Black, Latinx, Arab American, Asian American, Muslim American, Pacific Islander, and Gender Studies
All are invited for dinner and conversation on Wednesday, October 30th at 5:30pm.
Film screening of Chinatown Rising with Co-Director Josh Chuck
Join us for a screening of Chinatown Rising and Q&A with co-director on November 7th at 5:30pm in Seigle 306.