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Widely considered the greatest anti-war play ever written, it remains both timeless and timely, a poignant meditation on the aftermath of battle.

The nearly 70 events are being held in conjunction with the major exhibit Inside Out Loud: Women’s Health in Contemporary Art.

DavisFiction writer Kathryn Davis will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, as part of Washington University’s Writing Program Spring Reading Series. In addition, Davis will speak on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Feb. 22.

Inside Out Loud: Visualizing Women’s Health in Contemporary Art is the first major museum-level exhibition dedicated to the topic.

Internationally renowned musician James Kibbie will play the organ, which recently underwent a major restoration.

The new academic and administrative unit will bring together nationally ranked programs in art and architecture and the Kemper Art Museum.

Richard J. Smith, the Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished University Professor and chair of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, will serve as its chair.

Effective immediately, he will serve as special assistant to the current dean, Cynthia Weese; she’ll step down June 30 and return to private practice.

Courtesy photoJohn DaltonFiction writer and St. Louis native John Dalton will open Washington University’s Writing Program Spring Reading Series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27. Dalton is the author of Heaven Lake. His short fiction has appeared in Story, Alaska Quarterly Review and other journals.

WUSTL Photo Services*The Trojan Women*Widely considered the greatest anti-war play ever written, Euripides’ The Trojan Women (415 B.C.) remains both timeless and timely, a poignant meditation on the aftermath of battle. Ron Himes — the Henry E. Hampton Jr. artist-in-residence at Washington University as well as founder and producing director of the St. Louis Black Repertory — will direct a new production of Euripides’ enduring parable for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences Jan. 28-30 and Feb. 4-6.