There’s more than meets the eye in Lewis & Clark’s journals, say two historians
The Sacagawea Golden DollarAs the nation commemorates the 200th anniversary of the 1804-06 Lewis and Clark Expedition, the explorers’ journals, which offer a veritable treasure trove of information, are being scrutinized as never before. Two historians at Washington University in St. Louis say, however, that most scholars studying the journals aren’t familiar with the literature of the time, and therefore don’t thoroughly understand the content. For example, Lewis writes that Sacagawea, the only woman on the expedition, became extremely ill due to her “taking could” (sic). Most reading that passage interpreted it as “taking a cold. The Washington University researchers think that actually she was pregnant again and had a miscarriage because “taking a cold” was a euphemism for pregnancy back then.
Writer and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann to speak at Assembly Series
Poet and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann will use examples from chemistry, poetry, painting and ceramics to make a case for an underlying unity of science and the arts.
U.S.Poet Laureate Louise Glück to read for The Writing Programs Spring Reading Series April 6 and 8
U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück will present a pair of events April 6 and 8 for the Spring Reading Series 2004, offered by The Writing Program and the Department of English in Arts and Sciences at Washington University.
Terry Riley, Philip Glass and Bang on a Can All-Stars at Edison Theatre May 2
Courtesy photoBang on a Can All-StarsThree of the most esteemed names in contemporary music will come together for a once-in-a-lifetime concert when Bang on a Can All-Stars welcome special guests Philip Glass and Terry Riley to Washington University’s Edison Theatre May 2.
Fiction writer Donald Antrim to read from his work April 16
Courtesy photoDonald Antrim will read from his work April 16. Fiction writer Donald Antrim will read from his work at 4 p.m. Friday, April 16, for The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University.
St. Louis poet, critic and crime novelist Qiu Xiaolong to read for The Center for the Humanities April 19-20
Qiu XiaolongSt. Louis-based poet, critic and crime novelist Qiu Xiaolong will present a pair of events April 19 and 20 for The SmartSet Series: Where Great Writers Read, sponsored by The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences.
Clarinetist George Silfies returns to Washington University for chamber concert April 12
Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present a chamber music concert featuring former faculty member George Silfies, principal clarinetist with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, at 8 p.m. Monday, April 12.
Fiction writer Joy Williams to speak on craft of fiction April 15
Joy Williams, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Department of English in Arts & Sciences, will give a talk on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 15.
Renowned poet and playwright Ntozake Shange to deliver Martin Luther King Jr. lecture for Washington University’s Assembly Series
ShangeNtozake Shange, author of the revolutionary “choreopoem” for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, will deliver the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Thurs., April 8th in Graham Chapel.
New York architect Mariano Sagasta wins 2004 Steedman Fellowship
A detail from Mariano Sagasta’s winning conceptual master plan for the west side of Brentwood Boulevard north of Highway 40.New York architect Mariano Sagasta has won Washington University’s 2004 Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition. The biennial competition, which is open to young architects from around the world, carries a $30,000 first place award to support study and research abroad — the largest such award in the United States.
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