Rebecca Copeland: On learning to wear a kimono
With the publication of her first novel, “The Kimono Tattoo,” Rebecca Copeland moves from translation to fiction writing and brings a literary perspective to the cultural history of kimonos.
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum reopens to public June 23
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will reopen to the public on Wednesday, June 23.
Author V. E. Schwab adds some magic to everyday life
Over the course of 20 novels and now a new Netflix series, author V. E. Schwab has drawn together magic and reality to create unforgettable stories.
‘Homecoming Voices’
When COVID-19 upended the season, WashU’s Performing Arts Department turned to alumni playwrights.
Kashua’s ‘Let It Be Morning’ going to Cannes
“Let It Be Morning,” a new film based on the 2006 novel by Sayed Kashua, a doctoral candidate in comparative literature in Arts & Sciences, will compete at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Fox Fridays awarded grant
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has received a two-year $100,000 grant from the Brabson Library and Education Foundation to support Fox Fridays, the school’s series of free interdisciplinary workshops.
Phillips wins 2021 Jackson Poetry Prize
Poets & Writers has awarded the 2021 Jackson Poetry Prize to Carl Phillips, professor of English in Arts & Sciences.
University Libraries acquires papers of acclaimed author Charles Johnson
Washington University in St. Louis Libraries has acquired the collection of Charles Johnson, the acclaimed author, cartoonist and essayist who won the 1990 National Book Award for his novel “Middle Passage.”
Another honor for university’s sustainable building practice
The U.S. Green Building Council awarded Washington University a 2021 Leadership Award for excellence in its West North Central Region.
Ottoman Eurasia in Early Modern German Literature
Cultural Translations (Francisci, Happel, Speer)
Europe and the Ottoman Empire through three 17th-century writers Even a casual perusal of seventeenth-century European print production makes clear that the Turk was on everyone’s mind. Europe’s confrontation of and interaction with the Ottoman Empire in the face of what appeared to be a relentless Ottoman expansion spurred news delivery and literary production in […]
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