2024 presidential election experts
Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts are available to discuss a variety of topics related to the election, politics and national and local issues.
WashU faculty taking part in Catholic Enlightenment symposium
Rebecca Messbarger, in Arts & Sciences, is among the organizers of a symposium on “The Catholic Enlightenment in Europe, the Americas and Australia (1700-1840),” which will take place at WashU and at Saint Louis University Sept. 20 and 21. Some other faculty also are speaking.
Colleges work to increase voter turnout
Stephanie Kurtzman of WashU’s Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement explains how schools are preparing for the upcoming election and whether campus protests will impact student voting.
A conversation with Loretta J. Ross
Loretta J. Ross will be the featured speaker for “Reflecting on Reproductive Justice,” a three-day public symposium hosted Sept. 5-7 by WashU’s Reproductive Justice, Health, Rights working group in Arts & Sciences.
WashU community invited to civic dialogue event, meal
A civic dialogue event, The Longest Table, is returning to WashU this fall with a new location and a new topic of conversation. On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement will welcome students, faculty and staff to Brookings Quadrangle to share dinner and to discuss the upcoming election.
Public interest law series speakers lined up
The 26th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series kicks off Sept. 6 with a lecture on reproductive justice by Kim Mutcherson of Rutgers University.
Saving Sam
The True Story of an American’s Disappearance in Syria and His Family’s Extraordinary Fight to Bring Him Home
Sam Goodwin (AM ’21) has written an inspiring and unforgettable saga that includes worldwide travel, celebrities, heads of state, high-stakes diplomacy and critical life lessons — and ultimately, what it means to be free.
The Exit is the Entrance
Essays on Escape
Lydia Paar (MFA ’19) joined the American workforce at 14, holding nearly 30 different jobs from 25 homes across eight states into adulthood. These essays explore her attempts to evade or transform the lower-middle-class American experience across varied cityscapes, towns, and in-between places;
Vicious and Immoral
Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh
The fascinating story of a British army chaplain’s buggery trial in 1774 reveals surprising truths about early America.
After Palmares
Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of Zumbi
In After Palmares, Marc A. Hertzman (AB ’00) tells the rise, fall, and afterlives of Palmares, one of history’s largest and longest-lasting maroon societies.
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