Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Modern Spain
The first book-length study to address the impact of the legacies of slavery on Spanish cultural representations and institutions. This groundbreaking volume explores how culture produced in Spain, from the 19th century to the present, both reflects and shapes ways of understanding the history and heritage of a nation sustained by colonialism and slavery. Akiko […]
The Coerced Conscience
The Coerced Conscience examines liberty of conscience, the freedom to live one’s life in accordance with the dictates of conscience, especially in religion. It offers a new perspective on the politics of conscience through the eyes of some of its most influential advocates and critics in Western history, John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, and […]
Play Harder
The Triumph of Black Baseball in America
An authoritative exploration of how Black Americans have shaped baseball from its emergence after the Civil War to the Negro Leagues and Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier, up to today’s game—by award-winning author Gerald Early in collaboration with the National Baseball Hall of Fame. No sport has been more associated with America’s sense […]
Brantmeier to serve on national Fulbright committee
Cindy Brantmeier, a professor of applied linguistics in Arts & Sciences at WashU, will serve on the national screening committee for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Being Asian American
What does it mean to be Asian American? This book highlights challenges Asian American children face and offers an avenue for them to explore issues around racial and cultural identity.
The Engaged City initiative to launch
This fall, WashU will launch The Engaged City. Building on the long-running Divided City initiative, and funded in part by a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation, The Engaged City aims to highlight St. Louis’ cultural resources.
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;
‘An amazing story’
Gerald Early, who served as a curatorial consultant for a new exhibit on Black baseball at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, discusses The Souls of the Game.
Critical Theories of Anti-Semitism
Despite its persistence and viciousness, anti-Semitism remains undertheorized in comparison with other forms of racism and discrimination. How should anti-Semitism be defined? What are its underlying causes?
Fenderson wins Mellon New Directions Fellowship
Jonathan Fenderson, an associate professor of African and African American studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a 2024 New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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