Design Agendas
Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s
An examination of the complex connections in St. Louis among modern architecture, urban renewal, and racial and spatial change.
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.
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.
The Climber of Pointe du Hoc
A novella
Published to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day in June, The Climber of Pointe du Hoc, by Allen Saxon, AB ’71, weaves a tender love story into the gripping — and grim — Allied invasion of Europe. Caleb Huddleston, a quiet young man from Wyoming, enlists in 1942 and quickly finds himself in the town […]
A transformative gift for classics
The Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has received an estate commitment from honorary emeritus trustee John H. Biggs, PhD ’83, and his late wife, classics scholar Penelope Biggs, PhD ’74, MA ’68, to name the John and Penelope Biggs Department of Classics.
Treitel installed as William Eliot Smith Professor in History
Corinna Treitel, a professor and chair of history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed recently as the university’s William Eliot Smith Professor in History.
Elmesky receives William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award
Rowhea Elmesky, an associate professor of education in Arts & Sciences, received the William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award, which recognizes WashU researchers and community partners who are working together to address our region’s challenges. For the past decade, Elmesky has partnered with students and educators at University City High School to build a school culture where everyone feels valued.
WashU hosts regional classics conference
The Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences will host the 120th annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, the largest regional association for professional classicists.
‘The Souls of the Game’
Gerald Early, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, is one of five curatorial consultants working with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown to organize “The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball.” The new exhibit will open May 25.
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