Forging a Mexican People
Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917–1968
Forging a Mexican People shows how illustrated print culture helped to construct and deconstruct versions of “a people” in postrevolutionary Mexico.
Polarization around vaccine hesitancy was 12 times greater than past outbreaks, study finds
Political polarization has consistently influenced public reactions to disease outbreaks in the United States, from polio to COVID-19, according to a comprehensive new study by Caitlin McMurtry, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Weidenbaum Center fall series kicks off Sept. 4
From politics on college campuses to the economy and AI, the fall events series presented by the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis will address many of the most pressing policy issues facing America and the world today.
Sadat named to eyeWitness to Atrocities board
Leila Sadat, the James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law at WashU, has been appointed to the board of eyeWitness to Atrocities, founded by the International Bar Association.
Opt-in enrollment could undermine Trump Accounts’ policy goals
Using a “check-the-box” opt-in process to open federally funded Trump Accounts for children will likely exclude millions of eligible families — and undermine the program’s promise to promote lifelong asset building, finds a new policy brief from the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.
Brown School training program funding renewed, continues decades of work
A Brown School training program that helps educate and support mental health research and scholars has received a grant extension from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). When it’s complete, it will mark 35 years of continual funding.
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to visit WashU
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor returns to WashU Sept. 10 for a chat with Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.
The search for deeper wisdom and better understanding
“Present topics of interest always have a much deeper past,” says Abram Van Engen,
the new director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
Leading without limits
Karen Ivy has excelled in aerospace and academia. Now, she uses her experiences to empower the next generation of leaders.
The intersection of technology and politics
Covering everything from social media to bitcoin to AI, a timely and all-too-topical political science course challenges students to think differently.
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