Hand in Hand to Hell

ArmstrongShakespearean actor Gareth Armstrong, a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, will present Hand in Hand to Hell: Richard III and Macbeth—An Actor’s Perspective, the fifth annual Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture, for Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences April 28.

World’s top scholars on modern human origins to gather at Washington University

Some of the world’s top scholars on modern human origins will gather March 26 at Washington University in St. Louis for the last of a four-part series of “Conversations” on key issues that will affect the future of the university, the community and the world. Arts & Sciences is sponsoring the “Conversations,” which are free and open to the public, as part of the university’s 150th anniversary celebration. The “Modern Human Origins” Conversation will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Graham Chapel.

Imperialism, Art and Restitution conference to be hosted by WUSTL School of Law March 26-27

Bust of NefertitiDuring the Age of Imperialism, historical pieces such as the Bust of Nefertiti were taken from their home countries and installed in major museums throughout the world. Leading academics, authors and curators will examine whether these works of art should be returned to their source nations at the “Imperialism, Art & Restitution” conference March 26-27 at the Washington University School of Law.

Susan Sontag takes a fresh look at the effects of violent images for Assembly Series talk

Do images of the injured and dead have any effect on its viewers? Do images of suffering and violence generate compassion, arouse hunger for revenge, or do nothing? These are the questions writer and cultural critc Susan Sontag tries to answer in her most recent collection of essays, Regarding the Pain of Others, and will share her thoughts with the audience at the next Assembly Series lecture.
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