In late Fall 2022, the WashU & Slavery Project released its initial progress report. The report surveys progress to date in this initial phase of project research and teaching, collections and project infrastructure development, and campus and community engagement.
The WU-CRRJ Action Research Lab led by Professors Cunningham and Ward will engage WashU undergraduate and graduate students in field research needed to investigate racially-motivated homicides in Missouri (1930-1954) in support of case investigations and restorative justice efforts led by teams of law faculty and students in the award-winning Civil Rights and Restorative Justice (CRRJ) Clinic at Northeastern University Law School.
With her new book project, Faculty Fellow Lori Watson is developing a new general theory of domination that centers the experiences of people who have been historically subordinated, drawing on the work of gender theorists, critical race theorists and colonial studies.
"A tug of war over disrupting or conserving social arrangements has long buffeted schools." Dr. Michelle Purdy writes for the Washington Post Made by History series, a special series on academic freedom sponsored by PEN America.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, faculty members share recipes that they will include at their dinners.
The Evergreens, a Washington University Treble A Capella group, performed at the memorial service celebrating Archer Alexander Day of Freedom
A $1.3 million grant from the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council will enable an international team of researchers to conduct the first study of Holocaust literature at scale.
Five students share their East Asia experiences.
The College of Arts & Sciences and First-Year Programs is looking for proposals for new Ampersand programs.
In a new book, Miguel Valerio uncovers the history of Afro-Mexican festival performances in colonial Mexico.
Political scientists Christopher Lucas, Jacob Montgomery, and Margit Tavits recently won funding from the National Science Foundation to study the rise of populist rhetoric on social media and its effects on democracies.
The new department will provide a foundation for ambitious and innovative digital transformation across a range of disciplinary areas.