The 2025 Humanist Games
Join us for this year's Humanist Games to celebrate the end of the spring semester!
Past Events
Literature in the Making
Students from the course "Literature in the Making" will be hosting a public reading event on April 23rd at 6:30pm in Duncker 101.
Duncker 101
Paul Reitter | Humanities Lecture "Translating and Teaching Capital in the 21st Century".
"Translating and Teaching Capital in the 21st Century".
Umrath Hall - Umrath Lounge
TERN Issue Zero Launch
3029 Locust Street
The Galitzianer: A Story of Belonging and Othering in Jewish New York
Hurst Lounge
Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium
Multiple Locations
The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series Presents: Dr. Frank Boers
Hiding in Plain Sight: Lessons from Italy
Featuring Dr. Michael Sherberg
Danforth University Center | Room 234
Toxic Tropics: Presentation by Jessica Oublié
Graduate Symposium in Comparative Literature and Thought
Hurst Lounge
Graduate Student Symposium
TBD
William H. Matheson Lecture | March 6, 2025
The William H. Matheson Lecture will be held Thursday March 6, 2025 at 5 PM. Our guest speaker will be Aron Aji, Ph.D. | Director of Translation Programs, Associate Professor of Instruction at The University of Iowa.
Duncker Hall | Hurst Lounge
International Writers Series: Oksana Maksymchuk
International Writers Series
Join the International Writers Series for a reading and discussion with 2025 Max Kade Visiting Writer Antje Rávik Strubel.
Strubel is an award-winning German author, and her most recent novel Blaue Frau (Blue Woman) won the German Book Prize in 2021. She will be joined in conversation by Carla Fischer, PhD Student in Germanic Languages & Literatures.
Strubel is an award-winning German author, and her most recent novel Blaue Frau (Blue Woman) won the German Book Prize in 2021. She will be joined in conversation by Carla Fischer, PhD Student in Germanic Languages & Literatures.
Olin Library
Major/Minor Welcome Session
For newly declared majors and minors in Comparative Literature & Thought, German, Legal Studies, and DASH
Busch Hall | Room 018
Literature in the Making: A Public Reading
Please join us to celebrate the creative work of students taking the course Literature in the Making
Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall, 2nd Floor
A World of Words Undergraduate Reading
Please join us in celebrating the written work of students taking Professor Goeritz's "A World of Words" course!
Seigle 109
The Evolution of Mass Murder: Forensic Archaeological Perspectives on Mass Violence at the Treblinka Labor and Extermination Camps
Caroline Sturdy Colls, Professor of Holocaust Archaeology and Genocide Investigation, and the Director of the Center of Archaeology at the University of Huddersfield (UK) - Annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum
2024 Holocaust Memorial Lecture
International Writers Series
We are pleased to announce the next International Writers Series event. Join us for International Writers Series: New Poetry From Europe on Monday, November 11 at 5:30pm in the Ginkgo Reading Room of Olin Library.
CL&T Study Abroad Info Session #2
Learn more about where you can study abroad as a CL&T major or minor! This session will be hosted by Dr. Lynne Tatlock.
Eads 115
Humanities Mocktails
Goldberg Formal Lounge | Second floor, Danforth University Center
CL&T Study Abroad Info Session #1
Learn more about where you can study abroad as a CL&T major or minor! This session will be hosted by Dr. Joe Loewenstein.
Eads 211
Behind the Mic on “Killer’s of the Flower Moon”
Umrath 140
Rethinking Exile: A Celebration of the Anthology "Exile and the Jews"
This is a reminder of next week's book release event for Nancy Berg's Exile and the Jews: Literature, History, and Identity.
Hurst Lounge, Dunker Hall
Book Talk with André Fischer
Join us for a faculty book talk with André Fischer, assistant professor of German at WashU. Fischer will discuss his new book, The Aesthetics of Mythmaking in German Postwar Culture, published by Northwestern University Press in 2024.
Free and open to all, registration requested.
Free and open to all, registration requested.
Olin Library 142
Divided City Graduate Summer Research Fellows Colloquium
Presentations of the public-facing work of the 2024 Divided City Graduate Summer Research Fellows
Danforth University Center, Room 234
CL&T at the 2024 Major/Minor Fair
Varsity Gym
The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series
The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language
Learning Speaker Series presents...
Learning Speaker Series presents...
Eads 116 | (Reception to follow) Umrath Lounge
William H. Gass Centenary Celebration
Join us to celebrate the centenary of William H. Gass (1924-2017), renowned fiction writer, essayist, and Washington University professor emeritus. A panel of former students and colleagues of Gass will discuss his influence on their lives and careers. Then, WashU’s Martin Riker will interview novelist and Conjunctions editor Bradford Morrow to discuss Morrow’s long friendship and professional relationship with Gass. A reception and exhibit viewing will follow these talks.
Free and open to all. Registration is required.
Free and open to all. Registration is required.
Holmes Lounge, Olin Library, and Zoom
"Becoming” Tea with Danielle Williams
Thinking of applying to graduate school or pursuing a career in academia? Join us for tea and snacks on September 27th!
Umrath Hall | Conference Room 224
2024 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival
For nearly 30 years, the Performing Arts Department has produced the A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival as a vehicle to support and develop new plays written by WashU students.
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre
The Catholic Enlightenment in Europe, the Americas and Australia (1700– 1840)
Balancing Loyalties between State, Nationality, Citizenship, and the Global Church - conference
Umrath Hall, Umrath Lounge
Creating German Identity from Roman Antiquities
Umrath(140)
Comparative Literature & Thought Major/Minor Info Session
Interested in majoring or minoring in Comparative Literature & Thought? Attend this info session to find out more about our undergraduate programs!
Umrath Hall | Room 224