Join the International Writers Series for an evening of poetry in translation with poet, translator, and scholar Mona Kareem. She will be joined in conversation by Safa Khatib, Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature.
International Writers Series: Mona Kareem
Join the International Writers Series for an evening of poetry in translation with poet, translator, and scholar Mona Kareem. She will be joined in conversation by Safa Khatib, Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature.
In this book presentation, Ignacio Infante, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish, will discuss his latest scholarly monograph, A Planetary Avant-Garde.
Book Talk: Ignacio Infante
In this book presentation, Ignacio Infante, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish, will discuss his latest scholarly monograph, A Planetary Avant-Garde.
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
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
Please join us for a two-day conference on “The Catholic Enlightenment in Europe, the Americas and Australia (1700– 1840): Balancing Loyalties between State, Nationality, Citizenship, and the Global Church.”
The Enlightenment, it has now been established, was as much a religious phenomenon as it was a secular one. This conference brings together leading scholars from around the world to interrogate the ways in which Catholics, in particular, interpreted and extended Enlightenment ideas to rethink and reform society, politics, the economy, education, science, and the arts on a global scale.
The conference will take place:
Friday, September 20 (8:30am-3:30pm): Pere Marquette Gallery, 2nd Floor DuBourg Hall, Saint Louis University; piano recital at 5:30pm, Cupples House
Saturday, September 21 (9am-5:30pm): Umrath Lounge, Umrath Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
Registration is free and open to the public. Please register here. Registrants are welcome to attend all or a portion of the conference.
See here for more information and a detailed program listing speakers and topics.
Please contact crgc@slu.edu with any questions or accommodations requests.
This conference is co-sponsored by Washington University in St. Louis (with support from the Center for the Humanities), Saint Louis University’s Center for Research on Global Catholicism, and the University of Münster.
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.
Holmes Lounge, Olin Library, and Zoom
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.
Holmes Lounge, Olin Library, and Zoom |
Schedule of events:
Panel Discussion 3 pm, Holmes Lounge (In-Person or Zoom)
The panelists for “The Legacy of William H. Gass” discussion include:
Patrick Davis – Unbound Editions Press
Michelle Komie – Princeton University Press
Gerhild Williams – Washington University in St. Louis
Ted Morrissey, Independent Scholar and Publisher (Moderator)
A Conversation with Bradford Morrow 4:15 pm, Holmes Lounge (In-Person or Zoom)
Bradford Morrow (Bard College) in conversation with Martin Riker (Washington University in St. Louis).
Reception and “Fifty New Acquisitions” Exhibition Viewing 5:30 pm, Olin Library Ginkgo Reading Room (In-person only)
A reception with light hors d’oeuvres and wine follows the celebration’s discussions. An exhibition viewing will be available simultaneously in the adjacent Grand Staircase and Special Collections Reading Room.
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.
Olin Library 142
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.
