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Living History Scholars Initiative: Information Session

Curious about the Living History Scholars Initiative and what you could do as a scholar? Join Christine Johnson, faculty advisor for the program, for an online information session about the Spring 2027 initiative. This is an opportunity to learn more about the program and explore how you might develop a project of your own.
Zoom: https://wustl.zoom.us/j/99893553082

CCHP: Is Cuba Next?

Krister Knapp presents a lecture on Cuba: Is Cuba Next?
Busch 100 | Busch Hall

Uluğ Kuzuoğlu Presents at the A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase

Join us in supporting our faculty member, Uluğ Kuzuoğlu, as he presents at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase!
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Art + Medical Humanities Symposium - Unstable Evidence: Art, Data, and the Culture of Health

Unstable Evidence: Art, Data, and the Culture of Health is an interdisciplinary symposium that brings together the arts, medical humanities, and sciences to examine the visual, cultural, and scientific dimensions of health.
Holmes Lounge & Busch Hall 100

CCHP Speaker Series: "The New Old Middle East"

Presented by F. Gregory Gause III, Visiting Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., Professor Emeritus of Texas A&M University
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall

"Crisis," Uncertainty, and Immigration Restriction in the 1990s

Colloquium with Carly Goodman
Goldberg Formal Lounge | DUC (Danforth University Center)

A&S WOWS Virtual Info Session feat. History Department

Join this week's special A&S WOWS feature and learn more about graduate study in History at WashU, including the program’s academic structure, intellectual community, and application process. This session will provide a brief overview followed by an opportunity to ask questions.
Zoom (register for Zoom link)

Fall 2026 Major-Minor Fair

Each fall, the College holds a Major-Minor Fair, where students can talk to faculty members and get more information on many majors and minors at one time and in one place.
WashU Athletic Complex

100 Years of the History PhD Program

Since 1926, the History Department has educated generations of scholars, teachers, public historians, and leaders. Join us as we celebrate one hundred years of research, discovery, and community.
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall

Advocacy, Objectivity and Method: A Forum to Discuss the Special Commission Report

Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Hum. Social Sciences, hosted by WashU Center for the Humanities
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Arts & Sciences Open House: Fall 2026

Welcome to WashU!
Olin 142 | Olin Library

We're Making History!

All History faculty, and current or prospective Majors and Minors in History are invited to attend this mixer and meet-and-greet. We will showcase extraordinary student work in History, welcome new members to the History student community, and distribute prizes for outstanding student research and writing at all levels.
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall

History Department Senior Honors Thesis Symposium

Medical Humanities Film Screening: Nino

Presented by Dr. Kat Haklin & students in French 3760 Cinema & Society: Screening Health (film in French with English subtitles)
Busch 100 | Busch Hall

Colloquium Series: Writing a Counter Narrative for Modern Korea: Borders, Borderlands, and Diasporas

Alyssa Park is a historian of modern Korea. Her research interests include borderlands, transnational migration, and empire in East Asia, including Russia.
Hurst Lounge (located within Duncker Hall)

CCHP Speaker Series: "Causes and Consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War"

James Goldgeier, School of International Service at American University
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall

Annual Stanley Spector Lecture: Democratizing Railroads and the Cultivation of a New Postwar Japan

This lecture, sponsored by EALC, was organized by Lori Watt, Director of Graduate Studies in History and ​Associate Professor of History and of Global Studies
Busch Hall Room 100

Health as Performance: Hygienic Theater in Interwar Germany

Health as Performance: Hygienic Theater in Interwar Germany
Location TBD

A Fireside Chat with Mary Bruce, AB '05, Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News

A Fireside Chat with Mary Bruce, AB '05 Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News (moderated by Peter Kastor, Samuel K. Eddy Distinguished Professor and Associate Vice Dean of Research)
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Herodotus and the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ in the Nineteenth Century

Colloquium with Suzanne Marchand
Busch 18 (Lower level of Busch Hall)

Ancient Historian Panel

Roger Bagnall, WashU
Suzanne Marchand, Louisiana State University
Elizabeth Meyer, University of Virginia
Jonathan Price, Tel Aviv University
Michael Scott, University of Warwick
Goldberg Formal Lounge | 2nd floor of the Danforth University

David T Konig Lecture: "What Would the Constitution's Framers Think About Today's Supreme Court?"

Stuart Banner, Norman Abrams Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA
Moot Court Room | Located within Anheuser-Busch Hall

CCHP: Assessing the War in Iran

Krister Knapp presents a lecture on Iran: Assessing the War in Iran
Busch 100 | Busch Hall

History Major Welcome Session

All new history majors and existing history majors and minors are welcome to attend!
Busch 18 | Busch Hall (lower level)

The 1776–1789 Connection: Transatlantic Revolutions and the Birth of Human Rights

Prof. Iver Bernstein, along with several other esteemed scholars, will host an exceptional afternoon of programming in the presence of His Excellency Laurent Bili, Ambassador of France to the U.S. & a delegation from the Consolat de France in Chicago.
Sumers Welcome Center (reception will be in Clark-Fox Forum)

CCHP: Trump, Venezuela, and the Return of the Monroe Doctrine

Krister Knapp presents a lecture on Trump and Venezuela: Trump, Venezuela, and the Return of the Monroe Doctrine
Hurst Lounge (Located on the second floor of Duncker Hall) | Danforth Campus

Refusing Sustainability - Race, Health, and Environmentalism

A conversation with Dr. Elana Resnick (UC Santa Barbara) about her new book Refusing Sustainability, the connection between racialized labor and waste in Eastern Europe, and the future of environmentalism and health.
McMillan Hall, Room G052

Joanna Dee Das - Faith, Family, and Flag

Join Das for a discussion of her new book “Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America,” which explores Branson’s surprising role in America’s cultural and political divides.
Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108)

Meet the Grad Students!

In partnership with the Graduate History Association, Phi Alpha Theta invites YOU to meet our graduate students on Monday, November 17th, in January 110 from 6-7 pm. Dinner will be provided!
January Hall, Room # 110

2025 Global Research Excellence Showcase

Join us for an afternoon showcasing the latest research of WashU faculty members and researchers working across borders and disciplines to respond to humanity’s most pressing challenges.
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Fall 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium

Hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium showcases the diverse range of faculty-mentored research and creative inquiry conducted by WashU undergraduate students.
Bauer Hall (BH) Frick Forum / Bauer Hall (BH) Room 240 | From Danforth campus: Enter through Bauer Hall and turn left to access the central staircase. Proceed to the bottom floor. The information table will be on your right.

Critical Race Theory at the Bottom of the Well: Derrick Bell’s ‘Grandchildren’ Reflect on the Future of CRT

“Critical Race Theory at the Bottom of the Well: Derrick Bell’s ‘Grandchildren’ Reflect on the Future of CRT” Roundtable with Robert Chang, UC Irvine School of Law; Adrienne Davis, WashU Law; and Anthony Farley, Albany Law School.
Sponsored by the Public Interest Law & Policy Speaker Series.
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (A-B Hall, Room 310)

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