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‘How We Listen Shapes How We View the World’: The Radio Drama in Post-WWII Germany

In the decades after World War II, the citizens of West Germany and Austria tuned in to narrative radio dramas, or Hörspiel, to reckon with their fascist past and imagine their democratic future, says German studies scholar Caroline Kita.

3.6.18

Van Engen organizes ‘Religion and Politics in Early America’ conference

3.6.18

Great Artists Series presents Susan Graham March 25

3.6.18 | Arts & Humanities, Campus Life

Opera star Susan Graham, dubbed “America’s favorite mezzo” by Gramophone magazine, will perform “Frauenliebe und-leben: Variations,” a solo recital pairing Robert Schumann’s beloved song cycle with related works by Edvard Grieg, Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and others.

3.1.18

They Travel with So Much: Q&A with Monique Bedasse

2.27.18

Chancellor's Concert March 2

2.27.18 | Arts & Humanities, Campus Life

The Washington University Choirs, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra will join forces March 2 for the 2018 Chancellor’s Concert — the university’s largest musical event of the year.

2.26.18

Painting new pictures

2.26.18 | Arts & Humanities, Faculty

The Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol is its physical and symbolic center, connecting the House of Representatives and Senate chambers and providing a setting for ceremonies such as presidential inaugurations and the lying in state of eminent persons. Scholar of early American literature Abram Van Engen tells the story of four historic paintings on display there and asks who and what they omit.

2.21.18

Music and the spoken word

2.21.18 | Arts & Humanities, Campus Life

Poet Eileen G’Sell and guitarist William Lenihan will join pianist Jay Oliver and drummer Steve Davis for an evening of music and spoken word as part of the Jazz at Holmes Series.

2.19.18

‘And All Our Past Decades Have Seen Revolutions’: The Long Decolonization of Black Panther

2.19.18 | Arts & Humanities, Faculty, Social Sciences

After its creation 50 years ago at the hands of white writers and artists, the Black Panther has been guided by a short list of influential figures, most recently writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and film director Ryan Coogler. Comics scholar Rebecca Wanzo scrutinizes the intervening years and finds an evolution in the character’s representation of blackness.

2.15.18

‘Call things like they are’

2.15.18 | Arts & Humanities, Campus Life

When fading patriarch Beverly Weston goes missing, his family gathers for a reunion bordering on the apocalyptic. So begins “August: Osage County,” the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning drama by Tracy Letts. Washington University’s Performing Arts Department will present the show in Edison Theatre Feb. 23 to March 4.

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