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‘Call things like they are’

2.15.18 |

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.

2.12.18

On Topic: The history of black studies with Gerald Early

2.12.18 |

Professor Gerald Early recently oversaw African and African-American Studies’ transition from program to full-fledged department at WashU. Here, he talks about the student activism that kick-started black studies programs around the country.

2.9.18

Katherine Dunham: The Artist as Activist

2.9.18 |

Eartha Kitt, foreground, and James Dean in a Katherine Dunham dance class in the early 1950s. There's hardly a more recognizable figure in dance, especially African-American modern dance, than Katherine Dunham. In her new book, dance scholar Joanna Dee Das explores Dunham's engagement in the black freedom struggle both onstage and off.

2.7.18

McCune to be scholar-in-residence at 26th American Men’s Studies conference

1.29.18

Talking About Voice and Performance

1.29.18 |

Paige McGinley previews the upcoming interdisciplinary symposium, “Embodying Intimacy: New Work in Voice and Performance."

1.26.18

Center for the Humanities faculty fellows named

1.26.18 |

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has named its 2018-19 cohort of six faculty fellows.

1.25.18

Treat Yourself: A retrospective on consumer habits

1.23.18

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‘Call things like they are’

On Topic: The history of black studies with Gerald Early

Katherine Dunham: The Artist as Activist

McCune to be scholar-in-residence at 26th American Men’s Studies conference

Talking About Voice and Performance

Center for the Humanities faculty fellows named

Treat Yourself: A retrospective on consumer habits

Stanley Elkin, retyped

Cuillé, Martin, Miller win NEH fellowships

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