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An exhibition at Olin Library examining how counter-narratives emerge through contemporary artwork and critical reinterpretations of historic objects.
Race and Human Trafficking: How Racial Inequality Impacts Human Trafficking
Shima Rostami, Executive Director, Gateway Human Trafficking
Transnational Knowledge: A symposium on the production and circulation of scholarship in translation
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Ignacio Sánchez Prado (Romance Languages & Literatures, Latin American Studies, Film & Media Studies) and Ignacio Infante (Comparative Literature and Romance Languages & Literatures)
Sociology Colloquium Series: Angela S. García
Enduring Immigrant 'Illegality': Time and the State of Waiting.
Americanist Dinner Forum: Work, After the Future
Study Abroad at the University of Sydney - Virtual Info Session 2022
Ready to jump on a plane as soon as Australian borders open? Our next in-person programs will take place August-November (Semester) 2022, and we can't wait! If you are as excited as us to kick-start your Australian adventure, join us for a virtual information session.
Gallery Talk: (Un)masking Health
Ivan Bujan, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Art, Museums and the Fear of a Black Planet
Bridget R. Cooks, associate professor in the Department of Art History and the Department of African American Studies, University of California, Irvine
Black Girlhood Studies in Conversation with Dr. Nazera Sadiq Wright
Nazera Sadiq Wright, associate professor of English and African American and Africana studies, University of Kentucky
Sociology Major-Minor Welcome Session
Locating Black Racial Science
Ayah Nuriddin, Princeton University - History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine (HPSM) Lecture
Meet the Office of Graduate Studies in Arts & Sciences
Drop in to meet our staff and leadership and learn about our vision for supporting graduate students in Arts & Sciences.
Policymaking through a Racial Equity Lens
Jewel Stafford, assistant dean, Field Education; and Atia Thurman, lecturer, both with the Brown School at Washington University
The Enslaver Enslaved: The Black Dominator in Creole Louisiana
Andia Augustin-Billy is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Centenary College of Louisiana. She earned her Ph.D. in French Language and Literatures with a certificate in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Washington University in St. Louis in 2015. Her ongoing research interests and published scholarship include analysis of race, gender, and sexuality in French-speaking Africa and the Caribbean.
Social Movements and Social Change
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Zakiya Luna, Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar, Department of Sociology
The Impact of Controlling K-12 Curriculum
Launch Week: Scholarships and Fellowships Virtual Info Session
Wondering what your options are to finance your study abroad? Join Amy Suelzer, Director of Overseas Programs, for an overview of opportunities and how to get started.
Launch Week: Application Process Virtual Info Session
Do you want to study abroad but don’t know where to begin the application process? Join Advisor Veronica Whittemore as she walks you through the process of planning and applying for study abroad.
Launch Week: Choosing a Program Virtual Info Session
Not all study abroad program models are the same. Visit this information session to find out which is right for you! Join Advisors Carrie Canham and Kim Mantia-Ochoa from Overseas Programs for a discussion on program types and options.
Detrimental Influences: Tracing the Links Between Historical Segregation and Contemporary Inequality in St. Louis
Chris Prener, St. Louis University
Sociology Colloquium Series Presents: Dr. Krystale Littlejohn
On Friday, March 4th, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. Krystale Littlejohn at the University of Oregon.
Krystale E. Littlejohn is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics (UC Press, 2021). She earned her PhD from Stanford University in 2013 and her BA from Occidental College in 2007. Her work examines race, gender, and reproduction, particularly at the nexus between embodiment and biomedical technologies. Her research has been published in Demography, Gender & Society, and Journal of Health and Social Behavior, among other outlets. She has received funding from the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the Society of Family Planning Research Fund, and the ASA Minority Fellowship program.
Eating While Black
Psyche Williams-Forson, Professor and Chair, American Studies, University of Maryland & Rafia Zafar, Professor of English, African and African-American Studies, and American Culture Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
Indie Filmmaking Masterclass with AFAS Artist-in-Residence, David Kirkman
Americanist Dinner Forum: A Discussion about "The Neutral Ground"
St. Louis Women Behind the Camera
Panel Discussion for ‘Behind the Sheet’
Co-Hosts: Ron Himes, Founder and Producing Director, The Black Rep; and Rebecca Messbarger, PhD, Director of Medical Humanities
Ageism: What It Is, How It Hurts and How To Combat It
Nancy Morrow-Howell, the Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy, Brown School and director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging
Behind the Sheet
Season 45 - The Black Rep
Slavery and Discrimination in Education, Voting Rights, and Economic Power
100th anniversary of the Mound City Bar Association
Building Bridges for Equity and Inclusion: Introducing the St. Louis School Research-Practice Collaborative
Sociology Colloquium Series Series Presents: Dr. John Eason
On Thursday, March 31, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. John Eason from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. John Major Eason is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Justice Lab. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He served as a political organizer for then Illinois State Senator Barack Obama. His research interest challenges existing models and develops new theories of community, health, race, punishment, and rural/urban processes in several ways. First, by tracing the emergence of the rural ghetto he establishes a new conceptual model of rural neighborhoods. Next, by demonstrating the function of the ghetto in rural communities he extends concentrated disadvantage from urban to rural community process. These relationships are explored through his book, Big House on the Prairie: Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation, at the University of Chicago Press. For a more complete biography, a list of his research and publications, complete course descriptions, and information on how to request a letter of recommendation, feel free to visit johneason.com.
Advocacy & Allyship: Supporting Transgender Youth
Transgender Day of Visibility
Joint Book Launch: ‘The New Sex Wars’ and ‘Porn Work’ with Brenda Cossman and Heather Berg
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Heather Berg, assistant professor of women, gender and sexuality studies; and Rebecca Wanzo, chair and professor of women, gender and sexuality studies
Sociology Colloquium Series: Dr. Helen Marrow
On Friday, April 1st, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. Helen Marrow of Tufts University. Helen B. Marrow is a sociologist of immigration, race and ethnicity, social class, health, and inequality and social policy. Her work explores Latin Americans' incorporation trajectories and racial and ethnic identities in the United States and Europe, the impact of immigration on social life and race relations in the rural American South, variation in public bureaucracies' approaches to unauthorized immigration (especially in education, law enforcement, and health care), the relationship between immigrant-host contact, threat, trust, and civic engagement, and Americans' emigration aspirations. As an Associate Professor of Sociology at Tufts University, she teaches Introduction to Sociology, Qualitative Research Methods, and various courses on immigration, race/ethnicity, and Latinxs. For a more complete biography, a list of her research and publications, complete course descriptions, and information on how to request a letter of recommendation, feel free to visit helenmarrow.com.
Living together in tomorrow's world: French secularism beyond borders
International colloquium: Living together in tomorrow's world: French secularism beyond borders- En français (le matin) / and in English (afternoon)
Deconstructing Inclusion: Beyond a Seat at the Table
Lakeya Cherry: Chief Executive Officer, The Network for Social Work Management
Mike Spencer: Presidential Term Professor & Director. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander & Oceanic Affairs, University of Washington
Dana Toppel: COO, Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Daniel Jacobson López: Assistant Professor of Social Work, Boston University
Claude A. Robinson, Jr.: Executive Vice President, External Affairs and Diversity, UCAN
Environmental Justice in St. Louis with the Missouri Coalition for the Environment
Missouri Coalition for the Environment
Start Where You Are: Mapping a Journey Toward Equitable Data Practice
College Behind Bars: WashU’s Prison Education Project
Panel discussion
Conspiracy! Evangelicals, Fear, and Nationalism in the 21st Century
A public lecture by Anthea Butler, author of “White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America”
Disability in Brazil: Experiences, Arts, Activisms
This virtual panel features presentations by disabled Brazilian scholars, artists, and activists working towards disability visibility and justice.
Disability in Brazil: Experiences, Arts, Activisms
This virtual panel features four presentations by disabled Brazilian scholars, artists, and activists working towards disability visibility and justice.
"Who Owns Women's Rights?: Reflections on The UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)"
AFAS 2022 Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Rhoda Reddock will discuss her latest work as a women's right expert for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Sociology Colloquium Series Presents: Dr. Filiz Garip
On Friday, April 15th, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. Filiz Garip of Princeton University. Dr. Garip’s research lies at the intersection of migration, economic sociology and inequality. Within this general area, she studies the mechanisms that enable or constrain mobility and lead to greater or lesser degrees of social and economic inequality. Dr. Garip received her Ph.D. in Sociology and M.S.E in Operations Research & Financial Engineering both from Princeton University. She hold a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Bosphorus University in Turkey.
Dr. Filiz Garip collaborates with scholars in different fields, including economics, demography and computer science. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Clark Fund, Milton Fund, Cornell’s Center for the Study of Inequality, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
Sociology Colloquium Series Series Presents: Dr. Angela Garcia
On Monday, April 18, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. Angela Garcia from the University of Chicago. Dr. Angela S. García is Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. She is a scholar of migration, membership, law, and the state, with a focus on undocumented migration and US immigration federalism. García’s award-winning book, Legal Passing: Navigating Undocumented Life and Local Immigration Law (University of California Press), compares the impacts of restrictive and accommodating subnational immigration laws for undocumented Mexican immigrants. Her current work includes a book project on middle-aged undocumented immigrants who simultaneously care for their US households and aging parents in communities of origin, and a collaborative study on urban inclusion through Chicago’s municipal ID programs and its response to COVID-19 for marginalized residents. García earned a PhD in Sociology and a MA in Latin American Studies from the University of California, San Diego.
Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood
A public lecture by Mark Oppenheimer, journalist and author of “Squirrel Hill”
Spring 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium
Join us for the annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, which will highlight the diverse range of impressive research projects completed by WashU undergraduates, including Senior researchers completing theses, capstones, and other culminating projects.
2022 A Black Space Odyssey: A Conversation About Afrofuturism and Its Importance in Film
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to Civil War
Alice Baumgartner, assistant professor, Department of History, University of Southern California
Modern Fast Fashion: From the sweatshop to landfill
SIR Spring 2022 Town Hall
Pan African Capital? Banks, Currencies, and Imperial Power
Hannah Appel is associate professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and associate director at the Institute on Inequality + Democracy. She is the author of 2019's The Licit Life of Capitalism: US Oil in Equatorial Guinea (Duke University Press) and co-author of 2020's Can’t Pay Won’t Pay: the case for economic disobedience and debt abolition (Haymarket Press).
Requiem of Light Memorial Concert and Lantern Lighting
A memorial for the more than 5,000 St. Louisans lost to COVID-19.
Faculty Book Talk: Heidi Kolk and Iver Bernstein
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Iver Bernstein (History, AFAS and American Culture Studies)
University Libraries Book Conversation
Prof. Iver Bernstein invites colleagues and students to the University Libraries Book Conversation about the "Material World of Modern Segregation" volume.
Rethinking Monuments & Memorials
WashU & Slavery Project director Geoff Ward and planning committee member and Professor of History Peter Kastor will be panelists at the Missouri History Museum's event examining the shifting commemorative landscape in St. Louis. Panelists will discuss examples including the museum's reinterpretation of the Jefferson statue, commemoration of Mill Creek Valley, interventions in Tower Grove Park, and work with EJI to address histories and legacies of lynching. Universities Studying Slavery will be among the initiatives featured at event resource tables, which will help to share and support the array of remembrance efforts underway in greater St. Louis.
Remembrance of 1836 Lynching of Francis McIntosh
In partnership with Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), the St. Louis Community Remembrance Project will commemorate the 1836 lynching of Francis McIntosh on April 30 in Kiener Plaza.
Freedom | Information | Acts
Studiolab Open House
Junior Jumpstart 2022
College of Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony
Scholarly Writing Retreat 2022
WashU scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences are invited to jump-start their summer writing.
Counter/Narratives: ‘More Than One Thing’
Screening of the short film ‘More Than One Thing’ followed by a brief discussion
Juneteenth Pop-Up Display
In commemoration of Juneteenth, a pop-up display organized around the practices of storytelling and remembrance.
Counter/Narratives of Independence: Celebrating Juneteenth
What does reproductive health look like post-Dobbs?
Join this discussion around reproductive health, designed to help guide us in the wake of the Dobbs ruling.
Divided City Community Grant Info Session 2022
We are now accepting proposals for the third and final round of Divided City Community Grants. Divided City 2022 will offer grants between $5,000 - $20,000 to individuals and organizations in the St. Louis metro area engaged in community work or creative practice related to urban segregation. Members of the St. Louis community can apply without Washington University affiliation.
WashU Department of Sociology's Bear Beginnings Open House
Get your academic BEAR-ings by attending the WashU Department of Sociology's Bear Beginnings Open House!
Proposal-Writing Information Session & Workshop 2022
Information session and workshops for faculty and postdocs seeking external funding
Voting, Misinformation, Disinformation and Manipulation
Shireen Mitchell, founder of Stop Online Violence Against Women, Inc., and Jennifer Slavik Lohman, director of the St. Louis Area Voter Protection Coalition
Material World of Modern Segregation: St. Louis in the Long Era of Ferguson
A volume panel discussion, that features Douglas Flowe, Iver Bernstein, along with Heidi Kolk and Eric Sandweiss, Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor of History at Indiana University, sponsored by the University City Public Library
Sociology Day at the Museum: "Seeking St. Louis"
The Washington University Department of Sociology encourages students to expand their course-related knowledge through several extracurricular and cocurricular opportunities - like this one!
The Sociology Colloquium Series: Dr. G. Cristina Mora
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. G. Cristina Mora from the University of California-Berkeley. Dr. Mora is an Associate Professor of Sociology and the Co-Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses mainly on immigration, categorization, and racial and political attitudes in the United States. Her first book, Making Hispanics, was published by the University of Chicago Press and provides the first historical account of the rise of the “Hispanic/Latino” category in the United States. Mora has received numerous awards for her scholarship from the American Sociological Association, and her research has been the subject of various national media segments in venues like the Atlantic, the New Yorker, NPR, and Latino USA. In 2020, she helped to oversee the largest survey on Covid-19 and partisan politics in California and published some of the state’s first briefs and academic articles on the subject. She is currently working on her next book, California Color Lines, which examines inequality, perceptions of government, and political attitudes in California. In 2021 and 2022, she received the UCB Graduate Mentoring Award, and the Chancellors Award for Advancing Equity and Inclusion, and led UC Berkeley’s first social-science cluster hire on the issue of “Latinos and Democracy.”
"Foundations of Community Engagement" Workshop
The Washington University Department of Sociology encourages students to expand their course-related knowledge through several extracurricular and cocurricular opportunities - like this one!
"Exploring Social Identity Development" Workshop
The Washington University Department of Sociology encourages students to expand their course-related knowledge through several extracurricular and cocurricular opportunities - like this one!
HIV/AIDS and the Politics of Caregiving: Surfacing Coalitional Intimacies through the Domestic Archive
Stephen Vider, Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Public History Initiative, Cornell University
The Politics of Reproduction presents Professor Colin Burnett: "The Rights of Intensity: Or, What Does 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Mungiu, 2007) 'Say' about Abortion?"
Colin Burnett, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Washington University
CANCELLED: Pizza with the Profs
This event has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for a reschedule date, likely in mid- to late October.
Vietnam: Race, Violence, and Decolonization in a Mekong Delta at War, 1945-54
Global Studies Speaker Series, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures and History Dept. Present Professor Shawn McHale
Bridging Gaps: Hometown Ervin Scholars Changing the World
Lunch and Learn: "Managing Unconscious Biases" Workshop
The Washington University Department of Sociology encourages students to expand their course-related knowledge through several extracurricular and cocurricular opportunities - like this one!
Middle East and North Africa Film Series - Session One
Facilitated by Dr. Younasse Tarbouni
The Politics of Reproduction Presents: Professor Mytheli Sreenivas, "Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India"
Professor of History and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Ohio State University
The Gold Standard of Child Welfare Policy Is Being Challenged: What ICWA (Indian Child Welfare Act) Opponents Are Actually After
Simone Veil: How an Auschwitz survivor and conservative politician won the battle for abortion rights in France.
Organized by the French Connexions Center of Excellence, in collaboration with the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies.
LGBTQ History and the Black Experience in St. Louis
Foreign Languages Association of Missouri (FLAM) 2022 Conference
Foreign Languages Association of Missouri (FLAM) 2022 Conference: Embracing our Diversity through Languages, Oct. 7th & 8th at the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
Nagae Yūki Poetry Reading
Sociology Day at the Museum: Guided Group Tour of "St. Louis Sound"
The Washington University Department of Sociology encourages students to expand their course-related knowledge through several extracurricular and cocurricular opportunities - like this one!
Global Futures Workshop with Kimberly Kay Hoang
Please join us for the first “Global Futures” workshop with Kimberly Kay Hoang from the University of Chicago
South Asian Cultural Street Games
Join us for games, food, and kite flying!
Intersections: Black and Indigenous Sound in the Early Atlantic World
Organized by Miguel Valerio, assistant professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Washington University, and colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University, Christopher Newport University, Florida State University
Explore Sociology Programs at the A&S Major-Minor Fair
New to WashU? Seeking a major or minor? Check out the Sociology booth at the upcoming College of Arts & Sciences' Major-Minor Fair!
College of Arts & Sciences Major Minor Fair
College of Arts & Sciences 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.
A Conversation on Race and Computing
The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity is pleased to welcome Safiya U. Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press), to the Washington University campus as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Join us for a conversation with Dr. Noble on race and computing. This visit is sponsored in part through funding from the Office of the Provost: Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program. Other cosponsors include the Department of African and African-American Studies, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, the Program in Film and Media Studies, the Center for Health Economics and Policy (CHEP), Center for Health Economics and Research, the Institute for Informatics (i2), and the Department of Medicine.
The Sociology Colloquium Series: Welcomes Brandon Alston
On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Brandon Alston from Northwestern University. Brandon Alston is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University with graduate certificates in African American Studies and Teaching and Learning. His research examines how surveillance systems operate across poor neighborhoods, prisons, and parole programs. Several prominent organizations have supported his commitment to research, including the National Academies of Sciences, the American Bar Foundation, the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, the Social Science Research Council, and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Brandon’s research has also received awards from national and regional professional associations, including the American Sociological Association, the Midwest Sociological Society, and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. In 2021, Northwestern inducted Brandon into the Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Brandon also uses research to implement social interventions in Black communities to address racial disparities in mental health and gun violence. Prior to attending Northwestern, Brandon earned a Master of Science in Management (MSM) from Wake Forest University School of Business, where he was a Corporate Fellow. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Religion (with distinction) from Haverford College, where he received the Mellon Mays Fellowship.
'Lest We Forget' Opens Oct. 20
Public art installation pays homage to Holocaust survivors living in St. Louis
"Race, Reproduction, and Death in Modern Palestine"
Frances S. Hasso is Professor in the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke University. She holds secondary appointments in the Department of Sociology and the Department of History. Her scholarship focuses on gender and sexuality in the Arab world. ORCID
The Sociology Colloquium Series: Welcomes Yannick Coenders
On Monday, October 24, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Yannick Coenders. Yannick Coenders (ABD, Northwestern University) is a Du Boisian sociologist of race and space, adopting a historical perspective. His research agenda interrogates how race persists and continues to shape the social life of populations on both sides of the Atlantic, despite the global decline of institutions that brought it into being, such as European colonialism, slavery, and de jure segregation. Yannick’s collaborative research has been published in Antipode, Public Culture, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. His dissertation, Dispersal: How Western Cities Came to Oppose Non-White Residential Concentration Post-WWII, poses a question crucial to contemporary urban race governance. Why did Western cities shift from their colonial tradition of segregating and concentrating non-white populations to an embrace of residential dispersal in the latter half of the twentieth century? Based on extensive archival research in Birmingham (UK) and Rotterdam (NL), it challenges the mainstream conception that Western cities embraced dispersal to confront racism. Instead, it shows that elites adopted these policies to appease white constituencies, to assimilate non-white populations, and to undermine anti-racist resistance.
The Politics of Reproduction Presents Professor Caitlin Myers, Middlebury College: "Who Gets Trapped in Post Roe America?"
Caitlin Myers, John G McCullough Professor Of Economics at Middlebury College
Discussion: Immigration in Italy
A presentation by Professor Karim Hannachi, Research and Study Centre on Immigration (IDOS), Italy
Building Community Abroad
Join the Office of Overseas Programs and Global Studies for a participative workshop on building community while abroad!
The Sociology Colloquium Series: Welcomes Dr. Nicole Kreisberg
On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. Nicole Kreisberg. Dr. Nicole Kreisberg is a David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Population and Development Studies. She holds her PhD in sociology from Brown University, and her Master's in social policy from the University of Chicago. Nicole is interested in urban sociology and immigrant inequalities in educational institutions and the labor market. She has published research on stratification among immigrants in educational and occupational attainment; the relationship between organizational behavior and inequality; and employment discrimination more generally.
How Do Black Lives Matter in Italy?
Join us for a virtual lecture and conversation in English with Italian-Brazilian activist and writer Kwanza Musi Dos Santos
The Divided City spotlight - St. Louis International Film Festival
GOT TALENT? AUDITION!
Attention All Actors! The Film & Media Studies Program at WashU in St. Louis will hold an open casting call for Undergraduate Films.
Public Tour: Katharina Grosse Studio Paintings
The Sociology Colloquium Series: Welcomes Nicholas Smith
On Wednesday, November 9, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Nicholas Smith from Indiana University. Nicholas C. Smith is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. His research focuses on three distinct, but related, areas that lie at the intersection of medical sociology, social psychology, and race-ethnicity: (1) racial residential segregation and health, (2) stress-related mechanisms of health inequalities, and (3) social network activation during health-related crises. To carry out his research program, Nicholas employs multiple quantitative methods and draws on U.S. census and individual-level survey data. His research has been supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Horowitz Foundation.
French Connexion: Talk with Prof. Benjamin Hoffmann, author of L'Île de la Sentinelle
Benjamin Hoffmann, Associate Professor of French, director of the Centre d'Excellence, and specialist of eighteenth-century literature and philosophy at the Ohio State University will discuss his recent novel L'Île de la Sentinelle (Gallimard, 2022) in the context of Professor Tili Boon Cuillé's seminar on Utopian Fiction.
Film Screening: Where is Anne Frank?
with Director Ari Folman in attendance
The Politics of Reproduction Presents Professor Alison Kafer, "Disability and Reproductive Justice"
Alison Kafer, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, University of Texas - Auburn
Disability justice activists have long been concerned with ableist approaches to pregnancy and abortion. Disabled people also face many barriers to reproductive health care and have a heightened risk of sexual assault and pregnancies they did not choose. How does a disability studies lens reshape some of the conversations about reproductive justice?
Middle East and North Africa Film Series - Session Two
Facilitated by Dr. Younasse Tarbouni
Wakanda and Beyond: Black Creatives and Comic Art
The Barbara & Michael Newmark Endowed Sociology Lecture: Dr. Hahrie Han
You are cordially invited to join the Department of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis for the second presentation of its recently established lecture series. This lectureship honors Barbara and Michael Newmark, alumni and longtime community leaders in St. Louis. The series supports visits to Washington University in St. Louis by scholars whose work engages with the concept of a pluralistic society where diverse religious, racial, and ethnic groups live and work together, and their differences enhance the community.
A Conversation with Jerome Harris
Host, Rami Toubia Stucky
Visiting Writer - Margo Jefferson
Washington University Department of English is pleased to welcome Margo Jefferson as a Visiting Writer on Thursday, December 1st, 2022. Reading and book sale will be hosted in Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge.
The Sociology Colloquium Series: Welcomes Dr. Andy Andrews
On Friday, December 9, 2022, the Sociology Colloquium Series will feature Dr. Kenneth "Andy" Andrews. Andy Andrews is the Carl W. Ernst Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studies protest, social movements, and their influence on politics, media, and social change. He is interested in how relatively powerless groups are able to sometimes propel significant changes in society. Andrews has written extensively on the dynamics and legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. South. In other projects, he has studied the leadership, participation, and influence of environmental groups and the local and state politics of prohibition. Currently, he is studying protest and activism in the period following the 2016 election.