Panel Discussion: The Political Economy of Translation
A panel discussion with acclaimed translators Ena Selimović, AJ Javaheri, and Mona Kareem.
Past Events
Visiting Hurst Professor Joseph O'Neill Reading
Hurst Lounge
Visiting Hurst Professor Joseph O'Neill Craft Talk
Hurst Lounge
Expanding Employment Horizons For English PhDs Panel
Please join us for a panel on Expanding Employment Horizons for English PhDs. Both faculty and grad students welcome!
Hurst Lounge
Workshop on Applying to Writing Jobs
Please join us on November 14th from 12:30-2:30pm in Duncker 101 for a workshop to discuss the process of applying to a job to teach writing.
Duncker 101 | Lunch provided.
Visiting Hurst Professor Rosa Alcalá Reading
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
English Department Showcase - Arts & Sciences WOWS Fall Series
Virtual | Zoom
Visiting Hurst Professor Rosa Alcalá Craft Lecture
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
A Conversation on Religion and the Environment: Academia, Community, Activism
The planetary ecological crisis impacts every dimension of human life, not least the religious and spiritual. This event will feature flash-talks and panel discussion from six speakers whose academic research, environmental activism, and faith-based community building are informed in distinct ways by concern for life on our planet. Their backgrounds span the humanities and STEM, and blend community leadership inside and outside academia. This event seeks to speak across disciplines, and to build bridges between the university community and the broader public. All are welcome; food and drinks provided!
Ann W. Olin Women's Building Formal Lounge | Standing reception to follow
MFA in Writing Department Showcase - Arts & Sciences WOWS Fall Series
Virtual | Zoom
Workshop - Serious on All Sides: Working on a Creative-Critical Continuum
The English Department is hosting visiting Hurst Professor Rosamond S. King the week of October 27-31. Her schedule includes two public events, which all are welcome to attend. Please feel free to publicize or circulate this information as widely as you wish.
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Hurst Lecture - Good Uses for ‘Bad’ Literature: Genre and Criticism in Context
The English Department is hosting visiting Hurst Professor Rosamond S. King the week of October 27-31. Her schedule includes two public events, which all are welcome to attend.
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
CANCELLED- Visiting Writer Mary Ruefle Reading from Essays and Poetry
Due to unforeseen circumstances the event had to be canceled.
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
CANCELLED-Visiting Writer Mary Ruefle Recitation of Letters
Due to unforeseen circumstances the event had to be canceled.
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Philip Leventhal Event: Publishing with a University Press
Philip Leventhal is executive editor at Columbia University Press. He acquires books in film and media studies, literary studies, and journalism studies.
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Book Launch - Edward McPherson - "Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View"
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 6:00pm
Edward McPherson - Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View
Presented by Left Bank Books & the Left Bank Books Foundation
Join us to help celebrate St. Louis author Edward McPherson for the launch of his newest highly celebrated book Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View. Blending history, reporting, personal experience, and accounts of activists, programmers, spies, astronauts, artists, inventors, and dreamers, Edward McPherson reveals that to see is to control--and the stakes are high for everyone.
Edward McPherson - Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View
Presented by Left Bank Books & the Left Bank Books Foundation
Join us to help celebrate St. Louis author Edward McPherson for the launch of his newest highly celebrated book Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View. Blending history, reporting, personal experience, and accounts of activists, programmers, spies, astronauts, artists, inventors, and dreamers, Edward McPherson reveals that to see is to control--and the stakes are high for everyone.
Left Bank Books, 399 N Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63108
Visiting Hurst Professor Kim Fu Reading
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Visiting Hurst Professor Kim Fu Craft Lecture
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
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. For 2025, the Major-Minor Fair will be held at WashU's Athletic Complex on Monday, October 13 from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Athletic Complex
Visiting Writer Aaron Coleman Reading
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Visiting Hurst Professor Paul Lisicky Reading
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Anna Kornbluh - Good Enough Art: A Few Theses on Middling Mediations
Anna Kornbluh is Professor and Associate Head of English at the University of Illinois, Chicago
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Visiting Hurst Professor Paul Lisicky Craft Lecture
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Katherine Fama - Craft as Research Method: Critical-Creative Practice in the Workshop and Classroom
Katherine Fama is a faculty member in English, Drama, Film and Creative Writing at University College Dublin.
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Mary Jo Bang in conversation with Matthias Göritz
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Department of English Open House
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall
Markus Hoffman - Going the Distance: How to Win the Publishing Steeplechase (or at Least Get on the Podium)
Hurst Lounge
Visiting Hurst Professor - Reading - Melissa Febos
Hurst Lounge
Arab Brazil: Ternary Orientalism and the Question of South-South Comparison
Waïl S. Hassan, Professor and Head, Department of Comparative & World Literature, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hurst Lounge
Visiting Hurst Professor - Craft Talk - Melissa Febos
Hurst Lounge
"Decolonizing the Literary Curriculum: Means and Meanings" - Ato Quayson
"Interdisciplinarity and Interpretation: A Comparative Method" - Ato Quayson
Visiting Hurst Professor - Reading - Namwali Serpell
Hurst Lounge
Visiting Hurst Professor - Lecture - Namwali Serpell
Hurst Lounge
Visiting Writer - Pip Adam
Hurst Lounge
Eric Hayot - Structure and Style in Humanities Writing
A workshop by Eric Hoyt, Professor of Film, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hurst Lounge
Visiting Writer - Tommye Blount
Hurst Lounge
Eric Hayot - Comparative Method at the End of Aesthetic History; or, The Possibilities and Limits of Historical Relativism
A lecture by Eric Hayot, Professor of Comparative Literature & Asian Studies at Penn State
Hurst Lounge
Jim English - Workshop
"Visualizing What Readers Read"
Hurst Lounge