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Obama shaping a different world
Historian finds 'profound' difference between President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize and those awarded to Presidents Wilson and Roosevelt
Oct. 9,
2009 --
An historian of politics and American institutions at Washington University in St. Louis says that there is a "profound" difference between the awarding of a Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama and ones to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. And it has nothing to do with the fact that President Obama is only eight months into his first term as president and Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson were both near the end of their second terms when they received theirs, says Peter J. Kastor, Ph.D., an associate professor of history and of American culture studies in Arts & Sciences.
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A tale of two artists
A Challenge to Democracy explores legacy of Japanese internment camps
Sept. 17,
2009 --
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| Ansel Adams, Smiling Girl (Oriental Type), 1943 |
In the 1930s, the photographer Ansel Adams struck up a friendship with California painter Chiura Obata. Yet the arrival of World War II would set these two celebrated artists on radically divergent paths — paths that would, in very different ways, lead both to the now-infamous "war relocation centers" at which the U.S. government forcibly interred approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans. Next month their sons, Michael Adams and Gyo Obata, will explore the impact of internment on their respective families in a public dialog at Washington University.
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Graduate students tackle tough urban problems
Alumni create socially conscious fellowship program
April 9,
2009 -- Acting on a strong commitment to social justice forged while students here in the late 1960s, Washington University graduates are giving back to their campus community through the "Birds of Passage" fellowship, which will strengthen University ties with the St. Louis region while providing field experience for socially conscious graduate students.
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Violence and social order
Research workshop explores social science of international development, March 24
March 3,
2009 --
Community-based conservation in Madagascar, property rights for the poor in Argentina and trade-offs between violence and power in societies throughout human history are among topics to be explored in a free public workshop on the social science of international development from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 in the Women's Building Formal Lounge.
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WUSTL ponders its calling
Universities' role in democracy examined in Saturday seminar series, Feb. 7-28
Jan. 23,
2009 -- What is the proper role of American higher education in shaping the values and ambitions of a free democratic society, and more specifically, what are Washington University's responsibilities as a citizen of the greater St. Louis community, the nation and the world? Getting the campus and surrounding community to reflect on these questions is the goal of the Master of Liberal Arts program's "Democracy and the University" seminar series.
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Obama the author
African-American writing featured in books edited by Gerald Early
Jan. 13,
2009 --
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| Gerald Early |
Those looking to learn more about president Barack Obama and gain an introduction to African-American writing in the process are advised to check out two new books — "Best African American Fiction: 2009" and "Best African American Essays: 2009." Edited by Gerald L. Early, Ph.D., the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters and director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, the two volumes are the first in the "Best of…" series to exclusively showcase African-American writing. They include writing by and about Obama.
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"Still Crossing: Expressing Identities, Building Communities"
Creating dialogue through dance: Liz Lerman addresses the intersection of art and community
Oct. 17,
2008 -- Dancer, choreographer, and creative/performance artist Liz Lerman, together with WUSTL faculty, will participate in a panel discussion on the intersection of art and community called "Still Crossing: Expressing Identities, Building Communities" for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Thursday, October 30 in the Women's Building Lounge, on the Danforth Campus.
The panel discussion, free and open to the public, includes Sunita Parikh, Ph.D., associate professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, and Robert Hansman, associate professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts. Lerman created the dance, "Still Crossing" to address issues of immigration, transition and the meaning of "home" and "community." Lerman will be in residence at Washington University to restage this now-classic dance for a student performance in December as the end piece of this project (see accompanying announcement for details.)
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Flashback to 1952?
For all the talk of change, the candidates and campaigns are similar to elections throughout the years, says history and culture expert
Sept. 26,
2008 --
"These are unprecedented candidates in an unusual election year, but what's striking is how these candidates are positioning themselves and describing themselves in ways very similar to previous presidential candidates, and in ways that are very typical of their parties," says Peter Kastor, Ph.D., history and American culture studies professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Obituary
Jarvis A. Thurston, 93; professor of English
Feb. 15,
2008 -- Jarvis A. Thurston, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English and former chair of Washington University's Department of English in Arts & Sciences, died Feb. 4 of heart disease at his home in University City. He was 93.
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Bad for Baseball?
America ready to peg Barry Bonds as 'Bad Negro," says WUSTL essayist Gerald Early
July 13,
2007 --
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| Gerald Early |
While baseball purists may be poised to place a "steroid-fueled" asterisk next to Bond's name in the record books, to do so would be a mistake, one that follows an unfortunate pattern in the history of blacks in American sports, suggests Gerald Early, Ph.D., a noted essayist and book author who has written extensively on black culture and sports.
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