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Why Movie History Matters: David Bordwell and Film Studies, Yesterday and Today

3.27.18 |

Film studies scholar Colin Burnett traces the recent trajectory of film studies as an academic discipline in the seminal writings of David Bordwell and finds an exemplar for humanists of all stripes: an open-minded scholar eager to follow a question where it leads him.

3.1.18

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

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.

12.8.17

Tribute to International Writers Center Founder William Gass

12.8.17 |

Director Jean Allman, the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities, offers her thoughts on the passing of William H. Gass, founder of the International Writers Center, which later broadened its scope as a humanities center.

12.4.17

Three questions with Dean Barbara Schaal on why science matters

12.4.17 |

As past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, Schaal often advocates for scientific funding. Here, she explains why science is a good investment.

11.30.17

Getting Lost—and Found—in Peru

11.28.17

Welcome to WashU: Q&A with Tim Bartley

11.18.17

Washington University in St. Louis senior Camille Borders named Rhodes Scholar

11.18.17 |

Camille Borders, a senior Ervin Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis, is among 32 students from across the United States chosen Saturday, Nov. 18, as a Rhodes Scholar. She is the 28th Rhodes Scholar from WashU.

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Why Movie History Matters: David Bordwell and Film Studies, Yesterday and Today

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

On Topic: The history of black studies with Gerald Early

Tribute to International Writers Center Founder William Gass

Three questions with Dean Barbara Schaal on why science matters

Getting Lost—and Found—in Peru

Welcome to WashU: Q&A with Tim Bartley

Washington University in St. Louis senior Camille Borders named Rhodes Scholar

Welcome to WashU: Q&A with Francisco Buera

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