Past Events

Past Events

The Feedback Toolkit: Oral Corrective Feedback in the Language Classroom (Workshop)

Presented by the Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series
Eads 211

Beyond Conversation: Designing Effective Virtual Exchanges for Language Learning

Presented by the Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series
Hurst Lounge | Second floor of Duncker Hall

Matheson Workshop—Michael Hardt: Marx On Machines

Michael Hardt teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University. He is co-author with Antonio Negri of several books, including Empire (Harvard UP, 2000). His most recent book is The Subversive Seventies (Oxford UP, 2023).
Eads 116

Matheson Lecture—Michael Hardt: Labor and the Automation of 'Intelligence'

Michael Hardt teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University. He is co-author with Antonio Negri of several books, including Empire (Harvard UP, 2000). His most recent book is The Subversive Seventies (Oxford UP, 2023).
Hurst Lounge | Second floor of Duncker Hall

Learning to Live Inside a Novel: A Conversation with Writer-in-Residence Laure Gouraige

The French Connexions Franco-American center is pleased to welcome novelist Laure Gouraige to WashU as writer-in-residence from September 6 to 12, 2026. Her visit is part of the Jules Verne Writing Residency, which brings contemporary French and Francophone writers to several universities across the US.
Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall (2nd Floor)

Workshop with Bhavya Tiwari: Tagore's Concept of World Literature: A Comparatist Geneology

Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge

The Task of a Comparatist: Talk featuring Bhavya Tiwari

Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge

International Writers Series: Matt Reeck

John M. Olin Library | Ginkgo Reading Room

Day 2: The 27th Biennial St. Louis Symposium on German Literature and Culture

Since 1972 the Department of Comparative Literature & Thought's Program in Germanic Languages and Literatures has hosted an international symposium on German Language and Culture every other year.

Scholars from Europe and the United States, graduate students, members of the university community, and all others interested were encouraged to attend.
Danforth University Center | 276

Day 1: The 27th Biennial St. Louis Symposium on German Literature and Culture

Since 1972 the Department of Comparative Literature & Thought's Program in Germanic Languages and Literatures has hosted an international symposium on German Language and Culture every other year.

Scholars from Europe and the United States, graduate students, members of the university community, and all others interested were encouraged to attend.
Danforth University Center | 276

27th Biennial Symposium Opening Reception: Emeka Ogboh with Caroline Kita

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum | Museum Lobby

The Born-Digital Poetry Project: A Reading Featuring Mary Jo Bang

John M. Olin Library, Room 142 & Ginkgo Reading Room

CL&Tea!

Ridgley 317

International Writers Series: Xuela Zhang

John M. Olin Library | Ginkgo Reading Room

Max Kade Center - A Conversation with Michael Hofmann

Hofmann is one of the world’s most influential translators from German, having translated works by Hans Fallada, Franz Kafka, Ernst Jünger, Joseph Roth, and Wim Wenders (among many others).
Sever 300

Panel Discussion: The Political Economy of Translation

A panel discussion with acclaimed translators Ena Selimović, AJ Javaheri, and Mona Kareem.
Hurst Lounge

Resistance at the Crossroads: Heracles in German Postwar Literature

Seigle 301

AFAS 5500: Global Black Studies: Approaches, Theories, and Methods - A Student Symposium

CRE2 Conference Room/ Seigle 302

International Writers Series: Dabin Jeong and Safa Khatib in Conversation

Book Launch: “Taco” by Ignacio Sánchez Prado

Humanities Mocktails

Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall

The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series: Workshop

Eads 116

The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series: Lecture

Women's Building Formal Lounge