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Assembly Series

A tradition of convening thought leaders since 1953

McKelvey School of Engineering

Brown School

Events

Saturday, September 30

Adam Pendleton: To Divide By
30 Sep

“What is your name?” “Where are you from?” “How did you end up here?” “Can you feel it?” “Does it hurt?” With these and other questions, the American artist...

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30 Sep

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Chris Jackson and Chrystal Jackson: 'Somewhere in the Stars'
30 Sep

Washington University in St. Louis alumnus (1981) Chris Jackson authored and produced numerous musical shows and productions in St. Louis, the Midwest, and...

Domesticated Pulp: Archie Publications and the Comics Code
30 Sep

For over 50 years, the Comics Code Authority enforced its Seal of Approval, a set of self-imposed guidelines used to judge comics as appropriate for all...

Long shalt thou live, if these well be done: Food, Drink and Health
30 Sep

You are what you eat! From medieval humoral theory using food to balance one's complexion to American homesteading recipes on making meals that best aid...

MADness Unleashed: The World of MAD Magazine
30 Sep

The MADness Unleashed exhibition is an overview of MAD Magazine and its place within American culture. The exhibition is highlighted by original art and...

Secret Sciences: The Hidden Arts of Alchemy
30 Sep

In the popular imagination, alchemy is often synonymous with the transmutation of lead into gold. But while this was certainly one of the alchemists’ goals,...

The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman’s Eugene O’Neill Collection
30 Sep

The Assembled Playwright exhibition presents highlights from the Harley Hammerman Collection on Eugene O’Neill. The exhibition includes manuscripts,...

Fire & Freedom: 'Food and Enslavement in Early America'
30 Sep

The traveling exhibition from the NLM explore ways in which meals can tell us how power is exchanged between and among different peoples, races, genders and...

Disorderly Materials / Contingent Objects
30 Sep

Over the past two decades, several philosophers, art theorists, and cultural critics have turned their attention to the study of matter. Philosopher Jane...

WashU Bears Tailgate
30 Sep

Cheer on the WashU Bears and join our employee tailgate! The Office of Human Resources, in partnership with the Division of Student Affairs, is excited to...

Saturday, September 30 | 11:30 AM
Got Talent? Audition!
30 Sep

WHAT: Open Casting Call for Screen Actors WHO: Film and Media Studies Program WHEN: Sept. 30, 2023 from 3 - 5PM WHERE: Danforth University Center Harvey...

A litograph showing a person wearing a large gas mask under rain coming from eyes and in front of whom is an open heart. To the right is an angel with wings shaped like lungs, a sun, and a building with sign "boston hope. To the front is an American flag and a bottle of viscous white flyid overflowing. To the right of them is an overlay of heads and sanitizer spray bottles.
30 Sep

Opening Symposium for Journey to Healing: Creativity in the Time of Covid-19 Exhibition Join us for an inspiring in-person event on Saturday, September 30,...

The lithograph displays a big heart with different icons including a prison cell, baby, diapeprs, hospitals, home, person with luggage, chained and being lifted out of a river. Inside the river there is a steam boat with a sign "Help us!". Above is a tidal wave made up from rising statistics, and a person with visible lungs breathing in particles from the wave. To the right is a person running through the river, with their organs exposed, above whom a plane flies with a "Patriots" label and a flying N-95 mask next to it. In the foreground is a school bus, and a yellow duck wearing a face mask.
30 Sep

No question that COVID-19 transformed the world. From masking and isolation to mass casualties and lingering harm to physical and mental health, the...

CDI NDW Reservations and Preservation: Orange T-Shirt Candlelight Vigil
30 Sep

An opportunity to recognize our indigenous student population, we will be collaborating with the Buder Center and AISA to host a facilitated discussion about...

Saturday, September 30 | 5:30 PM

Saturday, September 30