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In his keynote address for the Faculty Book Celebration, Walter Johnson will tell the story of how he came to the topic of his most recent book, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States (Basic Books, 2020). From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation’s past. More details to come.

Additional Washington University faculty speakers to be announced in early 2021.

RSVP REQUIRED: wustl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B6rMhvvrSOSPEjtV2gl8RA

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In his keynote address for the Faculty Book Celebration, Walter Johnson will tell the story of how he came to the topic of his most recent book, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States (Basic Books, 2020). From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation’s past. More details to come.

Additional Washington University faculty speakers to be announced in early 2021.

RSVP REQUIRED: wustl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B6rMhvvrSOSPEjtV2gl8RA