Faculty

Our post-fact reality

Douglas Flowe: "Political division now constitutes separate realities"

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Alumni

The caretakers of Early Modern religious life

Alumna Amanda Scott recently published the first-ever book about Basque seroras, Early Modern women who held professional roles in the Catholic Church outside of monasteries.

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Faculty

Presidential transitions, new traditions

The public transfer of power from one president to the next has played a major role in reconciling political factions and creating solidarity among the populace at large after a contested presidential election. With the Election Day 2020 around the corner — and Inauguration Day a couple months after that — historian Peter Kastor and A&S grad Joey Vettiankal consider the historical precedents and wonder what will come next.

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Alumni

Writing the first draft of history

History major Gabriel Rubin, AB ’15, takes Wall Street Journal readers inside the Beltway as the new author of a storied political column.

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Graduate

How to become a saint in your lifetime

Mary Andino's research gives voice to women from southern Italy whose relationship to sanctity alarmed the Catholic Church in the early modern period.

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Egypt’s Arab Spring at 10: The work of political anniversaries

Egypt’s Arab Spring at 10: The work of political anniversaries

Teaching history during COVID

Teaching history during COVID

Douglas Flowe interviewed by the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association blog

Douglas Flowe interviewed by the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association blog

Douglas Flowe writes about police brutality in the Common Reader

Douglas Flowe writes about police brutality in the Common Reader

Our post-fact reality

Our post-fact reality

Anika Walke writes about newly discovered oral histories of Jewish life erased under Soviet rule

Anika Walke writes about newly discovered oral histories of Jewish life erased under Soviet rule

Presidential transitions, new traditions

Presidential transitions, new traditions

‘Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist’: The promise of the Belarusian protest movement

‘Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist’: The promise of the Belarusian protest movement

‘Uncontrollable Blackness’

‘Uncontrollable Blackness’

Peter Kastor on KMOX: What would America's founding fathers think of today's protests?

Peter Kastor on KMOX: What would America's founding fathers think of today's protests?

Juneteenth and collective progress

Juneteenth and collective progress

Sowande' Mustakeem interviewed on BBC World Service about George Floyd and Juneteenth

Sowande' Mustakeem interviewed on BBC World Service about George Floyd and Juneteenth

Sowande' Mustakeem interviewed on NPR St. Louis about the legacy of Juneteenth

Sowande' Mustakeem interviewed on NPR St. Louis about the legacy of Juneteenth

Peter Kastor writing in the Washington Post about the challenges of remote teaching during COVID

Peter Kastor writing in the Washington Post about the challenges of remote teaching during COVID

Peter Kastor on St. Louis on the Air to discuss the removal of statue of Columbus in Tower Grove

Peter Kastor on St. Louis on the Air to discuss the removal of statue of Columbus in Tower Grove

Douglas Flowe interviewed by Don Lemon on CNN

Douglas Flowe interviewed by Don Lemon on CNN

Douglas Flowe quoted in iTV about the history of police brutality against black people in America

Douglas Flowe quoted in iTV about the history of police brutality against black people in America

Douglas Flowe quoted in Politco on what the protests are about

Douglas Flowe quoted in Politco on what the protests are about

Douglas Flowe talks with L'Opinion about the protests and COVID-19

Douglas Flowe talks with L'Opinion about the protests and COVID-19

A Statement on the Role of Humanities Research and Education in Times of Crisis

A Statement on the Role of Humanities Research and Education in Times of Crisis

Flora Cassen talks with Joe Madison about racist, anti-Semitic coronavirus conspiracy theories

Flora Cassen talks with Joe Madison about racist, anti-Semitic coronavirus conspiracy theories

Flora Cassen in Haaretz: White Supremacists’ Dangerous New Conspiracy Theory

Flora Cassen in Haaretz: White Supremacists’ Dangerous New Conspiracy Theory

The Career of a Medieval Accusation in an Age of Science

The Career of a Medieval Accusation in an Age of Science

Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment

Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment

Sowande' Mustakeen and Douglas Flowe in Vox: 6 myths about the history of Black people in America

Sowande' Mustakeen and Douglas Flowe in Vox: 6 myths about the history of Black people in America

Anika Walke on The Heat: 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

Anika Walke on The Heat: 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

Christine Johnson in the Washington Post: Trump’s impeachment trial is no witch hunt

Christine Johnson in the Washington Post: Trump’s impeachment trial is no witch hunt

Professor Sowande' Mustakeem receives the Dred Scott Freedom Award

Professor Sowande' Mustakeem receives the Dred Scott Freedom Award

Krister Knapp interviewed on KMOV about how tension with Iran impacts everyone

Krister Knapp interviewed on KMOV about how tension with Iran impacts everyone

Elizabeth Borgwardt in Politco on the way historians will remember the 2010s

Elizabeth Borgwardt in Politco on the way historians will remember the 2010s

The City Electric: How Mexico City’s People Shaped Its Electrified Future

The City Electric: How Mexico City’s People Shaped Its Electrified Future

The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Political Movement Overlooked by 30th Anniversary Celebrations

The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Political Movement Overlooked by 30th Anniversary Celebrations

Welcome to WashU: Flora Cassen

Welcome to WashU: Flora Cassen

Defining ‘concentration camps’

Defining ‘concentration camps’

Omitted History

Omitted History