Department of History Commencement Celebration
2025 Graduates!
Past Events
We're Making History!
All History faculty, and current or prospective Majors and Minors in History are invited to attend this mixer and meet-and-greet. We will showcase extraordinary student work in History, welcome new members to the History student community, and distribute prizes for outstanding student research and writing at all levels.
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall
History Department Senior Honors Thesis Symposium
Please join the History Department as they showcase the work of their 2025 Senior Honors students.
Wrighton 301 | Wrighton Hall
Kim Stanley Robinson on The Ministry for the Future
Graham Chapel
CCHP Speaker Series and Public Forum
Sandra Ley: “Criminal Violence and The Future of Democracy in Mexico”
Umrath Lounge | Located in Umrath Hall
The Material World of Modern Segregation symposium
The Material World of Modern Segregation: St. Louis in the Long Era of Ferguson II is a symposium organized by Heidi Aronson Kolk, assistant professor in the Sam Fox School, and Iver Bernstein, professor in Arts & Sciences.
Kuehner Court | Weil Hall
Colloquium with Connor Mills
Eye Witnesses to History: Finding Everyday Life in Courts-
Martial Files from Occupied Japan
Martial Files from Occupied Japan
Umrath Hall | Umrath Lounge
"What Is (and Is Not) Racist in Our Healthcare System"
Ian Peebles (Arizona State University)
Cupples II 203
Installation of Jonathan Judaken
Jonathan Judaken to be installed as the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History & Thought
Whittemore House
CCHP Speaker Series and Public Forum
John Pomfret: "U.S. / China Relations in the Time of Trump"
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall
David T. Konig Lecture
Joanne Freeman, Professor of American History and of American Studies at Yale University
Moot Court Room | Anheuser-Busch Hall
Exploring the Digital Humanities with La Sfera
Department of History Colloquium Series Workshop featuring Dr. Carrie Benes, New College of Florida
Busch 18 | Busch Hall
Colloquium with Carrie Benes
"Imagining the Globe: The Sfera Project Between Merchants, Maps, & Manuscripts"
McMillan Café | McMillan Hall
2025 Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture: Taylor Mac
Clark-Fox Forum | Hillman Hall
Upcoming Faculty Workshops: Diana Montaño
Upcoming Faculty Workshops including Diana Montaño -
Brookings 300
Join Our Zoom Lecture: "Towards homosexual consciousness and the birth of the gay movement: Italian Media and the Lavorini case"
We are excited to invite you to a lecture given by Alessio Ponzio, Visiting Assistant Professor in the History department at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
Zoom | https://wustl.zoom.us/j/7166260148
In Memorium: Sean McWilliams, senior change manager for Student Sunrise project
A university wide celebration of life for Sean McWilliams (PhD 2005) will be held from 3-5 p.m. March 7 in Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. There will be remarks from Derek Hirst, Williams’ dissertation advisor.
Holmes Lounge | Ridgely Hall
Undergraduate Antoinette Manteau: Awardee of Newman Exploration Travel Award
NEXT Award 2024 Presentations
John M. Olin Library, Room 142 & Newman Exploration Center
CCHP Speaker Series and Public Forum
Andrew Weiss, VP at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, presents "How the War in Ukraine Ends"
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall
Colloquium with Karl Appuhn
"Bovine Interventions: Thinking with Animals in Enlightenment Venice"
Hurst Lounge | Located on the second floor of Duncker Hall - Washington University Danforth Campus
Cannibal Capitalism: The View from Trump’s America - 2025 Faculty Book Celebration
Peter Kastor will be one of the faculty speakers at this event taking place on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, in Umrath Hall.
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall
Faculty Fellow Workshop with Dalen Wakeley-Smith
"Gypsy Madness": American Roma in New York City 1890-1945
Seigle Hall 170 | Weidenbaum Center
Colloquium with Maddalena Marinari
Join us as Maddalena Marinari, Professor of History at Gustavus Adolphus College, presents a lecture as part of the History Department Colloquium series. This event is co-sponsored by AMCS, CRE2, and Global Studies
Hurst Lounge
CCHP Speaker Series & Public Forum
Dr. Suzanne Maloney: “Iran, the United States, and the Struggle for Stability in the Middle East"
Umrath Lounge | Umrath Lounge within Umrath Hall
Colloquium with Mary Lui
Join us as Mary Lui, Professor of American Studies and History at Yale University, presents a lecture cosponsored by History and American Culture Studies
McMillan Cafe
Colloquium with Nakia Parker
"Slavery, Commodification, and Unfreedom in Indian Territory,
1830-1860"
This event is co-sponsored by AMCS.
1830-1860"
This event is co-sponsored by AMCS.
McMillan Café
Memorial Service for Professor Emeritus and Former Chair, Richard Walter
A campus memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Sept. 21 in WashU’s Goldberg Formal Lounge, to honor Richard J. Walter, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of History in Arts & Sciences.
Goldberg Formal Lounge