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Spotlight on Faculty Research:

Lori Watt, Research at Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Summer 2008

Spotlight on Graduate Research:

Muey Saeturn, graduate student in African History, in Chavakali Region, Western Kenya, 2011

Spotlight on Undergraduate Research:

Alyssa Stein's senior honors thesis examines the collision of 19th century planning and reform movements with 20th century modernism in the collapse of Pruitt-Igoe, an iconic St. Louis public housing project.

Spotlight on Fall 2013 Courses

For a list of our Fall 2013 course offerings, click on "Courses" above and then select "Fall 2013" from the drop-down menu.

Welcome from the Chair

Through research, teaching, publishing, and public service, the History Department at Washington University situates itself at the core of the university. We are committed to a comprehensive and diverse curriculum for undergraduates, which not only imparts important knowledge about the past, but cultivates skills that are crucial for life and work in today's twenty-first century world: research, analysis and interpretation, argument, and clear writing.

Upcoming Events

Sep
16
Khalil Muhammad
TBA @ 4:00 pm
Sep
18
TBA
Busch Hall, room 18 @ 3:30 pm
Oct
16
TBA
Busch Hall, room 18 @ 3:30 pm
Nov
20
TBA
Busch Hall, room 18 @ 3:30 pm

Faculty Books

What So Proudly We Hailed

Edited by Pietro S. Nivola and Peter J. Kastor

Andrew Marvell, Orphan of the Hurricane

By Derek Hirst & Steven Zwicker

A City Consumed

By Nancy Y. Reynolds