WashU Libraries

Did you know? WashU faculty, staff, and students can access national and local news publications through the university’s library system. You can read The New York Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal & much more with your WUSTL key. source.washu.edu/2024/12/washu-…

We are delighted to highlight books from our collections on Palestinian history, literature, and culture in honor of #ReadPalestineWeek. The list includes books by @WUSTL alum Sayed Kashua and St. Louis authors. library.wustl.edu/news/read-pale…

WashU Libraries will host a series of events celebrating #Geography Awareness Week, November 18–22. This year will focus on Indigenous representations of place & #GIS activities in Indian Country. Talks are free & open to all. library.wustl.edu/news/geography…

What is our modern relationship with underground landscapes? 2024 Newman Exploration Travel Fund awardee Maddy Frank explores the famous caverns of South Dakota, Colorado & New Mexico to discover how inaccessible places have transformed into tourist hubs. library.wustl.edu/news/of-the-ca…

It is National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! Join us for a series of talks on Nov.18-20 focused on Native space and preservation. On Nov. 18: A talk on Native relationships with space and place during the 19th century by Balraj Gill, Indigenous Studies Postdoc Fellow at WashU.

It's #ElectionDay! Polls are open until all voters in line by 7 PM have voted. The WashU Athletic Complex welcomes St. Louis County voters, and St. Louis City voters can head to the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building. For more details, click here ⬇️ bit.ly/3UCY4Qe

A new award sponsored by the Digital Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator @WUSTLdigital, in partnership with WashU Libraries, aims to encourage WashU instructors to develop freely available digital course materials that will improve student success. library.wustl.edu/news/new-award…

Join us for a faculty book talk featuring Professor Bronwyn Nichols Lodato (Education & African & African American Studies). The discussion will feature her recently published book, COVID-19, the Great Recession and Young Adult Identity Development.

Celebrating #LGBTQHistoryMonth with a new collection to our LGBTQ+ local history archives. The Martha Ficken Papers document Martha's life and her involvement with LGBT publishing and activism in Missouri. library.wustl.edu/news/lgbtq-his…

It's almost #Halloween, and to get into the spirit, we present one of the best-known books about witches from our Rare Books: a 1574 edition of the Malleus Maleficarum, known in English as The Hammer of Witches. Enjoy the spookiest of Halloweens! library.wustl.edu/news/the-malle…

Check out the new books on our shelves on queer history, cultures, and politics. #LGBTQHistoryMonth library.wustl.edu/news/book-reco…

Mark your calendar! On Nov 11, join us for an evening of new poetry from Europe. Poets Efe Duyan, Marko Pogačar, and Ales Steger will read poetry in Croatian, Turkish, & Slovenian and in English translation and discuss the work of creating lyric connections across borders.

Local radio talk show @HeidiGlaus The Heidi Glaus Show with Josh Gilbert and Bob Ramsey recently interviewed @WUSTL Libraries Korean/Japanese Subject Librarian David Romney. David spoke about his research in relation to the Hulu series Shogun. soundcloud.com/550ktrs/the-he…

This Saturday! Join us for a conversation with Amanda Jones, author of the best-selling book, "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America" @BloomsburyPub. Please register for the event⬇️. library.wustl.edu/events/in-conv…

A beautiful tribute to her German grandmother by NEXT (Newman Exploration Travel Fund) awardee Katelyn McConnell. A project manager in the Provost's Office @WUSTL, Katelyn traveled to different places in Germany to piece together her grandmother's story. library.wustl.edu/news/adventure…

Time to bring out your old home movie! Home Movie Day at @STLpubLibrary is a celebration of home movies and learning about preservation. There will be a workshop on media preservation led by Andy Uhrich, WashU curator of film & media & screening of home movies.

Today! Join us for a faculty book talk with André Fischer, assistant professor of German at WashU. Fischer will discuss his new book, "The Aesthetics of Mythmaking in German Postwar Culture" (Northwestern Press, 2024). Free & open to all.

Congratulations to Professor Mary Jo Bang, who will receive the 2024 Tradition of Literary Excellence Award from the University City Municipal Commission on Arts & Letters. Her poetry manuscripts are a valuable part of our Modern Literature Collection. source.washu.edu/2024/10/bang-w…

Today! Join us for the "'Our Only Hope': Black Women and the 1969 Rent Strike" exhibition reception and curator talk with Candace Borders ('17), WashU alum, PhD candidate at Yale, and guest curator featured as a part of the community curator program. library.wustl.edu/events/our-onl…

Join WashU Libraries for a banned books discussion with Amanda Jones @abmack33, author of "That Librarian" on Oct. 26. In a chat with the Libraries, Jones discusses her book & the battle to protect intellectual freedom. library.wustl.edu/news/a-qa-with…