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Hispanic Film Festival: Yana-Wara

Film Screening + Discussion
Yana-Wara (2023) directed by Oscar Catacora and Tito Catacora
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | 5:30 Screening
Seigle L006

Women Impressionists and the Land: A Talk by Simon Kelly

Simon Kelly, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, will present Women Impressionists and the Land, the major exhibition he has curated for the museum.

Interested participants must RSVP using the link below our flyer.
Wrighton 300

Elena Dalla Torre Presents at the A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase

Join us in supporting our faculty member, Elena Dalla Torre, as she presents at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase!
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Hispanic Film Festival: Sou Amor

Film Screening + Discussion
Sou Amour (Love is Who I Am) (2023) directed by André Amparo and Cris Azzi
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | 5:30 Screening
Seigle L006

A&S WOWS Virtual Info Session feat. Romance Languages and Literatures Department

Virtual | Zoom

Francophone Film Festival: Lovers on the Bridge

Film Screening
October 18, 2026 | 12:00 PM
Brown 100
Brown 100

Francophone Film Festival: Sisterhood

Film Screening
October 17, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Brown 100
Brown 100

Francophone Film Festival: Young Mothers

Film Screening
October 16, 2026 | 5:00 pm
Brown 100
Brown 100

The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series Presents: Beyond Conversation - The Feedback Toolkit; Oral Corrective Feedback in the Language Classroom WORKSHOP

Workshop
Friday, October 16
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Eads 211
Eads Hall 211

The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series Presents: Beyond Conversation - Designing Effective Virtual Exchanges for Language Learning

Thursday, October 15
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Hurst Lounge
Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall (2nd Floor)

Francophone Film Festival: Homelessly in Love

Film Screening
October 14, 2026 | 5:00 PM
Seigle L006
Seigle L006

St. Louis Reads Dante

John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Fall 2026 Major-Minor Fair

Each fall, the College holds a Major-Minor Fair, where students can talk to faculty members and get more information on many majors and minors at one time and in one place.
WashU Athletic Complex

Francophone Film Festival: Promised Sky

Film Screening
October 11, 2026 | 12:00 PM
Brown 100
Brown 100

Francophone Film Festival: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Film Screening
October 10, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Brown 100
Brown 100

Francophone Film Festival: Souleymane's Story

Film Screening
Oct 9, 2026 5:00 pm
Brown 100
Brown 100

The Fanny and Dr. Adolfo Rizzo Endowed Lecture Series Presents: Colonial Resonances - Listening to the Chorus Brasilicus

Featuring Lisa Voigt from Yale University
Eads 216

Fall 2026 Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies Virtual Open House

Virtual

Hispanic Film Festival: Beloved Tropic

Film Screening + Discussion
Beloved Tropic (Querído Trópico) (2023) directed by Ana Endara
Thursday, September 24, 2026 | 5:30 Screening
Seigle L006

Hispanic Film Festival: Chinas

Film Screening + Discussion
Chinas (2023) directed by Arantxa Echeverría
Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 5:30 Screening
Seigle L006

Learning to Live Inside a Novel: A Conversation with Writer-in-Residence Laure Gouraige

The French Connexions Franco-American center is pleased to welcome novelist Laure Gouraige to WashU as writer-in-residence from September 6 to 12, 2026. Her visit is part of the Jules Verne Writing Residency, which brings contemporary French and Francophone writers to several universities across the US.
Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall (2nd Floor)

St. Louis Reads Dante

Graduation Reception

The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures Graduation Reception
Caleres Lounge and Terrace in Hillman Hall (3rd floor)

St. Louis Reads Dante - Inferno 8

Ginkgo Room; Olin Library

Film Screening: Nino (2025, dir. Pauline Loquès)

Busch 100

Translating Malagasy Literature: Book Launch and Conversation with author Raharimanana and translator Allison Charette

Hillman Hall 300

The Struggle of Visibility: Black Activism and Citizenship in Current Italy

Join us for a discussion on Black visibility and identity in Italy featuring prominent Black Italian Activist, Kwanza Musi Dos Santos
Ridgley 122 & Zoom

Fascist Romanitas: Italian Nation Building Through Archaeology

Featuring Ilaria Patania, Assistant Professor of Archaeology at WashU and Principal Investigator of the "Early Occupation of Sicily (EOS) Project."
Seigle 208 | Seigle Hall

The Changing Hats of Teaching: How AI Can Support a Very Complicated Job

The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series at WUSTL presents
Eads 103

Language Education and AI: What We Teach When We Stop Being Afraid

The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series at WUSTL presents
Hillman 60

From Gaza to Haiti: A Psychologist on the Frontlines with Médecins Sans Frontières

Doctors without Borders (Médecins sans Frontières) coming to WashU!

Nicholas Tessier is a clinical and forensic psychologist who has spent over seven years on the frontlines of the world's most severe humanitarian crises with Médecins Sans Frontières
Seigle Hall 109 | Seigle Hall

"Sade’s legacies in the 20th century: The Marquis, feminism, and comics"

Whitaker Hall 218

A Fireside Chat with Mary Bruce, AB '05, Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News

A Fireside Chat with Mary Bruce, AB '05 Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News (moderated by Peter Kastor, Samuel K. Eddy Distinguished Professor and Associate Vice Dean of Research)
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Fanny and Adolfo Rizzo Endowed Lecture Series

EADS 216

Book Talk with Karma Frierson: Local Color and Blackness in Veracruz, Mexico

Join the African & African American Studies Department for a book talk with Dr. Karma Frierson exploring Blackness, cultural expression, and Afro-Caribbean heritage in Veracruz, Mexico.
McMillan Cafe

St. Louis Reads Dante - Inferno 7

Ginkgo Room; Olin Library

Colonial Incarceration and its Legacies in the Philippines

Join us for a fascinating lecture by Prof. Aurélie Vialette (Yale U) on the disciplinary function of the Spanish Empire's colonial gaze.
Hurst Lounge

The 1776–1789 Connection: Transatlantic Revolutions and the Birth of Human Rights

Lecture at 4:00 PM, Reception to Follow at 5:30 PM
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Book Talk with Gabriela Wiener: Reading Beyond Desire and Revolution

Join the Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Latin American Literature Reading Group in an open discussion of "Atusparia" (2024), Gabriela Wiener's most recent novel, with the author herself.
Umrath 201 | Zoom | R.S.V.P for Zoom link

Pelagie X

Join us for a screening of PELAGIE X, a new short film by two-time Academy Award winning Breakwater Studios
Umrath Lounge

2026 Grigsby Lecture Series Presents: Turks, Ottomans, and World Conquest in the Medieval French Imagination

Markus Cruse
Professor, School of International Letters and Cultures
Arizona State University
Umrath Lounge

St. Louis Reads Dante - Inferno 6

Ginkgo Room; Olin Library

2026 Rava Lecture Series Presents: Patrick Bringley

February 16th, 2026
Umrath Lounge
Reception 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Lecture 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Umrath Lounge; Umrath Hall

On the Profession Workshop

On the Profession is an ongoing workshop series that addresses a variety of topics such as dissertation design, publishing, how to approach the job market , as well as broader conversations about trends and contemporary questions shaping the profession. Goals of the workshops include helping students navigate the transition from graduate school to professional life after the PhD and, among others, engaging more general issues humanities scholars face today.
Eads 215

St. Louis Reads Dante - Inferno 5

Ginkgo Room; Olin Library

French for Health at WashU: Innovation in Higher Education

Are you looking for proven strategies to increase enrollment in your French program on a campus where most students are drawn to STEM fields, pre-med tracks, global health, or public health? This free online workshop presents the French for Health Professionals Pathway (FPS), created at Washington University in St. Louis, as a new national model for linking French studies with health and medicine.

St. Louis Reads Dante - Inferno 4

Ginkgo Room; Olin Library

Book Launch: “Taco” by Ignacio Sánchez Prado

Goldberg Formal Lounge (DUC 278)

Ally Milner Presents at the A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase

Join us in supporting our faculty member, Ally Milner, as she presents at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

St. Louis Reads Dante - Inferno 3

Ginkgo Room; Olin Library

Hispanic Studies Graduate Program is Hosting a Virtual Open House!

"Deconstructing Decolonization / Decolonizing Deconstruction"

Umrath Lounge | Umrath Hall

The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series: Workshop

From Projects to Proficiency: Engaging Students through Real-World Language Use
Eads 116

The Ginger Marcus Foreign Language Learning Speaker Series: Lecture

Women's Building Formal Lounge

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