Search this site:
News & Events
The Center for the Humanities is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of humanistic thinking and the pursuit of letters as essential activities in the intellectual, political and artistic life of this university, the community it serves, and the world.
-Mission Statement
Every month The Center puts out a literary calendar in our Figure in the Carpet publication. Sent to hundreds of people, this calendar connects people all over the St. Louis and surrounding area with exciting lectures, book signings, festivals, and more. Here are the highlighted events for this month:
- The 15th annual Washington University Summer Writers Institute and third annual Young Writers Institute will be held in St. Louis June 14-25, 2010. Workshops on poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and the Young Writers Institute. Instructors are: poetry, Sally Van Doren; fiction, Rebecca Rasmussen; creative nonfiction, Kathleen Finneran; and the Young Writers Institute instructor is Matthew Smith. Apply by March 1 and the $35 application fee is waived. Deadline for applications is May 7. For more information and application forms see the website: http://swi.ucollege.wustl.edu, or telephone (314) 935-6720.
- For
more information on these and other events, go to our Literary
Calendar page.
Browse Our Library
Housing many items you won't find anywhere else on campus, our library specializes in Children's Studies material as well as Jazz and multicultural literature. We also have the largest comic book collection on campus! Browse our online catalog.
