MADness Unleashed: The World of MAD Magazine
MADness Unleashed is an overview of MAD Magazine and its place within American culture with items from the Jim &...
Event Location: John M. Olin Library
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Rogers Broadside
A July 1776 edition of the Declaration of Independence known as the Rogers Broadside was loaned to the WashU Libraries... -
Domesticated Pulp: Archie Publications and the Comics Code
The Comics Code Authority enforced a set of guidelines in a period of censorship and regulation for over fifty years,... -
The Assembled Playwright: Harley Hammerman’s Eugene O’Neill Collection
Alumni Harley Hammerman has made the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections an important center for O’Neill studies. -
Wicked Women: White Women as Perpetrators of Mass Violence
Wicked Women explores the connection between whiteness, gender, and violence in women carrying out acts of mass violence and discrimination. -
Beauty in Enormous Bleakness Exhibition Opening & Reception
View EventBeauty in Enormous Bleakness (BiEB) and its affiliated exhibition explores architecture’s relationship to issues of immigration, exclusion, and cultural identity...
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Stanley Elkin’s “Pieces of Soap”
In 1990 novelist Stanley Elkin published an essay about his “accumulation” of travel soaps. Published in Art & Antiques magazine,... -
Book Making Workshop: Calligraphy
View EventJoin us for a brief introduction to Calligraphy, including a short history of lettering through the ages, with a focus...
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Book Making Workshop: Saddle Stitch
View EventCome learn the saddle stitch sewing technique of bookbinding, a simple and easy to learn binding style.
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Shakespeare Day: Celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare in Print
View EventJoin us as we celebrate the 400-year anniversary of William Shakespeare’s first folio—the first time his collected works were printed.
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MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture Student Exhibition Opening
View EventJoin us for the opening reception of the MFA-IVC student exhibition, Artifacts & Fictions: Curated by Students in Illustration and...
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Reaching New Heights: The Life and Legacy of Michael W. Friedlander
Distinguished professor of physics Michael W. Friedlander led an extraordinary life dedicated to his family and students at Washington University...
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