Event Location: John M. Olin Library

Shakespeare in Hand

From love sonnets to insults, the miniature books featured in Shakespeare in Hand are perfect for having Shakespeare on hand...
Flat Out Rebellion: The Rule-Breaking Career of Designer-Illustrator Seymour Chwast

From politically charged anti-war posters to unconventional picture books, Seymour Chwast rewrote visual culture through acts of protest.
December 1

4:00pm - 5:30pm
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

2022 Nobel Prize Conversation: Reading Annie Ernaux Today

In celebration of Annie Ernaux’s Nobel Prize, the Libraries and the Department of Romance Languages and Literature are hosting a...

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November 30

5:30pm - 7:00pm
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

Translating Poetry (It’s Not Easy): Matthias Goeritz and Mary Jo Bang

Join us for an evening celebrating the publication of Colonies of Paradise (Triquarterly, 2022) by Matthias Goeritz, Professor of Practice...

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The Play’s the Thing: Shakespeare in Special Collections

The Play's the Thing exhibition celebrates the 400-year anniversary of the first folio and the reach of Shakespeare's influence.
Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans

This exhibition explores architecture's relationship to immigration, exclusion, and cultural identity in the post-war landscape of the 20th-century United States.
October 25

7:00pm - 9:00pm
John M. Olin Library, Room 142

History After Dark: Witchy and Weird Books

Join the Young Friends of the Missouri History Society and Washington University Libraries to explore the weirder side of the...

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November 7

4:30pm - 6:00pm
John M. Olin Library, Room 142

Faculty Book Talk: Tazeen M. Ali

Join us for a discussion with Tazeen M. Ali, author of The Women's Mosque of America: Authority & Community in...

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Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols: Selections from the Collection of Tim Huskey

Tim Huskey has amassed thousands of baseball-related items. This exhibition tracks Molina and Pujols' career progress through the years.
September 16

11:00am - 1:00pm
John M. Olin Library

Fall Student Welcome and Constitution Day Celebration

Drop by John M. Olin Library to learn more about the ways that we support student success, and also pick...

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November 10

6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Olin Library, Ginkgo Reading Room

*CANCELLED* International Writers Series: Kristin Omarsdottir

In this reading and discussion, renowned Icelandic author Kristin Omarsdottir presents her recently translated novel Swanfolk (HarperCollins, 2022).

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100 Years of the Compton Effect

American physicist Arthur Holly Compton received the 1927 Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research conducted at WashU.

Student studying at a table in the Newman Exploration Center.

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