Past Events
What Remains: Artifacts, Memory, and Stories of Place
This two-part workshop explores place, memory, and identity through guided discussion, a gallery tour, and hands-on bookmaking.
Kemper Museum Lobby
AMCS & AAS Undergraduate Commencement Reception
Please join us for a special reception to recognize and celebrate our students' success in American Culture Studies and Asian American Studies!
McMillan Courtyard
Indigenous Health Summit
The summit will be held at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center at the Washington University Medical School Campus on May 5, 2026, from 4PM to 8PM.
Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
AMCS Spring Gathering
The Spring Gathering will take place in the Orchid Room from 5:30pm to 7:00pm on Wednesday, April 29th!
Orchid Room in the DUC
2026 Harvey Scholar Maggie Lu Presents: Would You? Gallery show opening
Stix House Lounge | 6470 Forsyth Blvd.
Inequality and Athlete Activism: Past, Present, & Future
In this one day mini-conference event, hosted at Washington University in St. Louis by the Sports & Society Program Initiative in American Culture Studies, students, faculty, and scholars from across the St. Louis region will discuss the past, present, and future of inequality in sport and athlete activism.
Olin Library, Room 142
Talk with Adria Brown - From Charter to Action: Dartmouth's Indigenous Initiatives (1970-2026)
Adria Brown, Director of the Native American Program at Dartmouth, joins us to give a talk on Thursday, April 16th.
McMillan Cafe
Participatory-Action Workshop to Community Engagement with Dr. Kong Pha
McMillan Cafe
2026 Harvey Scholar Da’juantay Wynter Presents: How Policy Anchors the Double Consciousness of Black America
Hillman Hall, Clark Fox Forum
Americanist Dinner Forum with Dr. Kong Pha - Sexuality, Belonging and Race Among Asian Americans in the Midwest
All are invited for dinner and conversation with Dr. Kong Pha on Monday, April 13th!
Kemper Museum Atrium
36th Annual Buder Center Powwow
The Buder Center Powwow is free and open to the public on Saturday, April 11th, 2026.
Washington University Field House, 330 N. Big Bend Blvd.
FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: Lea Jacobs "Ford at Work: Making Young Mr. Lincoln"
Seigle Room 106
Harvey Scholars Information Session
Are you an AMCS rising senior interested in receiving funding for independent research?
Do you want to make academic scholarship accessible and approachable beyond the university?
Do you want to make academic scholarship accessible and approachable beyond the university?
McMillan 140
AMCS Spring Research Colloquium
Please join us for our annual AMCS Spring Research Colloquium!
DUC-234
Sports & Society Initiative: Conversation with Tracie Canada
The Sports & Society Initiative is thrilled to be joined in conversation by Tracie Canada, the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University.
DUC-234
AMCS and AAS Major / Minor Welcome
McMillan 140
Lunch with Distinguished Visiting Scholar Jarvis Givens
Graduate students and faculty are invited for lunch and conversation with Jarvis Givens.
McMillan Cafe
Americanist Dinner Forum with Distinguished Visiting Scholar Dr. Jarvis Givens
All are invited for dinner and conversation with Dr. Jarvis Givens on Tuesday, February 10th!
Umrath Lounge
AMCS Study Abroad Information - Zoom Session
ZOOM
Americanist Dinner Forum - Graduate School in 2026: Questions, Concerns, and Community
Come join fellow AMCS students and faculty for an evening of casual conversation and community-building.
DUC-234
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration: The Annual Celebration
Graham Chapel
A&S Summer Session 2026 Webinar
Join us for an informational webinar to get your questions answered and learn more about A&S Summer Session 2026.
The James Baldwin Lecture - Achieving Our Country: Baldwin and U.S. Politics Today
Save the Date!
Emerson Auditorium | Washington University
Censoring Education and Policing Minds – A Global Trend
Eve Darian-Smith is Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Global and International Studies; and affiliated faculty in the Law School, Department of Anthropology and Department of Criminology, Law & Society at the University of California, Irvine and author of “Policing Higher Education: The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters.” — James E. McLeod Memorial Lecture on Higher Education
Women's Building Formal Lounge
The Mormon Giant: a live documentary about religion and wrestling
The Sports & Society Initiative is proud to co-sponsor a screening of “The Mormon Giant,” hosted by the American Studies Department at Saint Louis University.
Anheuser-Busch Auditorium, Cook Hall, St. Louis, MO 63108
Critical Race Theory at the Bottom of the Well: Derrick Bell’s ‘Grandchildren’ Reflect on the Future of CRT
Join us for a roundtable with Adrienne Davis, Robert Chang, and Anthony Farley as they reflect on Derrick Bell’s legacy and the future of Critical Race Theory.
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (A-B Hall, Room 310)
Americanist Dinner Forum: An Evening with Dr. Tashima Thomas
All are invited for dinner and conversation with Dr. Tashima Thomas.
Kemper 103 (Lopata Art History & Archaeology Classroom)
Sports & Society Reading Group: Discussion with Dr. Marina DiMarco
The Sports & Society Reading Group is thrilled to host Dr. Marina DiMarco.
DUC-241
Asian American Studies Fall Mixer
Meet the AAS minors, connect with our campus APIDA organizations, and enjoy some good food!
DUC-276
Fall 2025 Major-Minor Fair
Come by the American Culture Studies and Asian American Studies booth to learn more about our majors and minors!
WashU Athletic Complex
AMCS "Social Transformation" Listening Session
We invite you to join us for an AMCS Listening Session regarding the Dean’s plan for possible collaboration with other units on Thursday, October 9 from 4-5 p.m. in McMillan G056.
McMillan G056
Americanist Dinner Forum "Doc Du Jour" with Brooke Eastman
"Document Du Jour" Dinner Forum is an opportunity for an AMCS graduate student to present an intriguing or puzzling document or artifact from their dissertation research - one that will be of wide interest to Americanists across disciplinary lines - and to puzzle through it with colleagues.
DUC-234
Workshop of Afro-Brazilian Samba and Capoeira from Backland Bahia, Brazil
Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center
Colloquium - Book Talk - "Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco"
Artist-scholar Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa will discuss her recently released book, "Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco" (University of California Press, 2024).
Seigle 206
Sports & Society Reading Group: Courtney Cox talks "Double Crossover"!
ZOOM
FMS Colloquium Lecture Series: Alfred Martin “Ease on Down the Road?: Engaging the Serious Study of The Wiz as a Scholar and a Fan”
(co-sponsorship with Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity, Department of African & African American Studies, and American Culture Studies)
Seigle Room 106
AMCS/AAS Fall Welcome Back Gathering
McMillan Courtyard
Bear Beginnings AMCS & AAS Open House
McMillan Hall - Room 140