Past Events
Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellow Senior Symposium
This year’s graduating cohort of Kling fellows will give presentations of the projects they’ve been developing over two years in the Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowship program. All campus community members are welcome to come, hear from the fellows, and celebrate their accomplishments! RSVPs are not required but do help us in our planning.
Seigle Hall, Room 103
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Black Feminist Prosecutions: Linguistic Violence and Grammatical Justice
Weidenbaum Center seminar room (Seigle Hall, Suite 170, Room 152)
Comparative Politics Annual Conference (CPAC)
Charles F. Knight Center
Political Science Speaker Series - Dr. Reuel Rogers - Northwestern University
Seigle Hall 207
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Legislative Vetoes as Political Theater in Late Roman Republican Lawmaking
Seigle Hall 103
Frontiers in Political Methodology Conference
Seigle Hall 206
Political Science Speaker Series - Dr. Dawn Teele - Johns Hopkins University
Seigle Hall 207
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
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: On Vegetables and Vermin: The Politics of Insect-Plant Encounters from the Early Modern to the Anthropocene
Weidenbaum Center seminar room (Seigle Hall, Suite 170, Room 152)
David T Konig Lecture: "What Would the Constitution's Framers Think About Today's Supreme Court?"
Stuart Banner, Norman Abrams Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA
Moot Court Room | Located within Anheuser-Busch Hall
2026 Biggs Family Residency in Classics
Elizabeth Meyer, T. Cary Johnson, Jr. Professor of History, University of Virginia
Check each event for location.
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Domination and Dehumanization
Weidenbaum Center seminar room (Seigle Hall, Suite 170, Room 152)
Political Science Speaker Series - Dr. Vera Troeger - University of Hamburg
Seigle Hall 207
*NEW DATE* Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Reproductive Politics in Ethnic Conflict
Weidenbaum Center seminar room (Seigle Hall, Suite 170, Room 152)
David Carter Presents at the A&S Research Innovation Showcase
Join us in supporting our faculty member, David Carter, as he presents at this year’s A&S Research Innovation Showcase!
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Democratic Reconstruction and the Politics of Futurity
Weidenbaum Center seminar room (Seigle Hall, Suite 170, Room 152)
"Statistics for AI or AI for Statistics?" Dean's Distinguished Lecture with Xuming He
Join us for a lecture and reception.
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall
Political Science Speaker Series - Dr. Michael Ross - UCLA
Umrath Lounge
Political Science Speaker Series - Dr. Emily Sellars - Yale
Seigle Hall 207
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Deference and Autonomy in Political Reasoning
Weidenbaum Center seminar room (Seigle Hall, Suite 170, Room 152)
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Revisiting Enclaves of Resistance
Weidenbaum Center seminar room (Seigle Hall, Suite 170, Room 152)
Political Science Speaker Series - Dr. Peter Buisseret - Harvard
Seigle Hall 207
Political Science Speaker Series - Dr. Eric Schickler - UC-Berkeley
Seigle Hall 207
TRIADS Presents: Lightening Sparks in Data
Join us for TRIADS Lightening Sparks in Data Symposium, a campus-wide event celebrating interdisciplinary collaboration in applied data science at WashU.
Umrath Lounge
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Eliminating the Engines of Gender
Ophelia Vedder (Political Science, WashU)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase
Join us in supporting Political Science faculty members as they present at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase.
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: The Erotic Interest in Privacy
Brenda Dvoskin (Law, WashU)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
The James Baldwin Lecture - Achieving Our Country: Baldwin and U.S. Politics Today
Save the Date!
Emerson Auditorium | Washington University
Civic Café: Drawing Political Maps: Redistricting and Why It Matters
Join Political Science professors Michael Strawbridge, Michael Olson, and Dan Butler for this timely conversation with The Gephardt Institute and DxD. Open to all students!
‘Unimaginable Atrocities’: The Neglected Catastrophe in Sudan and the History of Genocide in the Region
Scott Straus, Professor and Chair, Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley — Holocaust Memorial Lecture
Umrath Lounge
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Measuring Belief Polarization
Esther Ng (Philosophy, WashU)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
A&S Grad Fall Research Roundtable
This event is accessible to Arts & Sciences Graduate Students only.
McLeod Conference Room | Cupples II Room 102
Sophomore Series: Bauer Leadership Academy
The College of Arts & Sciences announces the return of its workshop series geared for sophomore students.
Louderman 458
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Detention and the Limits of Vision in David Taylor’s COMPLEX
Ila Sheren (Art History and Archaeology, WashU)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
Critical Race Theory at the Bottom of the Well: Derrick Bell’s ‘Grandchildren’ Reflect on the Future of CRT
“Critical Race Theory at the Bottom of the Well: Derrick Bell’s ‘Grandchildren’ Reflect on the Future of CRT” Roundtable with Robert Chang, UC Irvine School of Law; Adrienne Davis, WashU Law; and Anthony Farley, Albany Law School.
Sponsored by the Public Interest Law & Policy Speaker Series.
Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom (A-B Hall, Room 310)
Political Science Department Showcase - Arts & Sciences WOWS Fall Series
Virtual | Zoom
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: The Ethics of Political Representation
Alex Guerrero (Philosophy, Rutgers)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
Civil Society Brunch: Democracy without Elections?
Alex Guerrero (Rutgers University)
Knight Center Room 200
Workshop on Global Challenges to Peace and Democracy
Seigle Hall 207
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells on the Deformation of American Conscience
Amy Gais (Political Science, Comparative Literature and Thought, WashU)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
Protecting the Election: AI & Governance Conference
Fall 2025 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
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: The Black Feminist Origins of Modern Medicine in the Americas
Sophia Monegro (Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity, WashU)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
2025 Major Decision Workshop
Join us for this year's Major Decision Workshop.
Seigle 208
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Collective Distraction
Ege Yumuşak (Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
Workshop on Politics, Ethics, and Society: Zoning and Segregation in St. Louis
Kiara Wyndham (Sociology, WashU)
Weidenbaum Center Room 152 (Seigle Hall suite 170)
Sophomore Series: Engaging in Undergraduate Research at WashU
The College of Arts & Sciences announces the return of its workshop series geared for sophomore students.
Louderman 458
Assembly Series: Fireside Chat with the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
WashU Athletic Complex, Field House
The Future of Civic Education and Universities
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) President Robert Doar will offer brief opening remarks and then join a conversation with AEI Senior Fellow Benjamin Storey and Weidenbaum Center Director Andrew Reeves. Together, they will explore how universities can cultivate civic knowledge in ways that foster viewpoint diversity, protect free speech, and prepare students to engage across profound political and social differences. A reception will follow the event.
Emerson Auditorium, Room 110, Knight Hall, Danforth University Campus | Washington University in St. Louis
Sophomore Group Advising Meeting
Reconnect with your advisor; review milestones for the upcoming year (including major declaration, creating an academic plan, applying for study abroad, and more); and dive more deeply into understanding the value of an Arts & Sciences education.
Various Locations: Find Your Group Advising Meeting Location in Link Above
Bear Beginnings Open House: Political Science and Environmental Policy
Seigle Hall 207 & Seigle Hall 206
Bear Beginnings Orientation A&S Departments Open House
McMillan Hall 221
WUSTEPS 2025 (Political Science Pipeline Program)
University-Wide Commencement Ceremony
Francis Olympic Field
College of Arts & Sciences Recognition Ceremony
Francis Olympic Field
Graduate Hooding & Recognition Ceremony
Graham Chapel
Comparative Politics Annual Conference - XII: The Politics of Marginalized Groups
Charles F. Knight Center
2nd Annual Formal Theory Conference
Seigle Hall 208
Speaker Series: Sandra Ley
Seigle Hall 207