Events

Film Screening: ‘Picture a Scientist’

Join the Biology Department for a special screening of "Picture a Scientist," a film highlighting female scientists and the endeavor to make science itself more inclusive, equitable and diverse.

"Picture a Scientist" was an official selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film’s virtual theatrical run reached 47 theaters across the USA in June 2020, and raised money for two organizations advancing women of color in STEM.

Email gerrity@wustl.edu by Wednesday, 10/21 at 4:00pm to request a viewing link, accessible 10/25—10/27

Environmental Racism in Saint Louis

As part of the Racial Justice Symposium, this event, sponsored by EELS, will be centered around the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic’s report, “Environmental Racism in St. Louis,” which outlines the systemic disproportionate negative impacts of environmental issues on Black residents of St. Louis. It will feature presentations by clinic faculty – Liz Hubertz, Tara Roque, and Ken Miller – followed by a Q & A session, as time allows.

George Floyd in Context: A Historical Perspective on Racial Violence in the U.S.

Violence against people of color has been an ongoing thread in the story of the United States since before it was established as an independent nation. Join this conversation with noted historian Dr. Michael J. Pfeifer (Arts & Sciences, 1991) for an examination of the history of American racial violence and voter suppression, connecting the dots from slavery through the Jim Crow era to current hate crimes and systems of oppression. 

Systemic Racism & Poverty

An examination of wealth and income dynamics in the US reveals staggering disparity between black and white households; the median net worth for a white family is nearly 10 times higher than that for black families. This webinar will use an interview format to explore how systemic racism has created such inequality and the over-representation of black families struggling with poverty. Historical foundations, contemporary reinforcing structures, and potential solutions will be discussed.

Panelists:

Larry Davis, PhD
Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh

Michael Lindsey, PhD
Executive Director, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research; Constance and Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies, NYU Silver School of Social Work

Mark Rank, PhD
Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis

Interviewer: Shaun Eack, PhD
James and Noel Browne Endowed Chair & Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh

Architectural History and Diversity

The featured panelists will explore several questions: How can the field of architectural history become more diverse? What is the role of historical knowledge in expanding the diversity of architectural education and practice more broadly? What is the difference in approach to diversity in the American context vs. globally?

Panelists:

• Luis Esteban Carranza, Roger Williams University
• Mario Gooden, Columbia University
• Mary McLeod, Columbia University
• Patricia Morton, University of California Riverside

Book Club: “The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet”

When Dutchman Jacob de Zoet arrives at the Dejima, Japan in 1799—the only part of Japan open to foreigners—all he really hopes for is to earn enough money to impress his prospective father-in-law. Yet as he forms a friendship with the midwife Orito Aibagawa, he finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue that encompasses both the material and supernatural realms. Book Club will begin with a presentation on rangaku, or Western learning, with a particular emphasis on medical texts. This will be followed by a discussion.

Free and open to all.

Why People of Faith Should Care about Immigration

This event in the series Immigration & the 2020 Election will feature a robust panel of theologians and diverse faith leaders who will explore the histories of some traditions and the teachings that propel the faithful to action in matters of justice.

Silas Munro

In the past year, Silas Munro has emerged as one of the most exciting practitioners of community-engaged design and as an influential scholar known for his contributions to W.E.B. Du Bois’ Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America, published by Princeton Architectural Press in late 2018. The project has been featured in articles in Smithsonian Magazine, The New Yorker and Black Perspectives (African American Intellectual History Society).

Munro’s scholarly research addresses the relationship between designers’ personal identities, formal systems, and strategies they utilize, and how both interact with the communities they serve. In workshops and lectures he addresses post-colonial relationships between design and marginalized communities and offers practical ways for educators and practitioners to decolonize the way design is taught (“Major/Minor History”) and to create inclusive new frameworks (“Nodal Historical Network”). His design work and writing has been published in books, exhibitions, and websites in Germany, Japan, Korea, the United States, and the United Kingdom, including Chronicle Books, IDEA magazine, Eye and Slanted magazine.