Upcoming Events

Tuesday 10/13, 6pm - At the next desk - Join the Beacon and the Royale for a lightly moderated discussion series on issues effecting the St. Louis region. This week: Have you had found difficult situations at work that sprang from racial or ethnic differences? We would like to hear them and to discuss them frankly. We would like to talk especially about difficulty getting jobs in the first place, and the obstacles found on corporate ladders for non-whites. Presented by the St. Louis Beacon and The Royale. In conjuction with the yearlong series of content and events produced by Missouri History Museum and the Beacon in conjunction and KETC/Channel 9. More >

Friday, 10/16, 6-7:30 pm - The Children Left Behind Aram A. Schvey, JD, Staff Attorney & Teaching Fellow at Georgetown University of Law will give a presentation on anti-Roma discrimination, which focuses on his work on educational segregation of Roma children. Mr. Schvey teaches international human rights at Georgetown Law School and is serving as a Fellow in the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic. Danforth Campus, Umrath Lounge. Presented by The Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Washington University, as part of its "Ethnic Profiling - A Challenge to Democracy" series. More >


Monday, 10/19, 7-8:30 pm - Classical Music and Poetry Reading Musicians from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert on campus and Jason Hill, an MD/PhD student, will read original poems on the topic of ethnic poetry. Danforth Campus, Holmes Lounge. Presented by The Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Washington University, as part of its "Ethnic Profiling - A Challenge to Democracy" series. More >

Friday, 10/30, 3 pm - When Experiments Travel Prof. Adriana Petryna, an anthropologist, will lecture about her work on the ethnography and ethics of global clinical trials. She recently published a book on this subject entitled, "When Experiments Travel: Clinical Trials and the Global Search for Human Subjects." Danforth
Campus, McMillan Hall, Room 149. Co-sponsored by The Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values and the Department of Anthropology, Washington University, as part of its "Ethnic Profiling - A Challenge to Democracy" series. More >