University of Missouri-St. Louis, Division of Continuing Education

The Center for the Humanities produces these events and series:

• Monday Noon Cultural Series
  • This free cultural series presents interdisciplinary lectures and performances by artists, dancers, musicians, historian, fiction writers, social and political analysts, and cultural leaders. No registration is required. Light refreshments are served.
• Poetry & Short Story Reading Series
  • The Poetry & Short Story Reading Series is cosponsored with the University of Missouri-St. Louis Department of English. The series is organized by the Department of English faculty members Mary Troy, John Dalton, and Steve Schreiner.
  • The Series features contemporary poets and short story writers who read from their original works. The Series gives our faculty, students, and community the chance to hear the original works of writers from throughout the United States.
  • All of the readings are free; no registration is needed. For the current schedule, call (314) 516-6845.
• What Is a City? Conference  
  • October 21-22, 2010 in the J.C. Penney Conference Center
  • The theme of the 16th annual What Is a City? conference is "Food in the City".
  • Join speakers from around the country and St. Louis in examining the place of food in cities through the lenses of history, public policy, social justice, social science, and personal lives. We’ll discuss food production, distribution, scarcity, safety, and enjoyment, looking at such cities as Chicago, Mexico City, and St. Louis. Conference presenters work in urban planning and development, health, ecology, farming and gardening, sociology and history, and, of course, eating. Engaging in discussion crossing many disciplines, presenters and audience will explore ways to understand urban-rural connections and improve our relations with food, food producers and preparers, and nature, as well as address inequities in access to adequate healthy food locally and worldwide.