Department of History

River Histories

Jan. 22-Feb. 12, 2025

Explore some monumental rivers and the human histories entwined with them.

Simpson Center for the Humanities

Collaborative Book Celebration: The Yoga of Power

Thurs. Jan 30, 2025

Sunila S. Kalé and Christian Lee Novetzke celebrate the launch of their newest book.

Jackson School of International Studies

“Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order,” with Catherine Chou

Thurs. Jan 30, 2025

’90s-era democratization changed how Taiwanese people see their island as a nation.

Meany Center

Kodō One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe

Jan. 31–Feb. 1, 2025

This thrilling taiko performance highlights unique sound and physicality.

Simpson Center

Approaches to Black Power Histories

Fri. Jan. 31, 2025

M Aziz, Robyn Spencer-Antoine and Dan Berger discuss approaches to African American History.

German Studies

Why “the Linguacene”? Accounting for Language and Linguistic Indifference in Anthropocene Histories and Futures

Fri. Jan. 31, 2025

Why has language been left out of analyses of the Anthropocene / Capitalocene / Plantationcene?

Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Book Bazaar: Middle Eastern Fiction and Poetry in Translation

Fri. Jan 31, 2025

Join the founder of the Toronto-based Asemana Books, Dr. Mahdi Ganjavi for an exclusive showcase of Asemana's diverse collection.

MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

Printing Power: Franklin Book Programs and the Cold War Ideology of Education1

Fri. Jan 31, 2025

We will learn how cultural initiatives solidified US imperialism as a global enterprise.

Simpson Center for the Humanities

Interacting with Technologies: Characters and the Analog History of AI

Mon. Feb. 3, 2025

Geoffrey Turnovsky highlights two technologies that came from early modern print that still impact modern advances.

Department of Chemistry

Hopkins Faculty Award Lecture in Chemistry: Prof. Daniel Gamelin Department of Chemistry

Tues. Feb. 4, 2025

The esteemed UW professor shares insights on "The Amazing Lives of Defects in Crystals."

School of Art + Art History + Design and The Graduate School

Wessam Al-Badry: The Role of Art and Journalism in Society

Thurs. Feb. 6, 2025

Explore the illusion that journalism embodies truth and objectivity.

Simpson Center for the Humanities

Vali Dakhani and Early Rekhtah Networks: Sharing Poetry’s Pleasures

Friday, Feb. 7, 2025

Purnima Dhavan and Heidi Pauwels discuss their forthcoming book at this Translation Studies Hub event.

Simpson Center for the Humanities

Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: Edward Slingerland

Tues. Feb. 11, 2025

Edward Slingerland discusses his research in literature, ethics and Chinese history.

History Lecture Series

The Columbia: Where the Internet Lives

Wed. Feb. 12, 2025

The UW's Margaret O'Meara discusses the intertwined human and natural histories of the Columbia River.

School of Art + Art History + Design

artists & poets

Feb. 13–April 18, 2025

This exhibition emulates the interdisciplinary environment Jacob Lawrence experienced in his formative years and explores a legacy of collaboration between artists and poets.

UW South Asia Center

Global History and the Emergence of the Peasant in Colonial Panjab

Thurs. Feb. 13, 2025

Navyug Gill on landowning peasants and landless laborers as novel political subjects.

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher: Counterpoint

Fri. Feb. 14, 2024

Pianist Conrad Tao and dancer Caleb Teicher perform in a collaboration that drives the imagination and opens the heart.

Stroum Center for Jewish Studies

Translating Freud: Psychoanalysis in the Popular Jewish Press

Wed. Feb. 19, 2025

Guest lecturer Naomi Seidman explores the impact Freud’s work had on Eastern European Jews.

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

My Imaginary Country

Thurs. Feb. 20, 2025

My Imaginary Country (Mi país imaginario) follows the protests in Santiago, Chile in 2019.

Department of Political Science

Disparities in Disconnections: Utility Access in the Age of Climate Change

Fri. Feb. 21, 2025

With David Konisky, Indiana University Bloomington.

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Amjad Ali Khan and Sons

Fri. Feb. 21, 2025

Amjad Ali Khan is an undisputed virtuoso of the sarod and one of India’s most celebrated classical musicians.

German Studies

From the Grimms’ Wonder Tales to AI: Wells, Hedges, Automata, Screens. How to connect the dots?

Fri. Feb 21, 2025

UW professor Dorothee Ostmeier will deliver a lecture in honor of beloved UW Prof. Diana Behler.

East Asia Center

Self-Destructive Policy Seeking and Self-Benefiting Shirking

Fri. Feb. 21, 2025

University of North Texas professor Ko Maeda shows how Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has been gaining advantage by not achieving its goals.

Department of Classics

Ridgway Lecture

Sat. Feb. 22, 2025

J. Paul Getty Museum curator Kenneth Lapatin speaks at University of Puget Sound.

Center for Child & Family Wellbeing

Cultivating Curiosity, Connection, and Compassion

Sat. Feb. 22, 2025

Explore curiosity and participate in simple exercises to help us become more comfortable with uncertainty.

School of Music

Baroque Ensemble

Mon. Feb. 24, 2025

UW Music students perform music of the Baroque era.

Slavic Languages & Literatures

An Evening with Krzysztof Siwczyk

Mon. Feb. 24, 2025

Enjoy a reading and conversation with acclaimed Polish poet Krzysztof Siwczyk and his translator, UW professor Piotr Florczyk.

Meany Center for Performing Arts

Isidore String Quartet: Unrequited

Tues. Feb. 25, 2025

This award-winning quartet was formed with a vision to revisit, rediscover and reinvigorate the repertory.

Department of Chemistry

Weston and Sheila Borden Endowed Lecture in Theoretical Chemistry: Prof. Abraham Nitzan

A UPenn professor discusses his lab's work.

School of Art + Art History + Design

Kollar Lecture in American Art: Tanya Sheehan

Thurs. Feb. 27, 2025

The 2025 Kollar Lecture in American Art will be delivered by Tanya Sheehan.

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE

Feb. 27–March 1, 2025

EVIDENCE integrates traditional African dance with contemporary choreography and spoken word.

Department of Classics

2025 John B. and Mary K. McDiarmid Lecture

Fri. Feb. 28, 2025

Craig Williams is a professor in the Department of Classics, University of Illinois.

Department of Linguistics

Linguistics Department Colloquium

Fri. Feb. 28, 2025

Kathleen Hall of UBC: Testing Message-Oriented Phonology in the Signed Modality

Henry Art Gallery

Overexposures: Photographs from the Henry Collection

Through March 1, 2025

Explore uses of light to obscure, obliterate and alter the photographic subject.

Henry Art Gallery

Body Language: Recent Acquisitions in the Henry Collection

Through March 1, 2025

View extraordinary artworks recently acquired for the Henry’s permanent collection.

Department of Political Science

Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics

Fri. Feb. 28, 2025

Pablo Beramendi studies the causes and consequences of economic inequality.

American Ethnic Studies

Transnational Feminist Non-aligned Movement for Genuine Security and a Culture of Life

Tues. March 4, 2025

Activist Margo Okazawa-Rey on how visionary movements are facing “monsters.”

East Asia Center

Li Kotomi, author

Wed. March 5, 2025

Li Kotomi is a Japanese-Chinese bilingual author, translator and interpreter.

Department of Political Science

UW Colloquium in Political Theory: “The Idea of Equality in America”

Thurs. March 6, 2025

Emma Rodman envisions a more equal world as one that better equalizes power.

Slavic Language & Literature

Film Screening: “How I Learned to Fly” (“Leto kada sam naučila da letim”)

Fri. March 7, 2025

Join director Radivoje Andrić for this family story seen through a girl's eyes.

American Indian Studies

Sacred Breath Winter Festival

March 7–8, 2025

Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft.

Department of History

Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust

Thurs. March 13, 2025

Ari Joskowicz describes the experiences of Hitler’s forgotten victims.

School of Music

UW Symphony Orchestra with UW Choirs

Fri. March 14, 2025

David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony and Combined UW Choirs in "The Haydn Experience II."

School of Music

CD Release Celebration: Melia Watras, the almond tree duos

Fri. March 14, 2025

Violist and composer Melia Watras presents her latest album on Planet M Records.

Meany Center for Performing Arts

Jeremy Denk; Virtuoso Bach: The Complete Keyboard Partitas

Tues. March 18, 2025

Hear one of America's foremost pianists, known for dexterity and imagination.

Meany Center for Performing Arts

Silkroad Ensemble: Uplifted Voices with Special Guest Pura Fé

Fri. March 28, 2025

In a collaboration of global instruments, Silkroad features musical storytelling.

Burke Museum

Exhibition: Rare Air: Connecting with Species of Flight

Through March 31, 2025

Original art, Burke Museum collections and interactive experiences that tell stories of endangered species of flight.

School of Music

Guest Pianist Lecture Recital: Catherine Kautsky

Tues. April 1, 2025

Pianist Catherine Kautsky presents a lecture-recital: “Debussy’s Paris: Poets, Politics and the Piano.”

Meany Center for Performing Arts

Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Deep River

April 3–5, 2025

Alonzo King bends the lines between classical and contemporary aesthetics.

School of Music

Guest Artist Concert: Bennardo Larson Duo

Fri. April 4, 2025

Violin and piano duo Maya Bennardo and Karl Larson performs works by Anthony Vine and others.

Asian Languages & Literature

Washin Kai Lecture

Tues. April 8, 2025

Featuring UW professor Davinder Bhowmik.

Meany Center for Performing Arts

Lara Downes: This Land

Tues. April 8, 2025

Pianist and activist Lara Downes celebrates resilience and imagination.

School of Music

Faculty Recital: Tekla Cunningham, Violin

Thur. April 10, 2025

Tekla Cunningham plays works by Pisendel, Telemann, and a newly commissioned work by Melia Watras.

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Taj Mahal and Leyla McCalla — Black Banjo

Sat. April 12, 2025

Blues legend Taj Mahal joins Leyla McCalla in a not-to-be-missed concert.

ISIR Speaker Series presents Emily Zackin

Tues. April 15, 2025

Public lecture from Emily Zackin, Johns Hopkins University.

School of Music

Guest Artist Concert: Eroica Trio

Wed. April 16, 2025

The renowned Eroica Trio wraps up a three-day residency with a mainstage performance at Meany Hall.

Political Science

Harnessing Law and Policy to Reduce Food Waste

Fri. April 18, 2025

Harvard Law School's Emily M. Broad Leib presents a lecture on food waste laws and reduction.

Political Science

Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Iza Ding

Fri. April 18, 2025

Northwestern University's Iza Ding in conversation with UW Grad Student Discussant Tongtian Xiao.

School of Music

Faculty Concert: John-Carlos Perea, “Improvising Home”

Fri. April 18, 2025

John-Carlos Perea and guests perform “Improvising Home” for jazz ensemble.

Simpson Center for the Humanities

Translation Studies Hub Colloquium

Fri. April 18, 2025

The Translation Studies Hub serves as a platform for discussion about the theories, histories and practice of translation at the UW and in the broader Seattle community.

School of Music

Faculty Recital: Stephanie Richards and Friends

Tues. April 22, 2025

Enjoy hearing this renowned trumpeter and newly appointed professor of music.

Department of Economics

Faculty Brownbag: Jing Tao

Tues. April 22, 2025

Discussion with Jing Tao; Associate Professor, UW Department of Economics.

School of Music

Faculty Recital: Robin McCabe, Around Robin

Thurs. April 24, 2025

Professor Robin McCabe brings pianistic virtuosity to the Meany mainstage.

Department of Philosophy

Colloquium: George Tsai Department of Philosophy

Fri. April 25, 2025

Discussion with George Tsai.

School of Art + Art History + Design

John Jennings: The AfroFuture Now

Thurs. May 1, 2025

Delve into major themes in the vibrant and ever-changing Afrofuturism movement.

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Third Coast Percussion and Jessie Montgomery: Strum, Strike, Bend

Sat. May 3, 2025

Jessie Montgomery joins this Grammy-winning percussion quartet.

Henry Art Gallery

A.K. Burns: What is Perverse is Liquid

Through May 4, 2025

Explore feminist and queer perspectives through video, sculpture and installations.

School of Music

Faculty Recital: Melia Watras, Broken Bell

Mon. May 5, 2025

Broken Bell, a collaborative work, is a mashup of a concert and a play.

School of Art + Art History + Design

An Evening with Christine Sun Kim

Tues. May 6, 2025

Christine Sun Kim deconstructs the politics of sound in her artwork.

School of Music

Guest Artist Concert: Lumina Women’s Ensemble

Wed. May 7, 2025

Lumina Women's Ensemble and guests perform "The Celestial Woman."

Department of Political Science

UW International Security Colloquium

Fri. May 9, 2025

Efe Tokdemir presents "A Triadic Counterinsurgency Framework to Unpack Government – Non State Armed Actor – Constituency Relations"

Simpson Center for the Humanities

Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: Jahan Ramazani

Tues. May 13, 2025

Jahan Ramazani on the intercultural riches of language and the globalism of poetry.

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Jonathan Biss: Transfiguration

Tues. May 13, 2025

This pianist with “impeccable taste and a formidable technique” connects the pillars of the repertoire with new compositions

School of Music

Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard

Thurs. May 15, 2025

Hear works by French composers, with guest pianist ZeZe Xue.

Political Science

Water Governance Disparities and Utility Performance: Evidence from California

Fri. May 16, 2025

UC Irvine's Maura Allaire with the UW's Center for Environmental Politics.

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the North

Sat. May 17, 2025

Shadow puppetry and projected animation tell the tale of Manijeh, a heroine from ancient Persia.

Asian Languages & Literature

Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture

Mon. May 19, 2025

In memory of Andrew L. Markus, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature at the UW.

Department of Chemistry

George H. Cady Endowed Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Shannon Stahl

Wed. May 21, 2025

The George H. Cady Endowed Lectureship in Chemistry was established in memory of Prof. Cady by his family and many friends and colleagues in 1994.

School of Music

Guest Artist Concert: Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble

Ekmeles vocal ensemble performs works by UW faculty composers at Meany Hall.

Political Science

Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics

Fri. May 23, 2025

Oxford University's Nathan Lane talks with graduate student discussant Brian Leung.

Department of Philosophy

Space Ethics Conference

May 28–30, 2025

UW Philosophy gathers for a three-day conference on the ethics of space exploration.

Henry Art Gallery

Christine Sun Kim: Ghost(ed) Notes

Through June 1, 2025

Visit Ghost(ed) Notes, a temporary mural animating the Henry’s east façade.

Henry Art Gallery

Chloë Bass: Soft Services

Through Aug. 1, 2025

A series of fourteen stone benches are placed in Seattle’s Volunteer Park.

Henry Art Gallery

Josh Faught: Sanctuary

Through August 3, 2025

This tapestry reflects on how queer communities have created spaces of safety.

Henry Art Gallery

Tala Madani: Be flat

Through Aug. 17, 2025

Explore the influence of symbols, language, and mark-making on power dynamics.