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Guest Pianist Lecture Recital: Catherine Kautsky
April 1, 2025 5:00 pm
Brechemin Auditorium
FreeAvailableOpen
Pianist Catherine Kautsky, chair of the keyboard department at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, presents a lecture-recital: “Debussy’s Paris: Poets, Politics and the Piano.”
8th Annual Lee Scheingold Lecture in Poetry and Poetics: Pádraig Ó Tuama
April 2, 2025 3:30 pm
HUB 334
FreeAvailableOpen
Join poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama, for a talk and book signing to celebrate the 8th Annual Lee Scheingold Lecture.
Exploring the Frontiers of Life in the Universe: 25 Years of the UW Astrobiology Program
April 2, 2025 7:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 130)
FreeAvailableOpen
UWAB is excited to announce a public lecture series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the program with four days of public talks this April.
Boeing Colloquium: Stephen Boyd
April 3, 2025 4:00 pm
TBD
FreeAvailableOpen
An overview of the basic mathematics, algorithms, and software frameworks for convex optimization, with a few examples.
John B. and Mary K. McDiarmid Lecture
April 4, 2025 3:30 pm
Communications 120
FreeAvailableOpen
Jennifer Ingleheart performs Polari - often described as a secret language used by gay men - versions of Catullus poetry and sets them in a wider tradition of Catullan translation.
Political Economy Forum presents Brian Leung
April 4, 2025 12:00 pm
Gowen Hall 1A, The Olson Room
FreeAvailableOpen
A lecture from Brian Leung: Firm Lobbying and the Political Economy of US-China Trade.
The Blame Game: Militias, civilians, and the states’ accountability-effectiveness trade-off
April 4, 2025 12:30 pm
Smith 40A
FreeAvailableOpen
A presentation in the University of Washington International Security Colloquium from Ian Callison, a graduate student in the Department of Political Science.
Flying High with Math
April 4, 2025 3:30 pm
ECE 125
FreeAvailableOpen
Sharon Arroyo and Joerg Gablonsky, members of Boeing Applied Mathematics, give an overview of the projects they have worked on and insights into work as a mathematician.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series: The Indo-Pacific
April 7, 2025 5:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: The Indo-Pacific, featuring Professors David Bachman, International Studies, Radhika Govindrajan, South Asia Center, and James Lin, International Studies.
2025 Washin Kai Lecture
April 8, 2025 5:30 pm
Kane Hall (Room 210)
FreeAvailableOpen
Speaker: Prof. Davinder Bhowmik, Department of Asian Languages & Literature, University of Washington. More information to come.
Seminar with Kyle Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota
April 8, 2025 3:30 pm
Savery 410
FreeAvailableOpen
This seminar is part of the Macroeconomics and International Economics Seminars Series, Hosted by Brian Greaney,
Astrobiology 25th Anniversary Lecture Series: From the Deep Ocean to Deep Space
April 9, 2025 7:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 130)
FreeAvailableOpen
Join The Department of Astronomy in welcoming Dr. Giada Arney, UW Astrobiology Program Graduate 2016, for the second 25th Anniversary Lecture.
Finnish/Nordic Perspectives on the War in Ukraine by Ilmari Käihkö, University of Helsinki
April 9, 2025 3:30 pm
Thomson Hall 317
FreeAvailableOpen
Dr. Ilmari Käihkö has studied the war in Ukraine since 2017. His book, ”Slava Ukraini!” Strategy and the spirit of Ukrainian Resistance 2014-2023, was published in December 2023.
UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Anna Nguyen UW, Ph.D. Student in Political Science
April 10, 2025 12:00 pm
Gowen Hall 1A, The Olson Room
FreeAvailableOpen
Join the Department of Political Science and Anna Nguyen, UW Ph.D. Student in Political Science, for a colloquium in political theory.
Symposium: “Gender, Translation, and the Short Form in the Eurasian Periodical”
April 10, 2025 8:00 am
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
This symposium features emerging literary scholarship that explores short-form fiction as it appeared in the 20th century and its intersections with translation and gender.
The Love Jones Cohort: Examining the Lifestyle of Those Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class
April 10, 2025 12:00 pm
Savery Hall 409
FreeAvailableOpen
Kris Marsh - The Love Jones Cohort: Examining the Lifestyle of Those Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class.
HomeEvents Calendar THEME Lecture Series: James O. Young
April 11, 2025 4:00 pm
Music Building Room 101
FreeAvailableOpen
James O. Young, professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria, presents “Music and Moral Development,” in this installment of the THEME Lecture Series.
Roberta Hawkins “Higher Expectations: Practical Actions for a Better Academia”
April 11, 2025 3:30 pm
Smith Hall 304
FreeSold outOpen
This talk follows the publication of Higher Expectations: How to Survive Academia, Make it Better for Others, and Transform the University, by Roberta Hawkins and Leslie Kern.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – Europe
April 14, 2025 5:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Europe featuring Professor Sabine Lang, and retired U.S. Ambassadors Jeff Hovenier and John Koenig.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – The Middle East
April 14, 2025 5:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: The Middle East, featuring Professors Reşat Kasaba, International Studies, and Liora Halperin, International Studies
WISIR Speaker Series presents Emily Zackin, Johns Hopkins University
April 15, 2025 12:30 pm
Smith Hall 40A
FreeAvailableOpen
Public lecture from Emily Zackin, Johns Hopkins University.
Translation Beyond English: Forugh Farrokhzad Between Persian and Italian
April 15, 2025 4:00 pm
Denny Hall 359
FreeAvailableOpen
This workshop explores Forugh Farrokhzad’s poetry through translation, examining linguistic identity, gender, and sexual normativity.
Prof David Schlosberg Environmental Justice Talk
April 15, 2025 3:30 pm
TBD
FreeAvailableOpen
Join the Department of Philosophy in welcoming Professor David Schlosberg for his Environmental Justice Talk.
Astrobiology 25th Anniversary Lecture Series: Exploring Mars with the Perseverance Rover
April 16, 2025 7:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 120)
FreeAvailableOpen
Celebrate 25 years of Atrobiology at UW by attending free public talks from the program director and several alumni. This week, hear from Dr. Ken Williford.
Center for Environmental Politics: Emily M. Broad Leib, Harvard Law School, “Harnessing Law and Policy to Reduce Food Waste”
April 18, 2025 12:00 pm
Gowen Hall 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
Center for Environmental Politics presents a lecture on food waste laws and reduction.
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Iza Ding, Northwestern University
April 18, 2025 1:30 pm
Gowen Hall 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Iza Ding, Northwestern University
Linguistics Colloquium Series
April 18, 2025 3:30 pm
Johnson Hall 111
FreeAvailableOpen
Spring 2025 Linguistics Colloquium Series: "How children’s variable input shapes phonological structure: Language learning where it happens" Meg Cychosz (UCLA)
UW Speech & Hearing Sciences 2025 Distinguished Alumni Lecture
April 18, 2025 3:30 pm
Eagleson Hall
FreeAvailableOpen
The 2025 Distinguished Alum is Dr. Barbara Rodriguez, PhD, CCC-SLP (UW SPHSC Class of 1998).
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – Global Information
April 21, 2025 5:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Global Information featuring: Professors Scott Radnitz, International Studies, and Jessica Beyer, Cybersecurity and International Studies.
UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Dr. George Shulman
April 21, 2025 12:00 pm
Gowen Hall, The Olson Room, 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Dr. George Shulman, NYU Gallatin School of Individual Study, "Creative Paranoia & Radical Democracy: The Politics of SNNC and SDS"
Griffith and Patricia Way Lecture
April 22, 2025 5:30 pm
Kane Hall (Room 225)
FreeAvailableOpen
Griffith and Patricia Way Lecture 2025: 'Consolidating Constitutional Legitimacy in Japan: Concepts, Metrics, and Pathways Forward' with Kenneth Mori McElwain, University of Tokyo.
Culinary Heritage and History: “The Mystic Kitchens of Nepal”
April 23, 2025 6:00 pm
Thomson Hall 317
FreeAvailableOpen
Author and chef Bikram Vaidya discusses his newest cookbook “The Mystic Kitchens of Nepal,” and how Nepalese food reflects how people, nature, and tradition work together.
17th Annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lecture: The Science of Altruism
April 23, 2025 7:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 110)
FreeAvailableOpen
This interdisciplinary panel brings together experts from psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and animal behavior to explore the foundations of altruistic behaviors.
The Climatic Effects of the UWAB Program on the Habitability of My Environment
April 23, 2025 7:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 130)
FreeAvailableOpen
Celebrate 25 years of Atrobiology at UW by attending free public talks from the program director and several alumni. In this final lecture, hear from Dr. Aomawa Shields.
Endowed Lecture for Health Promotion
April 23, 2025 5:30 pm
Maple Hall - Great Room
FreeAvailableOpen
UW School of Nursing hosts Dr. Aisha Brooks as this year's Endowed Lecture for Health Promotion with 30+ years of leadership experience in the nursing and public health realms.
Walter G. Andrews Memorial Lecture
April 24, 2025 7:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 225)
FreeAvailableOpen
Occasions for Poetry: Politics, Literature, and Imagination Among the Early Modern Ottomans
Parents and Teens on Screens
April 24, 2025 6:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
This webinar will include a panel of experts discussing parents’, teens’, and preteens’ digital technology and social media use and its relation to mental health.
Displacement and Resistance: The Story of Masafer Yatta
April 25, 2025 6:30 pm
HUB 214
FreeAvailableOpen
A screening of No Other Land. A document of the forced displacement of Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community, through the lens of activist Basel Adra and journalist Yuval Abraham.
An Evening with Christine Sun Kim
April 30, 2025 7:00 pm
Town Hall Seattle
Pay What You WillAvailableOpen
Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim discusses her wide-ranging practice around sound and language. Reflecting on her experiences as a member of the Deaf community, Kim will delve into her work within various systems of visual communication, including American Sign Language (ASL), musical notation, infographics, and television captioning. Kim is currently showing a new mural, Ghost(ed) Notes, on the east facade of the Henry Art Gallery. We encourage you to visit the mural prior to the talk!
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Letters from the Ancestors: Family History and our Capitalist Future
April 30, 2025 4:00 pm
Bommunications Building 120
FreeAvailableOpen
In “Letters from the Ancestors,” Connolly follows the events of four generations of his Caribbean family, offering a view of the history of late capitalism in the Atlantic World.
The AfroFuture Now
May 1, 2025 6:30 pm
Town Hall Seattle
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Join award-winning graphic novelist and all-around champion of Black culture, John Jennings for a conversation about the current history of Black speculation.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – Migration
May 5, 2025 5:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Migration, featuring Professors Sara Curran, director of the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, and Rawan Arar, Law, Societies and Justice department.
A Triadic Counterinsurgency Framework to Unpack Government – Non State Armed Actor – Constituency Relations
May 9, 2025 2:00 pm
Gowen Hall 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
UW International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “A Triadic Counterinsurgency Framework to Unpack Government – Non State Armed Actor – Constituency Relations” with Efe Tokdemir.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – Latin America and Africa
May 12, 2025 5:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Latin America and Africa featuring professors Vanessa Freije, International Studies, James Long, Political Science, and José Antonio (Tony) Lucero, Comparative History of Ideas.
Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: Jahan Ramazani
May 13, 2025 6:30 pm
Kane Hall (Room 120)
FreeAvailableOpen
Jahan Ramazani is University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
Center for Environmental Politics: Maura Allaire, University of California-Irvine, “Water Governance Disparities and Utility Performance: Evidence from California”
May 16, 2025 12:00 pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
University of California-Irvine's Maura Allaire discusses water governance disparities and utility performance in relation to what's been observed in California.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – Energy
May 19, 2025 5:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Energy featuring Scott Montgomery, International Studies
2025 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture
May 19, 2025 5:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 225)
FreeAvailableOpen
This lectureship was established in memory of Andrew L. Markus, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Washington from 1986-1995.
Judge Joel Ngugi
May 21, 2025 6:30 pm
Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)
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As a member of the Kenyan judiciary Judge Ngugi will talk about some of the most pressing political questions of our time in both his country and the USA, including how we ensure an equitable, independent and wise judiciary; as well as how we can imagine justice beyond narrow legal frameworks.
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Nathan Lane, University of Oxford
May 23, 2025 1:30 pm
Gowen Hall 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
Nathan Lane; University of Oxford with graduate Student Discussant: Brian Leung, UW.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – The Long View
June 2, 2025 5:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: The Long View featuring Professor Daniel Bessner, International Studies.
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