October 17, 2024
ArtSci Roundup: Frontiers of Physics Lecture, Film Screening, Washin Kai Lecture and more
This week, attend the Frontiers of Physics lecture, join the South Asia Center for a film screening, head to Kane Hall for a Washin Kai lecture, and more.
Election & Democracy Events
October 22 | State of Trust: Washington’s Political Climate and Voter Priorities, Online
What is the current level of trust in our electoral system? What do Washingtonians see as the top priorities for their elected officials? How do they view candidates running for state and federal office? The Seattle Times’ Claire Withycombe joins Danielle Lee Tomson from the UW Center for an Informed Public to analyze key findings from the WA Poll.
October 24 | American Democracy and the 2024 Election, Online
In recent years, American democracy has bent but not broken. What are the threats facing American democracy, and what are its sources of resilience? In this talk, Dr. Jake Grumbach will investigate trends in three areas of American democracy: the rule of law, majority rule, and political equality.
November 7 | Trust on the Ballot: Voting in Washington, Town Hall Seattle & Livestream
Shortly after the General Election, three Washington Secretaries of State discuss the history and evolution of voting in our state—from the various systems in place to the complex and polarized climate we now operate in.
November 12 | Democracy Discussions Series | The 2024 Election: What Just Happened? What Happens Next?, Kane Hall
After the 2024 election, hear from Jessica Beyer (Jackson School of International Studies), Victor Menaldo (Political Science), and Scott Lemieux (Political Science) for a discussion on what happened and what happens next as part of the Democracy Discussions Series.
December 3 | Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: James N. Gregory, Kane Hall
In this talk, James Gregory, professor of history at the UW, will explore the history of West Coast radicalism and factors that have made it influential beyond what is common in other regions, including those with blue state traditions.
October – November | Indigenous Peoples’ Day KEXP Radio Broadcast
Listen back on KEXP’s October 14 Indigenous People’s Day program hosted by Sounds of Survivance co-hosts Tory J (American Indian Studies Lecturer and Native American Studies Ph.D. Candidate) and Kevin Sur, along with more KEXP DJs and special guests. Check out the archive.
Free | Listen in
October 21, 3:00 – 5:00 pm | FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION | “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now and Then”, Allen Library
Join the South Asia Center for a screening of the film Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Now and Then. Through the discerning lens of a Bahujan feminist filmmaker operating within the upper-caste Indian film industry, the film delves deep into critical themes of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion, and marginalized representation.
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October 22, 7:30 pm | Frontiers of Physics Lecture: The Mystery of Dark Matter in the Universe, Kane Hall
In this Frontiers of Physics Public Lecture, Katherine Freese will recount the stories of the dark matter puzzle, starting with the discoveries of visionary scientists from the 1930s who first proposed its existence, to Vera Rubin in the 1970s whose observations conclusively showed its dominance in galaxies, to the deluge of data today. Freese will provide an overview of this cosmic cocktail, including the evidence for the existence of dark matter in galaxies. She will also talk about Dark Stars, early stars powered by dark matter, that may have already been discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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October 23, 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Washin Kai Lecture: The Popularization of the Hundred Poets in Edo-Period Japan, Kane Hall
Join Washin Kai on a journey exploring how knowledge of the Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) collection spread among the commoner class in Japan’s early modern Edo period (1600-1868) to become the foundation of popular literary literacy through the booming print culture. A distinctly vernacular interpretative tradition will be revealed, one that heavily influenced the earliest English translations of these poems.
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October 23, 7:30 pm | Faculty Recital: Cristina Valdés, piano, Meany Hall
Pianist Cristina Valdés performs Charles Ives’ monumental Concord Sonata and Arnold Schoenberg’s Three Pieces Op. 11 and his Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 in observance of the 150th birthday of these two iconic composers.
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October 24, 3:30 – 5:30 pm | From Film Festivals to Songbooks: A Conversation with Lyle Pearson, Allen Library
Centered around Lyle Pearson’s private collection of film memorabilia accumulated over five decades of travels through South Asian film festivals, this conversion with Pearson himself will launch a symposium featuring invited scholars of South Asian cinema who reflect on the collection’s research value for South Asian film history, film archives, and visual culture. The symposium is accompanied by an exhibition of the memorabilia in the Allen Library North Lobby.
Free | More info & RSVP
October 25, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Living and Dying as an Immigrant in Classical Athens, Denny Hall & Online
Classical Athens is widely known for being the birthplace of democracy, a political system in which any free male could participate in the governing of the city-state. Yet this democratic system excluded a range of individuals from citizenship, including women, slaves, and immigrants. This talk will explore the archaeological evidence for one of these groups: immigrants, including both Greeks from other city-states and non-Greeks such as Phoenicians or Egyptians.
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October 25, 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Radical Futures – Aristocratic or Democratic? Nietzsche, Brandes, Høffding and the Scandinavian Welfare Society, Allen Library
In the fall of 1889, two of Denmark’s leading intellectuals engaged in a spirited public debate over a then still obscure German philosopher, effectively inaugurating the long vogue of Friedrich Nietzsche. By the time the debate wound down in 1890, its two participants, the literary critic Georg Brandes and the philosopher Harald Høffding, had each outlined dramatically opposed visions for the future. This lecture traces the long afterlife of this seminal “Nietzsche debate,” demonstrating its continued relevance for the world we inhabit today.
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October 25, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Usha Iyer, “Writing Film History without Films: Song Booklets and an Archival Hermeneutic of Speculation”, Communications Building
In this talk, Usha Iyer considers the implications of her use of film ephemera like song booklets—on account of the absence of the films themselves—to write a history of women’s participation in Indian cinema in the 1930s and 1940s, specifically in the area of film dance. Mapping relationships between the artifact and figures like the film historian, the spectator-collector, the flea market scavenger, and the fan blogger illuminates the role of ephemera in producing varied histories of the moving image.
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October 26, 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Merchants and Mercenaries: Greeks in Egypt in the Late Period, Denny Hall & Livestream
Nearly 300 years before the establishment of Alexandria, Egypt was home to communities of Greeks, as well as Carians, Cypriots, and Phoenicians, who settled in the Nile Delta. This talk explores these communities at sites where these migrants lived, traded, worshipped, and buried their dead. The archaeological evidence reveals how individuals from different cultures around the Mediterranean fused seemingly different traditions and practices to negotiate these multicultural spaces.
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October 26, 8:00 pm | Pura Fé and Charly Lowry, Indigenous Women, Meany Center
Powerhouse Indigenous artists Pura Fé and Charly Lowry come together to share their artistry, activism, and passion for building community. Pura Fé is an elder and heir to the Tuscarora Indian Nation, and has won a Native American Music Award for Best Female Artist and an L’académie Charles Cros Award for Best World Album. Charly Lowry of the Lumbee/Tuscarora tribes follows in the footsteps of her mentor Pura Fé, performing on hand drum and guitar. Together their music honors their ancestral roots and lives vibrantly in the present.
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Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Kathrine Braseth (kbraseth@uw.edu).
