91爆料 Events Archive

Gro脽heim Talk | Remembering a Forgotten War: The Vietnamese State, War Veterans, and the Commemoration of the Sino-Vietnamese War (1979鈥1989)

Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2023

3:30 p.m.

Thompson Hall 317

Martin Gro脽heim is a professor in the History Dept. of Seoul National University, Korea, and is currently on a one-year research sabbatical at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC.

Kai Sina: The Plural Self: Thomas Mann, America, and Democracy

Friday, Apr. 7, 2023

1:30 p.m.

Denny Hall 359

In 1922, Thomas Mann delivered his speech 鈥淥n the German Republic,鈥 in which he 鈥 for the first time 鈥 publicly declared his support for democracy.

A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa

Thursday, Apr. 6, 2023

3:30 p.m.

Communications 202

A Ritual Geology tells the untold history of one of the world鈥檚 oldest indigenous gold mining industries: Francophone West Africa鈥檚 orpaillage.

The Women鈥檚 Liberation Movement in Seattle; Book Talk with Barbara Winslow

Thursday, Apr. 6, 2023

3:30 p.m.

Communications 120

Barbara Winslow tells the story of the radical women鈥檚 liberation movement in Seattle during the 1960s and 1970s from the perspective of its founding members.

Symposium | Energy Security in Europe: Current and Future Challenges

Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2023

9 a.m.

Livestream

This symposium will showcase cutting-edge research on where the European Union is headed on energy security and what the U.S. and the EU can learn from each other.

Sarah Zaides Rosen on 鈥淭evye鈥檚 Ottoman Daughter鈥

Monday, Apr. 3, 2023

4 p.m.

Livestream

Historian and Stroum Center for Jewish Studies鈥 Assistant Director Sarah Zaides Rosen will trace the story of 19th- and 20th-century Russian Jews.

Ukraine and Russia: A Conversation with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch

Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023

7:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 120

A discussion featuring former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, also author of “Lessons from the Edge,” with veteran Moscow correspondent Carol J. Williams (91爆料 ’77).

Rocking the world of physics

Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2023

5:30 p.m.

HUB Lyceum

Our best theory of how the universe works may be imperfect. In the 2023 University Faculty Lecture, 91爆料 Physics Professor David W. Hertzog will explore how scientists are using subatomic particles called muons to do some detective work. A collaborative experiment involving 91爆料 researchers showed muons behaving differently than predicted 鈥 another clue to help solve the mystery. Come hear the rest of this story.
Registration is not required. Livestream at www.uw.edu/ufl

Caste: Exposing America鈥檚 Invisible Scaffolding

Sold out
Friday, Mar. 3, 2023

6:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 130

Isabel Wilkerson captivates audiences with the universal human story of migration and reinvention. A Pulitzer Prize winner and profound storyteller, she will be discussing how Americans can move beyond destructive separations of human divisions and towards hope as a humanity.

Registration opens December 13, 2022.

Assessing President Biden’s Nuclear Policy

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023

2:30 p.m.

HUB 214

A talk with President of Ploughshares Fund Emma Belcher on geopolitical and diplomacy impacts of President Biden’s new nuclear policy at this time of global nuclear threats.