This week, listen to the Katz Distinguished Lecture series led by Sasha Su-Ling Welland, join a book talk event with Dr. Alexander Bubb, be awed by Michelle Cann’s piano performance, and more.
January 26, 10:00 – 11:00 am | 
Zoom
91爆料 Textual Studies will host a virtual book talk event with Dr. Alexander Bubb on his latest book, Asian Classics on the Victorian Bookshelf. There will be a featured presentation and Q&A session that follows.
Free |
January 26, 12:30 – 1:30 pm | 听Denny Hall
The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invites Semih Tareen, the Seattle Turkish Film Festival Director, to give a talk on viruses, biotechnology, and horror movies.听
Free |
January 29, 6:30 pm | 听Brechemin Auditorium
91爆料 keyboard performance students perform concerto movements for outside judges for a chance to perform with the 91爆料 Symphony.
Free |
January 29, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | 听Thomson Hall
Sponsored by the 91爆料 Japan Studies Program, the China Studies Program is hosting book talk with Wenkai He, author of Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, Japan, and China.听
Free |
January 30, 6:30 pm | Kane Hall
In this Katz Distinguished Lecture Series, Sasha Su-Ling Welland, Chair and Professor in the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, is invited to discuss “The Art of Living in the Nuclear Anthropocene.” This is a story of kinship, grief, and place that asks an impossible question. This lecture explores telling terrible stories in a way that centers relationally and compels those to seek repair instead of closure.
Free |
January 30, 6:00 – 7:00 pm | Thomson Hall
The converging forces of climate change, migration, and shifting livelihoods have thrust Nepal’s farmers into precarious positions. Join the South Asia Center and the Nepal Studies Initiative for a case study on how Sanskriti Farms & Research Centre is responding through innovative and sustainable agricultural practices at a local scale while empowering the community.
Shree Krishna Dhital is the Executive Director of Sanskriti Farms & Research Centre and Phoolbari Homestay. He has over a decade of experience in tourism, community farming, and sustainable technological implementation.
Free |
January 30, 5:00 – 6:20 pm | 听Husky Union Building
Karam Dana, Associate Professor at 91爆料 Bothell, will discuss “The Question of Palestine and the Evolution of Solidarity and Resistance in the U.S.” His research examines Palestinian political identity and the impact of Israeli occupation on Palestinian society. He also studies American Muslims, how they are racialized, and what affects their political participation in the U.S.
This event is part of War in the Middle East, a series of talks and discussions on the aftermath of October 7, the war in Gaza, and responses worldwide.
Recordings of each lecture will be made available on the . Watch or listen to the January 16, 2024, recording of .
Free |
January 30, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall
Faculty colleagues Rachel Lee Priday and Craig Sheppard present a blockbuster program, including the Faur茅 A Major Sonata and Bartok #1 and shorter works by Arvo P盲rt and Franz Schubert.
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January 31, 7:00 – 8:30 pm | 听Kane Hall
In this History Lecture Series, Professor Elena Campbell explores the multifaceted history of Seattle鈥檚 engagement with peoples from the Romanov Empire and the Soviet Union, including trade relations and commerce, Russian emigration, the 鈥淩ed Scare,鈥� Russian studies, and citizen diplomacy.
Free |
February 1, 7:30 pm | 听Meany Hall
Lauded as 鈥渢echnically fearless with鈥n enormous, rich sound鈥� (La Scena Musicale), pianist Michelle Cann made her orchestral debut at age 14 and has since performed as a soloist with numerous prominent orchestras.
Cann鈥檚 Meany debut features a music program by luminaries of Chicago鈥檚 Black Renaissance, including Hazel Scott, Nora Holt, Irene Britton Smith, and others. A champion of Florence Price’s music, Cann also performs the composer鈥檚 Fantasies No. 1, 2,听and 4.
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February 2, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | 
Gowen Hall
Join the Department of History and the Severyns Ravenholt Endowment at the 91爆料 for a conversation with Suparna Chaudhry, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs at Lewis and Clark College, and Ji Hyeon Chung, graduate student in the Political Science Department at the 91爆料.
Free |
February 2, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall 
David Alexander Rahbee conducts the 91爆料 Symphony and special guest Michelle Cann, piano, in a music program by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. With acclaimed pianist Michelle Cann, performing Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, with the orchestra.
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February 2, 7:30 pm | 听Brechemin Auditorium 
Guitar students of Michael Partington perform works for solo, duo, and group arrangements.
Michael Partington is one of the most engaging of the new generation of concert players. Praised by Classical Guitar Magazine for his 鈥渓yricism, intensity, and clear technical command,鈥� this award-winning British guitarist has performed internationally as a soloist and with an ensemble to unanimous critical praise.
Free |
February 5, 7:00 pm | Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall
Carole Terry, renowned organist and former longtime 91爆料 professor of Organ Studies presents a lecture, “How the body works when playing piano, organ, or harpsichord.鈥�
This series is made possible with support from the Paul B. Fritts Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Organ.
Free |
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