Come curious. Leave inspired.

We welcome you to connect with us this autumn quarter through an incredible lineup of more than 30 events, exhibitions, podcasts, and more. From thought-provoking talks on monsters to boundary-pushing performances by Grammy-nominated Mariachi ensembles, it鈥檚 a celebration of bold ideas and creative energy.

ArtSci On Your Own Time

Exhibition: (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Journey through the seasonal cycle of weaving, from gathering materials and spinning wool to dyeing with natural ingredients and weaving intricate designs. Along the way, learn firsthand from weavers and gain insight into the deep cultural and scientific knowledge embedded in every strand. Free entry for UW faculty, staff, and students.

Closing September 28 | (Henry Art Gallery)
This focused exhibition features works from Passing On (2022), a series of collaged newspaper obituaries of influential feminist activists and organizers. The clippings, presented with Winant鈥檚 handwritten annotations, reflect on a lineage of non-biological inheritance and how language shapes memory and history. Free.

Closing October 4 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents Crossings, featuring new bricolage sculptures by Rob Rhee inspired by inosculated trees and experimental grafting processes. The exhibit includes work from his studio and ongoing developments at the 91爆料 Farm. Free.

Exhibitions: (91爆料 Magazine)
Find art by 91爆料 alumni and faculty in solo exhibitions, group shows and art fairs across Seattle and beyond. Free.

Podcast: Ways of Knowing, Season 2
Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are facilitating critical conversations in the classroom and the sound booth! The second season of 鈥淲ays of Knowing,鈥� a podcast collaboration with The World According to Sound, spotlights eight Arts & Sciences faculty members whose research shapes our knowledge of the world in real time鈥攆rom digital humanities to mathematics to AI. Free.

Video: (Astronomy)
What will Rubin Observatory discover that no one鈥檚 expecting? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn and answer cosmic queries about the Vera Rubin Observatory, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), and our next big tool to uncover more about the universe with Zeljko Ivezic, Director of Rubin Observatory Construction. Free.

Book Club: 鈥淭he Four Winds鈥� by Kristin Hannah听(91爆料 Alumni)
Readers鈥� Choice! Author (and 91爆料 alum – BA, Communication, 鈥�83 ) Kristin Hannah highlights the struggles of the working poor during the Great Depression in this novel. Elsa is an awkward wallflower who is raising her two children on the family farm. As the Dust Bowl hits, she must choose between weathering the climate catastrophe in Texas or moving her family west to follow rumors of jobs in California. Free.

Week of September 22

September 25 | (Department of Chemistry)
A seminar featuring Professor Matt Golder. Free.

September 25 | (Henry Art Gallery)
A two-part series of readings by local authors exploring ghosts, familial histories, and the porousness between life and death. Free.

September 26 | 听
From the best-selling author of These Truths comes We the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era.

Week of September 29

October 1 | (School of Music)
Students of the 91爆料 School of Music perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by 91爆料 Music and 91爆料 Libraries. Free.

October 3 | (Henry Art Gallery)
Celebrate fall at the Henry with an evening of bold, boundary鈥憄ushing art and vibrant community, featuring exhibitions like Rodney McMillian: Neighbors, Kameelah Janan Rasheed: we leak, we exceed, Spirit House, and Sculpture Court Mural 鈥� Charlene Liu: Scallion. Meet the artists, enjoy a no鈥慼ost bar, and a curated playlist. Free.

October 3 | (Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
Award-winning pianist and cultural ambassador Mahani Teave is a pioneering artist who bridges the creative world with education and environmental activism.

October 3 | (School of Music)
A performance featuring special guests Stomu Takeishi (bass), Lucia Pulido (voice), Cuong Vu (trumpet), and Ted Poor (drums), performing the music of Chilean composer Violeta Parra. Free.

October 4 | (Henry Art Gallery)
An in-depth conversation between artist Rodney McMillian and curator Anthony Elms about the artistic process, themes, and the

Week of October 6

October 7 | (Department of Economics)
Distinguished economist and 2024 Nobel Laureate James Robinson delivers the Milliman Lecture. Free.

October 8 | (Jackson School of International Studies)
A literary conversation between novelist and artist Gerardo S谩mano C贸rdova and 91爆料 professors Mar铆a Elena Garc铆a (CHID) and Vanessa Freije (JSIS/History), centered around S谩mano C贸rdova’s recent novel, Monstrilio, exploring the major themes of the book, including queerness, monstrosity, and grief. Free.

October 9 | (American Indian Studies)
A series to prepare for the Film Screening & 91爆料 Symphony Performance: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land on February 6, 2026 (). Free.

October 10 | (School of Music)
A performance featuring 91爆料 Jazz Studies students Jai Kobi Kaleo ‘Okalani, Coen Rios, and Ethan Horn. Free.

October 10 | (Jackson School of International Studies)
The South Asia Center and Tasveer Film Festival host a screening and discussion of Farming the Revolution (1hr 45min, India, 2024, Nishtha Jain). Free.

October 12 | (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
KEXP broadcasts live from the Burke Museum with music from Indigenous artists all day long! Visit the new special exhibition, Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving. While you’re here, say hello to Sammy the Sounder and celebrate the team’s new Salish Sea Kit, co-designed by local Coast Salish weavers. Enjoy free admission for all鈥攑lus, kids wearing any Sounders gear will receive a free soccer ball! Free.

Week of October 13

October 14 | (School of Music)
New 91爆料 strings faculty John Popham (cello) and Pala Garcia (violin) are joined by Mika Sasaki (piano) in a concert of contemporary works by their trio Longleash, including Nossas M茫os (Our Hands) by Igor Santos.

Online Option – October 14 | (Classics)
For three decades, the Centre d鈥櫭塼udes Alexandrines has reshaped our understanding of Alexandria, moving its history from ancient texts to a tangible reality. Terrestrial digs reveal the city’s daily life, while underwater excavations at the site of the legendary Lighthouse have yielded spectacular monumental discoveries. These integrated findings present a multi-layered city, allowing us to write a new history of Alexandria grounded in its material culture of adaptation and reuse. Free.

October 15 |听
President Jones will share his vision for advancing the 91爆料鈥檚 public mission: expanding access to an excellent education for all students; strengthening connections with our communities; and accelerating research, discovery and innovation for the public good. Free.

October 15 | 听(Department of Mathematics)
Mathematics has its own language, which is used by all other sciences to describe our world. It is very important to use it correctly, and to appreciate how it changes with time. This importance is growing rapidly with the ever wider use of large language models. There is great potential here, but also many pitfalls, as discussed in this lecture. Free.

October 15 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
This Fall MFA exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery showcases emerging artists鈥� work. On view through November 8. Free.

October 16 | (American Indian Studies)
A series to prepare for the Film Screening & 91爆料 Symphony Performance: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land on February 6, 2026 (). Free.

October 16 | (Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies)
Connect with local legislators. John Traynor, the Government Affairs Director from the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, will facilitate the forum.

October 16 | (Simpson Center for the Humanities) Free.

October 17 | (Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
The Grammy-nominated ensemble puts their unique spin on traditional mariachi, creating an explosion of colors and sounds all their own.

October 17 | (Department of Political Science)
UC Berkeley鈥檚 David Vogel joins the 91爆料 Center for Environmental Politics for a special guest lecture. Free.

October 18 | (Henry Art Gallery)
A curated selection of works explore the significance of branded products, examining how their ubiquity shapes perception, influences identity, and reflects broader cultural values. On view through January 28, 2026. Free.

October 18 | (School of Music)
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Fritts-Richards organ with a concert featuring 91爆料 students and faculty. A reception follows. Free.

Week of October 20

Online Option – October 21 |听 The AI Con (Book Talk) with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna (Office of Public Lectures)
Emily Bender (Linguistics) and Alex Hanna expose corporate-driven AI hype and provide essential tools to identify it, break it down, and expose the underlying power plays it seeks to conceal. Pay what you will.

October 21 | (Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
Internationally acclaimed for their rich tone and precision, the Jerusalem Quartet brings a dynamic program featuring works by Haydn and Beethoven, plus Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 dramatic 鈥淜reutzer Sonata.

October 21 | (College of Arts & Sciences)
Staley is the author of Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education, which argues that too many innovations in education focus on delivery rather than transformative experience. Free.

October 22 | (Department of Chemistry)
Professor Wilfred van der Donk delivers this annual lecture in memory of Prof. Dauben, who helped shape modern organic chemistry. Free.

October 22 | (Jackson School of International Studies)
A forum discussing recent developments, diplomacy, and policy issues on the Korean Peninsula. Free.

October 23 | Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture – Beyond Status: Living Undocumented in Disruptive Times (Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity)
Dr. Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky is a sociologist in the Department of American Ethnic Studies at the 91爆料, where she also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Sociology. Annual lecture honoring 91爆料 faculty focused on diversity and social justice. Free.

October 23 | (American Indian Studies)
A series to prepare for the Film Screening & 91爆料 Symphony Performance: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land on February 6, 2026 (). Free.

October 23 | 听(Education)
Filmmakers and College of Education (CoE) community members Dr. Edmundo Aguilar, Assistant Teaching Professor, and Tianna Mae Andresen, ECO alum and instructor of Filipinx American US History in SPS, bring us the story of 鈥渢he students, teachers, and community members in their fight to preserve cross community liberatory ethnic studies and watch them reclaim their humanity along the way.鈥� Free.

Online Option – October 24 | The Art of Refuge, Resistance and Regeneration with Peter Sellars (Office of Public Lectures)
Director Peter Sellars will share real-world examples drawn from a lifetime of cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary artistic collaborations around the globe鈥攄emonstrating how art responds to crisis and catalyzes social transformation in an era of profound stakes.听Pay what you will.

October 24 | (Department of Political Science)
Jessica Weeks joins the 91爆料 International Security Colloquium to present current research in global politics and international relations. Free.

October 24 |听 (Department of Political Science)
This event is jointly hosted by the 91爆料 Political Theory Colloquium and the Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR). Free.

October 25 | (Henry Art Gallery)
Explore new exhibitions, catch captivating performances, get hands-on with an all-ages art-making workshop and museum bingo, and discover rarely seen works from the Henry鈥檚 collection. Free.

October 26 | (School of Music)
Chamber winds from the 91爆料 Wind Ensemble perform works by Caroline Shaw, Richard Strauss, and more, under the direction of Erin Bodnar. Free.

Week of October 27

October 28 | (Department of Physics)
Nobel laureate David鈥疊aker discusses advanced protein design software and its use in developing molecules to address challenges in medicine, technology, and sustainability. Free.

October 28 | (School of Music)
Renowned pianist Santiago Rodriguez, from the Frost School of Music (Miami University), performs a solo recital presented by the keyboard program. Free.

October 30 | (American Indian Studies)
A series to prepare for the Film Screening & 91爆料 Symphony Performance: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land on February 6, 2026 (). Free.

October 31 | (Political Science)
Lecture by Egor Lazarev, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University. Sponsored by the Severyns Ravenholt endowment and The 91爆料 International Security Colloquium (91爆料ISC).

October 31 | (School of Music)
Dr. Stephen Price, 91爆料 Organ Studies students, and guests perform spooky organ works and Halloween-themed favorites in this festive concert. Free.

Curious about what’s ahead? Check out the November ArtSci Roundup.

ArtSci Roundup goes monthly!

The ArtSci Roundup is your guide to connecting with the 91爆料鈥攚hether in person, on campus, or on your couch.

Previously shared on a quarterly basis, those who sign up for the Roundup email will receive them monthly, delivering timely updates and engaging content wherever you are. Check the roundup regularly, as events are added throughout the month. Make sure to check out the ArtSci On Your Own Time section for everything from podcasts to videos to exhibitions that can be enjoyed when it works for you!

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Recent recognition of the 91爆料 includes an EarthLab Innovation Grant, the Best Paper Award from American Political Science Association and honorable recognition mention from the American Society for Theatre Research.

91爆料 professor Richard Watts and team awarded EarthLab Innovation Grant

, 91爆料 associate professor of French, is part of an interdisciplinary team from the 91爆料 that received an to support their collaborative project, 鈥淟ife in Spite of It All: Water, Wetlands, and Reclamation in a Changing Climate.鈥澨�听

The $80,000 grant, awarded through EarthLab鈥檚 2024鈥�25 funding cycle, supports a team that also includes additional members of the 91爆料 faculty: , remote-sensing scientist in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, and听, professor of international studies and director of the Jackson School of International Studies. Independent wetlands scholar and visual artist rounds out the team. The project focuses on documenting climate change and cultural resilience in a threatened wetlands region of the Senegal River Valley in southwestern Mauritania.听听

鈥淭his grant enabled our Seattle-based research and filmmaking team to conduct a second site visit to the region,鈥� Watts said. 鈥淭he footage the team gathered is now being edited for a documentary film that explores the environmental and human stakes of a disappearing landscape.鈥�听

Political science faculty honored for research on religion, policy and economic discrimination

, 91爆料 associate professor of political science, received the from the American Political Science Association鈥檚 (APSA) Religion & Politics Section.听

The award honors the best paper presented at the previous year鈥檚 APSA Annual Meeting that exemplifies the section鈥檚 mission: encouraging the study of the interrelations between religion and politics. Recipients are recognized for addressing timely and relevant topics in a theoretically innovative and methodologically rigorous way.听

Cansunar was recognized for her co-authored work, 鈥淗omogenizing the High Street: The Economic Cleansing of Minority Elites through Fiscal Discrimination,鈥� which explores the complex interplay between faith and policy. She sees the award as a meaningful affirmation of her scholarship in a field that is continuously evolving.听

鈥淩eceiving this award recognizes my work on the interplay between faith and policy,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his recognition encourages further thoughtful analysis of the intersection between religion and politics, both within academia and beyond.鈥�听

Theatre professor Stefka Mihaylova earns recognition for debut monograph

, 91爆料 associate professor of theatre theory and criticism, received honorable mention for from the American Society for Theatre Research.听

The honors exceptional research and scholarship in theatre history and is one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field. The honorable mention highlights Mihaylova鈥檚 debut monograph, 鈥淰iewers in Distress: Race, Gender, Religion, and Avant-Garde Performance at the Turn of the 21st Century.鈥�听

In the book, Mihaylova examines how avant-garde performance art engages with identity, faith and social distress, offering new insights into the political power of live performance.听

鈥淭his is an award for my first monograph Viewers in Distress: Race, Gender, Religion, and Avant-Garde Performance at the Turn of the 21st Century,鈥� Mihaylova said.听

Recent faculty books from the 91爆料 include those from linguistics, Slavic languages and literature and French. 91爆料 News spoke with the authors of four publications to learn more about their work.

Scrutinizing and confronting AI hype

, 91爆料 professor of linguistics, co-authored 鈥溾�� with Alex Hanna, the director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute.

The book looks at the the drawbacks of technologies sold under the banner of artificial intelligence. Bender and Hanna offer a resounding no to pressing questions: Is AI going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own?

This kind of thinking is a symptom of a phenomenon known as AI hype, they write, which twists words and helps the rich get richer by justifying data theft and motivating surveillance capitalism. In 鈥淭he AI Con,鈥� Bender and Hanna explain how to spot AI hype, deconstruct it and expose the power grabs it aims to hide.

The book grew out of podcast co-hosted by Bender and Hanna called 鈥�.鈥�

鈥淭he podcast uses ridicule as praxis to cope with and deflate the hype around AI,鈥� Bender said. 鈥淥ur goal with both the podcast and book is to both take on the current hype cycle and empower our audience to deploy the same strategies with the hype they are encountering. The book is an interdisciplinary project, blending Alex’s expertise in sociology with mine in linguistics, to look at why certain language technologies in particular pose risks and how the use of these technologies can do damage in various contexts.鈥�

For more information, contact Bender at ebender@uw.edu.

Two recent books explore translation, Russia in the 1990s

, professor of Slavic languages and literature, published two novels in March: 鈥溾�� and 鈥�.鈥�

鈥淭ales of Bart鈥� follows the exploits of 鈥渆vil鈥� translator Fruitvale Bart as the setting shifts from Republic-era Texas to 19th-century Czarist Russia to far-future Atalanta to 1990s Los Angeles.

Each of the vignettes was purportedly translated by Bart himself. But, the book asks, what is translation: subservience to a pre-existing text or a creative act? Both? Neither? 鈥淭ales of Bart鈥� explores these questions as well as the nature of art, the legacies of colonialist violence, the alienation of postmodern life and the horrors of the self.

鈥淚 was intrigued with the position of the translator, the tremendous power they have to shape communication between cultures,鈥� Alaniz said. 鈥淎nd the ways translation is therefore about power, which one can use for good or evil ends.鈥�

The second book, 鈥淢oscow 93,鈥� takes place in 1990s Russia, where 20-something Chicano journalist Jos茅 Alonzo is looking to make a name for himself. But things are never what they seem in this new post-Soviet country striving for freedom and democracy 鈥� and falling short. At the opening of a New York-style night club on Red Square, partygoers will have a life-or-death national crisis erupt in their faces.

鈥淢oscow 93鈥� is an auto-fictional account of Alaniz鈥檚 experiences before, during and after the 1993 , when a violent revolt against President Boris Yeltsin erupted in the capital. By the time it ended, army tanks shelled the parliament building. The book blends horror and farce, presenting Russia in the first decade after communism through the lens of a sordid expat scene.

鈥淭he mini-civil war that erupted in Moscow in fall of 1993, which I experienced as a journalist, seemed to be a good lens through which to view the whole of early post-Soviet Russia,鈥� Alaniz said. 鈥淚 decided to write an auto-fictional account of that era, which plays fast and loose with some of the facts but nonetheless delivers an incisive portrait of what it was like to live and work there then as an ex-pat.鈥�

For more information, contact Alaniz at jos23@uw.edu.

Following the journey of 鈥楴e me quitte pas鈥�

, 91爆料 professor of French, published 鈥溾�� in February. The book follows the long and varied journey of the classic song, 鈥淣e me quitte pas.鈥�

Brel, a Belgian singer-songwriter, debuted the song in 1959 as a haunting plea for his lover to return.听In the mid 1990s, Nina Simone鈥檚听1965听cover so captivated a teenage听Smith听that it inspired her future profession. In her book,听Smith听shows how the song travels across languages, geographies, genres and generations while accumulating shifting artistic and cultural significance.

Smith听said the book emerged from听鈥淩eclaiming Venus,鈥�听a memoir she wrote about Alvenia Bridges, a woman who worked behind the scenes in the music industry.

鈥淲hen this project was accepted, I realized I needed to hone my musical analysis skills,鈥澨齋mith听said. 鈥淚 decided to take songwriting courses through Berklee College of Music online so I could do the close reading of the song justice. Because of 91爆料’s RRF and Simpson Center’s Society of Scholars, I had the resources and feedback necessary to write what has turned out to be my favorite book project so far.鈥�

For more information, contact Smith at mayaas@uw.edu.

From campus to wherever you call home, we welcome you to learn from and connect with the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events spanning the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We hope to see you this June.

ArtSci on the Go

Looking for more ways to get more out of Arts & Sciences? Check out these resources to take ArtSci wherever you go!

Zev J. Handel, “Chinese Characters Across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese”听()

Black Composers Project engages the School of Music faculty and students ()

Ladino Day Interview with Leigh Bardugo & MELC Professor Canan Bolel ()

Back to School Podcast 听with Liz Copland ()

Featured Podcast: “Ways of Knowing” (College of Arts & Sciences)

This podcast highlights how studies of the humanities can reflect everyday life. Through a partnership between and the 91爆料, each episode features a faculty member from the 91爆料 College of Arts & Sciences, who discusses the work that inspires them and suggests resources to learn more about the topic.

Episode 1: Digital Humanities with assistant professor of English and data science, Anna Preus.

Episode 2: Paratext with associate professor of French, Richard Watts.

Episode 3: Ge’ez with听associate professor of Middle Eastern languages and cultures, Hamza Zafer.

Closing Exhibits

Week of June 2

Monday, June 2, 5:00 – 6:20 pm | ONLINE ONLY: (Jackson School)

Join the Jackson School for Trump in the World 2.0, a series of talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency.

This week: Daniel Bessner; Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor in American Foreign Policy at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

Monday, June 2, 5:00 – 7:00 pm | (Jackson School)

This talk discusses the unconventional forms of care that emerge out of Kurdish resistance in Turkey, where mothering becomes a powerful response against necropolitical state violence. By centering the stories of two Kurdish mothers who had to care for their dead children and mother beyond life under the violent state of emergency regime declared in 2015; the talk examines how Kurdish mothers 鈥渞escue the dead鈥� (Antoon, 2021) from the necropolitical state and create their necropolitical power through a radical embrace of death and decoupling of mothering from the corporeal link between the mother and the child.

Monday, June 2, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | (The Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies)

Why do some protests in autocracies attract popular participation while others do not? Masaaki Higashijima’s, University of Tokyo, paper argues that when opposition elites and the masses have divergent motivations for protesting, anti-regime mobilization struggles to gain momentum. Moreover, this weak elite-mass linkage is further exacerbated when autocrats selectively repress protests led by opposition elites while making concessions to those organized by ordinary citizens.

Tuesday, June 3, 5:00 – 6:30 pm | (Communications)

A conversation with local public media leaders about current challenges–including federal funding cuts–and pathways forward for sustaining public service journalism.

Speakers include:

Rob Dunlop, President and CEO, Cascade PBS
David Fischer, President and General Manager, KNKX
Tina Pamintuan, incoming President and CEO, KUOW
Matthew Powers, Professor and Co-Director, Center for Journalism, Media and Democracy

Wednesday, June 4, 3:30 – 4:30 pm | (Psychology)

Cognitive biases 鈥� such as attentional biases toward aversive cues, distorted expectations of negative events, and biased interpretations of ambiguity 鈥� are central features of many forms of psychopathology. Gaining a deeper understanding of the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying these biases is crucial for advancing theoretical models and clinical interventions.

In this talk, Prof. Hadas Okon-Singer will present a series of studies exploring emotional biases in both healthy individuals and participants diagnosed with social anxiety, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.

Wednesday, June 4, 12:30 – 1:30 pm | (Center for Statistics & Social Sciences)

Many statistical analyses, in both observational data and randomized control trials, ask: how does the outcome of interest vary with combinations of observable covariates? How do various drug combinations affect health outcomes, or how does technology adoption depend on incentives and demographics? Tyler McCormick’s, Professor, Statistics & Sociology, 91爆料, goal is to partition this factorial space into “pools” of covariate combinations where the outcome differs across the pools (but not within a pool).

Friday, June 6, 7:30 pm | (School of Music)

David Alexander Rahbee leads the 91爆料 Symphony in a program of concerto excerpts by York Bowen, Keiko Abe, and Camille Saint-Sa毛ns, performed with winners of the 2024-25 School of Music Concerto Competitions: Flora Cummings, viola; Kaisho Barnhill, marimba; and Sandy Huang, piano. Also on the program, works by Mikhail Glinka, Richard Wagner, and Giuseppe Verdi.

Saturday, June 7 & Sunday, June 8, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | (Burke Museum)

Stewart Wong will share knowledge and personal experiences about working with Broussonetia Papyrifera. He will talk about the history, uses, and cultivation of the paper mulberry plant. In addition, Stewart plans on dyeing, drawing on, and printing kapa. Stewart will have printed information and material samples to supplement the talk.

Saturday, June 7, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | On Our Terms with Wakulima USA (Burke Museum)

Join the Burke Museum for a short screening from “,” plus a conversation with co-producer Aaron McCanna and Wakulima USA’s David Bulindah and Maura Kizito about food sovereignty and community building.

Additional Events

June 2 | (Music)

June 2 | (Asian Languages & Literature)

June 2 – June 6 | (Astronomy)

June 3 | (Music)

June 4 | (Music)

June 4 | (Psychology)

June 5 | (Music)

June 5 | (Speech & Hearing)

June 5 | (Labor Studies)

June 5 | (Art + Art History + Design)

June 6 | (Dance)

June 6 | (Geography)

June 7 | (Music)

Week of June 9

Wednesday, June 11 to Friday, June 27 | (Jacob Lawrence Gallery)

At the end of the spring quarter, the academic year culminates in comprehensive exhibitions of design work created by graduating students. The 91爆料 Design Show 2025, showcasing the capstone projects of graduating BDes students, will be held from June 11 to June 27 in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.

Additional Events

June 11 | (Henry Art Gallery)

June 11 | (Art + Art History + Design)

June 12 & June 13 | (DXARTS)

June 13 | (Art + Art History + Design)

Events for the week of June 23

June 24 | (Information Sessions)

June 25 | (Information Sessions)

June 26 | (Information Sessions)

June 27 | (Information Sessions)

Commencement

June marks the end of many College of Arts & Sciences students’ undergraduate experience. Interested in attending a graduation ceremony? Click here to find information on ceremonies across campus.

鈥檚 research focuses on this under-examined aspect of literature. In this episode, Watts, an associate professor of French at the 91爆料, explains how everything we read comes with accompanying discourse. Decisions have already been made about how readers should think and feel about a book, Watts says, and the paratext urges readers to accept those interpretations.

This is the second episode of Season 2 of 鈥淲ays of Knowing,鈥� a podcast highlighting how studies of the humanities can reflect everyday life. Through a partnership between The World According to Sound and the 91爆料, each episode features a faculty member from the 91爆料 College of Arts & Sciences, the work that inspires them, and suggested resources for learning more about the topic.

Next | Episode 3: Ge’ez

From campus to wherever you call home, we welcome you to learn from and connect with the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events spanning the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We hope to see you this April.

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Worldwide Conversations

April 4 | (Political Science)

April 4 | (Political Science)

April 7 | (Jackson School)

April 8 | (Department of Asian Languages & Literature)

April 9 | (Political Science)

April 10 – April 11 | (Middle Easter Languages and Cultures)

April 10 – April 12 | (Jackson School)

April 11 | (Classics)

April 14 | (Jackson School)

April 14 | (Jackson School)

April 15 | (French & Italian)

April 21 | (Jackson School)

April 23 | (Astronomy)

April 24 | (Middle Easter Languages and Cultures)

April 28 | (Jackson School)

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ArtSci on the Go

Looking for more ways to get more out of Arts & Sciences? Check out these resources to take ArtSci wherever you go!

“Ways of Knowing” Podcast (College of Arts & Sciences)

Black Composers Project engages School of Music faculty, students ()

Ladino Day Interview with Leigh Bardugo & MELC professor Canan Bolel听()

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Week of March 31

Wednesday, April 2, 7 pm – 8 pm | (Department of Astronomy)

91爆料AB is excited to announce that we are hosting a public lecture series to celebrate the program’s 25th anniversary in April 2025! All talks will occur in Kane Hall (Room 120), with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and lectures beginning at 7 p.m. Each event will feature an hour-long lecture and up to 45 minutes of Q&A with our speaker.

This week’s lecturer: Dr. Victoria Meadows, 91爆料 Astrobiology Program Director听Professor of Astronomy at the 91爆料

s are required for both in-person and Zoom attendance

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Wednesday, April 2, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | (Department of English)

Poet and theologian, P谩draig 脫 Tuama鈥檚 work centers around themes of language, power, conflict, and religion. Working fluently on the page and in public, he is a compelling poet, skilled speaker, teacher, and group worker. He presents Poetry Unbound with On Being Studios. Following the lecture, there will be a book signing and reception.

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Friday, April 4, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | (Department of Political Science)

Join the 91爆料 Department of Political Science for a 91爆料ISC featuring Ian Callison and his lecture “The Blame Game: Militias, civilians, and the States’ accountability-effectiveness Trade-off.”

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Friday, April 4, 7:30 pm | (School of Music)

The violin and piano duo鈥擬aya Bennardo (violin) and Karl Larson (piano)鈥攑erform works by recent Rome Prize winner (and School of Music alumnus) Anthony Vine and others.

The Bennardo-Larson Duo is an NYC/Stockholm-based contemporary classical duo committed to the performance and promotion of forward-thinking works for violin and piano. Their programming features the complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Charles Ives, Morton Feldman鈥檚 monumental 鈥楩or John Cage,鈥� and ‘a Wind’s Whisper,鈥� a program featuring works by John Cage, Michael Pisaro, Eva Maria Houben, and two commissions by Adrian Knight and Kristofer Svensson. In April of 2024, the duo will present the world premiere of two substantial new commissions by Anthony Vine and Maya Bennardo on the Bowerbird Series in Philadelphia, PA.

Beyond the concert stage, Bennardo and Larson are passionate educators, offering workshops in contemporary string and piano techniques for performers and composers.

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Friday, April 4, 12 pm – 1:30 pm | (Department of Political Science)

Brian Leung: Firm Lobbying and the Political Economy of US-China Trade

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Additional Events

April 1 | (Music)

April 2 | (Music)

April 3 – 5 | (Meany Center)

April 3 | (Applied Mathematics)

April 3 | (Jackson School)

April 4 | (Classics)

April 4 | (Mathematics)

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Week of April 7

Monday, April 7, 5 pm – 6:20 pm | (Jackson School)

Trump in the World 2.0, is a series of talks and discussions from March 31 to June 2 on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. Faculty and guest speaker presentations will explore how different regions and global issues are affected by the Trump administration’s policies.

This week’s speakers: David Bachman, Radhika Govindrajan, and James Lin.

Livestream only for the public. In-person for students only.

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Tuesday, April 8, 5:30 pm – 8 pm | (Asian Languages & Literature)

The听Omoro S艒shi听is an indigenous compilation of 1500 songs, poems, and prayers that extoll the golden age of the Ryukyu Islands. It offers insights absent from official histories that focus on great heroes. The collection sheds light on the Ryukyu’s semitropical flora and fauna, and by extension, the everyday life of the common people.

This presentation will be held by Professor Davinder Bhowmik and will introduce the main features of the Omoro S艒shi and pay particular attention to key aspects of the landscape that shaped traditional communal formations. It aims to consider whether the compilation reflects a history of the region as top-down (Yamato) or bottom-up (Ryukyu).

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Wednesday, April 9, 11:30 am – 12 pm | (Henry Art Gallery)

Join听Ashwini Sadekar, founder of the Conscious Creative Circle, in the听James Turrell Skyspace for a guided meditation to cultivate calm and presence through mind-body-breath connection. Immersed within the awe-inspiring interior of Turrell鈥檚 artwork, participants will enjoy a 20-minute guided meditation followed by a 10-minute small group reflection. All are welcome, no previous experience is required. Registration is encouraged.

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Wednesday, April 9, 7 pm – 8 pm | (Department of Astronomy)

91爆料AB is excited to announce that we are hosting a public lecture series to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the program in April 2025! ll talks will take place in Kane Hall (Room 120) with doors open at 6:30 pm, and lectures beginning at 7 pm. Each event will feature an hour-long lecture followed by up to 45 min of Q&A with our speaker.

This week’s lecturers: Dr. Giada Arney, 91爆料 Astrobiology Program Graduate 2016, NASA Research Scientist & Interim Project Scientist for Habitable Worlds Observatory, and Dr. Rika Anderson, 91爆料AB Graduate 2013,听Associate Professor of Biology at Carleton College

s are required for both in-person and Zoom attendance

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Thursday, April 10 – Saturday, April 12 | (Jackson School)

REECAS Northwest听welcomes students, faculty, independent scholars, and language educators from the United States and abroad.听Established in 1994, REECAS Northwest is an annual event for scholars and students in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The interdisciplinary conference is organized by the 91爆料鈥檚 Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies.

The conference hosts many panels on a variety of topics from a wide diversity of disciplines including political science, history, literature, linguistics, anthropology, culture, migration studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, film studies, and more.

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Additional Events

April 8 | (Meany Center)

April 9 | (Political Science)

April 10 | (Music)

April 10 | (Political Science)

April 10 | (Sociology)

April 10 – April 11 | (Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures) – ONLINE

April 11 | (Geography)

April 11 | (Music)

April 12 | (Meany Center)

April 12 | (Taiwan Studies)

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Week of April 14

Monday, April 14, 5 pm – 6:20 pm | (Jackson School)

Trump in the World 2.0, is a series of talks and discussions from March 31 to June 2 on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. Faculty and guest speaker presentations will explore how different regions and global issues are affected by the Trump administration’s policies.

This week’s speakers: Sabine Lang in conversation with U.S. Ambassadors (ret.) Jeff Hovenier and John Koenig

Livestream only for the public. In-person for students only.

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Wednesday, April 16 | (Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures)

This annual lectureship was established in honor of Farhat J. Ziadeh, whose contributions to the fields of Islamic law, Arabic language, and Islamic Studies are truly unparalleled.

The Ziadeh fund was formally endowed in 2001 and since that time, it has allowed MELC to strengthen its educational reach and showcase the most outstanding scholarship in Arab and Islamic Studies.

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Wednesday, April 16, 7 pm – 8 pm | (Department of Astronomy)

91爆料AB is excited to announce that we are hosting a public lecture series to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the program in April 2025! ll talks will take place in Kane Hall (Room 120) with doors open at 6:30 pm, and lectures beginning at 7 pm. Each event will feature an hour-long lecture followed by up to 45 min of Q&A with our speaker.

This week’s lecturer: Dr. Ken Williford, 91爆料 Astrobiology Program Graduate 2007,听Deputy Project Scientist for the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

s are required for both in-person and Zoom attendance

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Friday, April 18, 12 pm – 1:30 pm | (Department of Political Science)

Emily Broad Leib is a Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, and Founding Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, the nation鈥檚 first law school clinic devoted to providing legal and policy solutions to the health, economic, and environmental challenges facing our food system. Working directly with clients and communities, Broad Leib champions community-led food system change, reduction in food waste, food access, food is medicine interventions and equity and sustainability in food production.

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Saturday, April 19 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)

Don’t miss your last chance to experience听artists & poets at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery!

Working to emulate the interdisciplinary artistic environment Jacob Lawrence experienced in his formative years, this exhibition explores a legacy of collaboration between artists and poets.听artists & poets听is a part of the re-grounding of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery in its mission of education, experimentation, and social justice.

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Additional Events

April 14 | (Jackson School)

April 14 | (Communication)

April 14 | (Simpson Center)

April 14 | (Jackson School)

April 15听| (Political Science)

April 15 | (Philosophy)

April 15 | (French & Italian)

April 16 | (Music)

April 17 | (Art + Art History + Design)

April 18 | (Political Science)

April 18 | (Music)

April 18 | (Simpson Center)

April 18 | (Linguistics)

April 18 | (Speech and Hearing Sciences)

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Week of April 21

Monday, April 21, 5 pm – 6:20 pm | (Jackson School)

Trump in the World 2.0, is a series of talks and discussions from March 31 to June 2 on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. Faculty and guest speaker presentations will explore how different regions and global issues are affected by the Trump administration’s policies.

This week’s speakers: Liora R. Halperin, Randa Tawil, and Re艧at Kasaba

Livestream only for the public. In-person for students only.

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Wednesday, April 23, 7 pm – 8 pm | 听(Department of Astronomy)

91爆料AB is excited to announce that we are hosting a public lecture series to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the program in April 2025! ll talks will take place in Kane Hall (Room 120) with doors open at 6:30 pm, and lectures beginning at 7 pm. Each event will feature an hour-long lecture followed by up to 45 min of Q&A with our speaker.

This week’s lecturer: Dr. Aomawa Shields, 91爆料 Astrobiology Program Graduate 2014, Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California Irvine

s are required for both in-person and Zoom attendance

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Wednesday, April 23, 7 pm – 9 pm | (Department of Psychology)

The 17th Annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lectures presents The Science of Altruism. This interdisciplinary panel brings together leading experts from psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and animal behavior to explore the biological, cognitive, and social foundations of altruistic behaviors.

Moderated听by KUOW Host Bill Radke, the event features the following panelists:

• Abigail Marsh, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology & Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University
• Kristen Hawkes, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor in Anthropology, University of Utah
• John M. Marzluff, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Science, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, 91爆料
• Andrew Meltzoff, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at the 91爆料.

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Thursday, April 24, 6 pm – 7:30 pm | (Center for Child & Family Well-Being)

This听webinar听will include a panel of experts discussing parents鈥�,听迟别别苍蝉鈥�,听and preteens鈥�听digital technology and听social media use and its relation to mental health.听Panel members will be asked to discuss current patterns of social media use by parents and听youth, and share about听the potential for both positive and detrimental听effects of social media,听including听the role of technology and social media in supporting social connectedness and awareness, while also contributing to mental health challenges. Panelists will听suggest听approaches to social media use that incorporate mindfulness and听support听well-being.听

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Thursday, April 24, 7 pm – 8:30 pm | (Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures)

After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman elites at the imperial court turned to poetry to craft distinctive modes of expression to articulate their place within the Ottoman sultanate.

In this talk, Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano will discuss his new book, Occasions for Poetry: Politics, Literature, and Imagination Among the Early Modern Ottomans (Penn Press, 2025), where he explores how scholars and bureaucrats interacted with each other through poetic imagery, revealing how literary language affected bureaucratic practice.

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Friday, April 25, 7:30 pm | (School of Music)

The School of Music and the student-run Improvised Music Project present IMPFest, featuring 91爆料 Jazz Studies students and faculty performing with special guests: renowned guitarist Bill Frisell; saxophonist听Josh Johnson; and bassist (and School of Music alumnus)听Luke Bergman.

Seating is limited; please order tickets in advance.

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Additional Events

April 21 | (Political Science)

April 22 | (Music)

April 22 | (East Asia Center)

April 22 – April 26 | (Drama)

April 24 | (Music)

April 24 | (Taiwan Studies)

April 24| (Slavic Languages)

April 27 | (Henry Art Gallery)

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Week of April 28

Monday, April 28, 5 pm – 6:20 pm | (Jackson School)

Trump in the World 2.0, is a series of talks and discussions from March 31 to June 2 on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. Faculty and guest speaker presentations will explore how different regions and global issues are affected by the Trump administration’s policies.

This week’s speakers: Jessica L. Beyer and Scott Radnitz

Livestream only for the public. In-person for students only.

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Tuesday, April 29 – Friday, May 9 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)

Join the School of Art + Art History + Design in celebrating the work of this year’s students. There will be four student exhibits throughout the spring quarter!

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Wednesday, April 30, 4 pm – 5:30 pm | (Department of History)

In 鈥淟etters from the Ancestors,鈥� Prof. Connolly follows the experiences of four generations of his Caribbean family, offering an intimate view of the history of late capitalism in the Atlantic World. Under twentieth-century colonialism, he argues, working people developed uniquely gendered coping strategies for managing the precarities of racism and reputation. Even in post-colonial times, these strategies continue to govern how we relate to institutions, set our aspirations, and even narrate our own personal and political histories. More than just a tour through a single family鈥檚 experience, 鈥淟etter from the Ancestors” seeks to retain and advance our fluency in the history of colonized families. This history, Connolly suggests, seems all the more relevant today, in a nation and world of dwindling government protections for women and people of color.

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Wednesday, April 30, 5 pm – 6:30 pm | (Department of Political Science)

鈥淧opulist Power Plays: Erdogan鈥檚 Turkey, Trump鈥檚 USA, and the Future of Democracy,鈥� Garo Paylan, former Member of the Turkish Parliament, in conversation with 91爆料 Professor听Asli Cansunar.

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Additional Events

April 29 | (Mathematics)

April 29 | (Political Science)

April 30 | (China Studies Program)

April 30 | An Evening with Christine Sun Kim (Public Lectures)

April 30 | (Art + Art History + Design)

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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).

Attend this Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies panel that brings together Washington state legal professionals to discuss the variety of ways in which they work in and with the law. Representing a range of demographic backgrounds and lived experiences, the panels will talk about the paths that brought them to careers in the law, as well as how they view their work in the current legal, social, and political moment.

May 15, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Communications Building

May 15, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

An evening of software performances and human-machine communions, drawing lines between the worlds of immersive sound, performing arts, and experimental extended reality. The familiar, the bearable chaos and illusions of听order unfold across technologically mediated hyper-realities, temporalities, and mnemonic worlds. Performances where interactions and reactions occur across choreographies and spatial arrangements, binding the virtual with the real in unexpected knots and impossible behaviors.

Free |

May 16, 2:30 – 3:30 pm | Kane Hall

91爆料 faculty member Shirley J. Yee (Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies department) will be in conversation with 91爆料 Women鈥檚 soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke, Courtney Gano (91爆料 Softball 鈥�16) and Amy Griffin (91爆料 Women鈥檚 Soccer and Executive Director of the Seattle Reign Academy). This event is part of the Jackson School鈥檚 new Global Sport Lab.

Free |

May 16 – 19, 2:30 or 7:00 pm | Meany Hall

The 91爆料 MFA candidates in dance invite everyone to the premiere of eight diverse dance works, created for 70 undergraduate dancers. Join the Department of Dance for an evening of dance in styles drawn from contemporary modern, ballet, Chinese dance, hip-hop, street, and club dances, to explore themes about humanity, homogeneity, community, and support.

Learn about the program to support the development of educators in any dance form.

Tickets |

May 16, 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Gowen Hall

Becca Peach, a Political Science Ph.D. candidate, will lecture on “Replacing the Welfare State As We Know It: Neoliberal Welfare Policy & Development of the Religious Right鈥檚 Institutional Capacity Under Charitable Choice” for the Political Theory Colloquium.

Free |

May 16, 7:30 pm | Kane Hall

Join paleontologist Dr. Jingmai O鈥機onnor for a trip back in time to learn how birds became birds and the adaptations that helped them thrive. Dr. O鈥機onnor will share a new fossil discovery that tells more about the earliest birds and the dinosaurs they evolved from.

Free |

May 16, 5:00 – 7:30 pm | Husky Union Building

Join the 91爆料 Center for Human Rights for a very special 15th-anniversary edition of the annual Spring Symposium & Awards Celebration featuring stories from those deported through Boeing Field.

This year鈥檚 event features a storytelling project collaboration between 91爆料 students, immigrant rights group La Resistencia, and Hinton Publishing, showcasing stories of those held in deportation proceedings in Washington state.

Free |

May 16, 7:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium

Free |

May 16, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

Tickets |

May 17, 5:00 – 7:00 pm | 听Communications Building

December 11, 7:00 pm | Brechemin Auditorium

The School of Music presents a degree recital from Chiao-Yu Wu. Wu is a Taiwanese pianist in her second year of Doctor of Musical Art in Piano Performance at the 91爆料. She will perform Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 and Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op.37 with pianists Cicy Lee and Ian Huh.

Free |

December 15 – 17 | Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center

The Native Art Market, located at the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, showcases authentic and unique work by a wide variety of Native artists and makers. Through items such as clothing, jewelry, woodworking, drums, art prints, and more, the market is a great opportunity to learn more about the Indigenous people living in Washington. The Native Art Market is a component of United Indians of All Tribes Foundation鈥檚 many programs and services dedicated to uplifting Native peoples鈥� in the Puget Sound region and beyond.

Free |

December 16, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

What happens when artists/activists from wildly different backgrounds and musical worlds unite around the fight for racial justice? And what if they link their original songs together by sampling and quoting a piece of classical music that鈥檚 almost 300 years old? Riffing on Handel鈥檚 masterpiece, Messiah, these musicians transform an ancient tale of a savior into an urgent call to action. The way the musicians frame it, anyone can be the Many Messiahs who build a better world together, starting now.

Buy Tickets |

December 16, 7:00 – 10:00 pm | 听Burke Museum

An evening of Salish Sea trivia, salmon-safe beer, crafts, advocacy, and snacks. Pints for Puget Sound is a 21+ party in partnership with Braided River, Washington Conservation Action, and Washington Wild. Roam the galleries at night and have a chance to check out the Burke Museum’s special exhibit, We Are Puget Sound, before it closes at the end of the year.

We Are Puget Sound highlights people working to protect and restore this region. This special exhibit brings their stories to life with stunning photography, new insights, and the Burke Museum鈥檚 expansive collections.

Buy Tickets |

鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� Podcast: Episode 8

鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� is an eight-episode podcast connecting humanities research with current events and issues. In this final episode, Maya Angela Smith, associate professor of French at the 91爆料, introduces translation studies through the lens of the song Ne Me Quitte Pas. Originally recorded by Jacques Brel 鈥� a French-speaking Belgian man 鈥� the song has been covered multiple times, including by American artist Nina Simone. Smith discusses how the artists 鈥渂ring different identity markers鈥� to the piece, so each version of the same song highlights distinct political, social, and cultural narratives.

This season featured faculty from the 91爆料 College of Arts & Sciences as they explore race, immigration, history, the natural world鈥攅ven comic books. Each episode analyzed a work, or an idea, and provides additional resources for learning more.

More info

Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu)

November 13, 3:00 – 4:30pm | Online

In this Diversity Lecture Series, Denova Collaborative Health’s executive director, Angela Roumain, will explore the maternal rate of illness and rate of death in the United States, including health complications and harmful outcomes that can occur during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum. Poor maternal health outcomes affects Black and Indigenous women and women of color significantly more, and Roumain will highlight this stark and deeply rooted problem in the United States’ healthcare system.

Free |

November 13, 3:30 – 5:00pm | Communications Building

The Simpson Center for the Humanities presents the AI, Creativity, and the Humanities Workshop. The workshop offers a hands-on, technical introduction to large language models (LLMs) for humanities researchers, led by Melanie Walsh, an Assistant Professor in the Information School and co-Principal Investigator of the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded AI for Humanists project, and Maria Antoniak, a Young Investigator at the Allen Institute for AI. Walsh and Antoniak will focus on building practical knowledge of (1) how these models work and how they are trained and (2) how practitioners can apply particularly for these models to humanistic texts.

Free |

November 14, 5:30 – 7:00pm | 听Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Join the School of Art + Art History + Design to celebrate the official reopening of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Dedicated to Professor Jacob Lawrence, the gallery is a space for education, social justice, and experimentation, honoring the memory of one of the School鈥檚 most beloved faculty. The newly transformed gallery, now equipped with climate control, modern lighting, and new exhibition infrastructure, was made possible by the generous supporters of the 91爆料 Art + Music Capital Campaign.

Free |

November 14, 6:30 – 8:00pm | Washington State Labor Council听

Free |

November 15, 3:00 – 5:00pm | Communications Building

The Department of American Ethnic Studies is proud to sponsor a book talk at the Simpson Center with author Elmer Dixon. Rick Bonus, chair of the Department of American Ethnic studies and professor, will be speaking to Dixon about his new book: “Die Standing: From Black Panther Revolutionary to Global Diversity Consultant.”听Students and faculty in the Department of Ethnic Studies are encouraged to attend this event.

Free |

November 16, 5:00 – 8:00pm | w菨色菨b蕯altx史 Intellectual House听

The Department of American Indian Studies hosts an annual literary and storytelling series, Sacred Breath, which features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft at the beautiful w菨色菨b蕯altx史 Intellectual House on the 91爆料 campus. This year, Christopher B. Teuton (Cherokee Nation), professor and chair of the Department of American Indian Studies, and Tami Hohn (Puyallup), assistant teaching professor of the Department of Indian Studies, will be leading the event. Both storytelling and reading aloud can impact audiences through the power of presence, allowing for the experience of the transfer of sacred breath, as audiences are immersed in the experience of being inside stories and works of literature.

Free |

November 16, 6:00 – 7:00pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents What Do You Make of This? featuring the work of Kristine Matthews, Associate Professor of Design and Chair of the Visual Communication Design program at the 91爆料 School of Art + Art History + Design.

Free |听

November 16 – 18, 8:00 pm | 听Meany Hall

Inspired by the drawings and paintings of Francisco de Goya, Noche Flamenca鈥檚 new work references the artist鈥檚 response to the political turmoil and injustices of 18th and 19th century Spain, echoing conflict prevalent in contemporary time. Choreographed by artistic director Martin Santangelo and award-winning principal dancer Soledad Barrio, Searching for Goya features a company of dancers, singers, and musicians whose mastery of flamenco stretches the boundaries of the art form to a journey through Goya鈥檚 imagination.

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November 16, 7:00 – 8:30pm | Thomson Hall

The Stroum Center celebrates its 50th anniversary with a discussion on how putting mothers at the center of Jewish history can provide unexpected insights and startlingly unfamiliar perspectives. From ancient biblical narratives to cutting-edge genomic research, author Cynthia Baker will point out how this is especially true in relation to issues of race/ethnicity and its entanglements with gender, religion, and nationality.

Free |听

October – November | 鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� Podcast: Episode 5

鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� is an eight-episode podcast connecting humanities research with current events and issues. This week’s episode is with Jos茅 Alaniz, professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, analyzes the physical depictions of superheroes and villains through the decades.

This season features faculty from the 91爆料 College of Arts & Sciences as they explore race, immigration, history, the natural world鈥攅ven comic books. Each episode analyzes a work, or an idea, and provides additional resources for learning more.

More info

Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu)

, associate of professor of French at the 91爆料, introduces translation studies through the lens of the song 鈥�.鈥� Originally recorded by 鈥� a French-speaking Belgian man 鈥� the song has been covered multiple times, including by American singer and pianist . Smith discusses how the artists 鈥渂ring different identity markers鈥� to the piece, so each version of the same song highlights distinct political, social and cultural narratives. 鈥淓verything is a translation,鈥� Smith says. 鈥淭his notion that people have original ideas, that鈥檚 not really true.鈥�

This is the eighth and final episode of 鈥淲ays of Knowing,鈥� a podcast highlighting how studies of the humanities can reflect everyday life. Through a partnership between The World According to Sound and the 91爆料, each episode features a faculty member from the 91爆料 College of Arts & Sciences, the work that inspires them, and suggested resources for learning more about the topic.