Come curious. Leave inspired.

The 91爆料 offers an exciting lineup of in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the 91爆料 community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University. And you don’t have to wait until June: Take a look at everything still happening in May.

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ArtSci On Your Own Time:

Through July 24 – Book Club | The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (91爆料 Alumni Association)
Readers鈥� Choice! Bundle up for an historical mystery set in 18th-century Maine. The body of a local man is found in the frozen Kennebeck River. Martha Ballard, the local midwife, suspects that this death is not an accident 鈥� and her detailed diaries of local life are full of clues. Will she weather the scandals unleashed by her pursuit of the truth? Inspired by historic events!听Free.

Podcast | (Comparative History of Ideas)
Dr. H艒k奴lani Aikau is joined by guest co-host and podcast research assistant Melialani Hamilton, a new PhD student in IGOV. Together, they interview Michael Wilson a Tohono O鈥檕dham human rights activist, U.S. military retiree, and documentary filmmaker and Dr. Jos茅 Antonio 鈥淭ony鈥� Lucero, Professor and Chair of the Comparative History of Ideas Department at the 91爆料, Seattle. They are co-authors of, , a powerful memoir tracing Mike鈥檚 life journey and the experiences that led him to the controversial and courageous humanitarian work of placing water stations for migrants along the U.S.鈥揗exico border. The book captures the tension between Mike鈥檚 moral obligation to prevent death and the political stance of a nation committed to non-interference. Throughout the narrative, Tony 鈥渉yperlinks鈥� Mike鈥檚 personal story to broader histories and global struggles, illuminating how one life resonates far beyond the borderlands.听Free.

EXHIBITIONS:

June 4 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
A one-night exhibition of furniture, lighting, soft goods, electronics, and experimental work by 91爆料 junior industrial design students. Free.

Through June 5 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
Celebrate the graduating seniors across the art programs: 3D4M, Photo/Media, Painting + Drawing, and Interdisciplinary Visual Art (IVA) during the 2026 BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Opening nights: Group 1 – April 28, Group 2 – May 12, Honors – May 26. Free.

June 10 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
Free.

Through June 14 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
The Henry is pleased to present the 91爆料’s School of Art + Art History + Design Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design Thesis Exhibition. Throughout their programs, fine arts and design students work with advisers and other artists to develop advanced techniques, expand concepts, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. Henry staff conduct studio visits and work closely with the students to facilitate their projects and prepare them for exhibition at the museum. A digital publication will be produced in conjunction with the exhibition to highlight the students鈥� artistic endeavors and the Henry鈥檚 commitment to this exciting and important step in the students’ development as practicing artists and designers. is on June 5. Related article: . Free.

June 10 – 26 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
will be on June 12. Free.

Exhibition | (Henry Art Gallery)
ojo|-|o虂l谦虂 (pronounced oh-ho hol-ohn) is an exhibition of recent and newly commissioned work by Din茅 artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, Na鈥檔铆zhoozh铆 [Gallup, New Mexico]) that includes sculpture, textile, collage, and video, activated by moments of performance. Across this work, Riege combines customary Din茅 practices of weaving, silversmithing, and beading with contemporary cultural forms, exploring Din茅 cosmology, the history of Euro-American trading posts in and adjacent to the Navajo Nation, and the notion of 鈥渁uthenticity鈥� as a value marker of Indigenous art and craft. Free.

Week of June 1

Online – June 1 | 听(Jackson School of International Studies)
Presented by Abdullah Al-Arian, Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University in Qatar.听 The World (Cup) Comes To Seattle 2026 Lecture Series is an online series of talks and discussions hosted by the Global Sport Lab, featuring local and global experts to discuss the geopolitical, local, and sporting implications of the 2026 FIFA Men鈥檚 World Cup in Seattle. Free.

June 1 | (School of Music)
Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice Gospel Choir in songs from the Gospel tradition.

June 2 | (School of Music)
The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band (Erin Bodnar, director) present “Emblems,” featuring music by Aaron Copland, Wim Bex, Kevin Day, Dwayne Milburn, John Mackey and others. With Eden Garza, bass trombone.

June 2 | (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Nature writers Kathryn True and Maria Dolan discuss their new book Seattle Field Guide: Explore Nature in the City, a guide to 38 outdoor adventures across the greater Seattle area. They will deliver a presentation featuring natural phenomena you can visit yourself around the city. Seattle Field Guide is a fun, accessible, and inspiring guide to 38 nature-filled outings across the greater Seattle area 鈥� perfect for all ages and experience levels. Whether you have a free afternoon or a full day to explore, Dolan and True offer seasonal adventures that reveal the wild wonders hidden in the city鈥檚 parks, shorelines, greenways, and neighborhoods.

June 2 | (Simpson Center for the Humanities)
What happens to our understanding of relational memory when viewed through queer histories? In this talk, Stirner examines memory art dedicated to often neglected queer and trans histories after National Socialism, from translucent quilts to an installation that melts a concentration camp gate and rewelds it into new forms. Beyond arguing for the inclusion of queer histories in relational frameworks of remembrance, the talk proposes that attending to the distinct shapes and textures of queer relationality reshapes the concept itself, showing how queer memory practices expand and transform what it means to think memory relationally.

Simone Stirner (Assistant Professor, Germanic Languages & Literatures, Harvard University) works on poetry and poetics, memory studies, and the intersections of critical and creative practices. Stirner’s first book Poetic Grief: Form and Remembrance after National Socialism (Fordham University Press, forthcoming) develops a new framework for understanding the relationship between reading poetry and the affective experience of grief by studying how poems in the enduring aftermath of National Socialism and the Holocaust make space for an encounter with the uncontainable dimensions of loss鈥攐n and off the page.听Free.

June 3 | (School of Music)
A free lunchtime performance featuring 91爆料 School of Music students in the North Allen Library lobby. Presented in partnership with 91爆料 Libraries.听Free.

June 3 | (School of Music)
The Studio Jazz Ensemble and Modern Ensemble present a shared program of repertory selections, original music, and inspired arrangements.

June 4 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
A one-night exhibition of furniture, lighting, soft goods, electronics, and experimental work by 91爆料 junior industrial design students. Free.

June 4 |听(Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Admission to the Burke Museum is FREE and the museum is open until 8 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month. Get closer to the daily work happening in the Burke Museum鈥檚 visible collections storage, labs and workrooms during Free First Thursday.听Free.

June 4 | (Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies)
This celebration honors all the Building A Movement interns and 2026 graduating Labor students!

June 5 | (School of Music)
The 91爆料 Symphony (David Alexander Rahbee, director) and combined 91爆料 Choirs (Giselle Wyers, director) team up for a year-end program featuring music by Ottorino Respighi, Nadia Boulanger, and Francis Poulenc. Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski is featured soloist with the combined ensembles for works by Boulanger, orchestrated by David Alexander Rahbee. Soledad Mayorga-Maldonado is featured soloist for Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, with Giselle Wyers conducting.

June 5 | (Geography)
The Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium spotlights innovative and compelling undergraduate work. Student researchers will share fresh ideas, sharp insights, and standout projects with the community. Free.\

June 5 | 听(Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies)
Engage with emerging scholarship in gender, women, and sexuality studies and celebrate the work of our undergraduate researchers. Each student will give a short presentation, followed by responses from GWSS graduate students who will help facilitate discussion. Whether you’re a student, faculty member, or community member, support scholars and take part in the conversation. A reception with light refreshments will follow. Free.

June 5 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
Join the Henry and 91爆料’s School of Art + Art History + Design in celebration of the 2026 91爆料 MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition. See the diverse work of this year’s graduate students and enjoy a no-host bar. Artists: Stephanie Alacon, Dahae Cheon, Li-Yuan Chiou, Jeff Jiang, Victoria Mackender, Alex Moni-Sauri, Oscar Pearson, Chave Pichardo, Andrew Roibal, and Ryan Walters. Related article: . Free.

June 5 – 6 | 听 (Dance)
Join the 91爆料 Department of Dance Kawasaki Guest Artist Amy O’Neal, 23 91爆料 dance students, and Seattle guest artists for a Spring Hybrid Dance Lab (HDL). This performance plus dance party is a research and performance platform for experimental street dance practitioners to challenge traditional notions of street dance in theater, address creative hybridity, and nurture cultural literacy. Made possible by generous gifts from the Glenn H. Kawasaki Foundation and John C. Robinson. Free.

June 6 | (School of Music)
Emerging and established composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes in this concert of music by students, faculty, alumni, and guests of the 91爆料 Composition program. Free.

听June 8 – 30

Online – June 8 | (Jackson School of International Studies)
Presented by Jen Barnes, Co-Chair of Pride+ Match Impact Committee SEA2026; Founder, CEO, Rough & Tumble Pub; Salmon Bay FC. The World (Cup) Comes To Seattle 2026 Lecture Series is an online series of talks and discussions hosted by the Global Sport Lab, featuring local and global experts to discuss the geopolitical, local, and sporting implications of the 2026 FIFA Men鈥檚 World Cup in Seattle. Free.

June 10 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
Free.

June 11 | 2026 Awards of Excellence Ceremony
The 91爆料 is delighted to announce the recipients of the 56th annual 91爆料 Awards of Excellence! The awards honor outstanding alumni, faculty, staff, students and retirees who contribute to the richness and diversity of our University community. The program includes a one-hour ceremony hosted by President Robert J. Jones and Provost Tricia Serio, followed by a reception with refreshments and community connection. Free.

June 12 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
Free.

June 12 | 听(Speech & Hearing Sciences)
Presentation by Dr. Catherine Off听 (Ph.D, Speech & Hearing Sciences, ’08). 听Free.

Online option – June 13 | 91爆料’s 151st Commencement Ceremony
The 91爆料 will honor the graduating class of 2026 at the University鈥檚 151st Annual Commencement Exercises. Over 7,400 graduates will take the field at the magnificent Husky Stadium to the cheers and applause of 50,000 family members and friends.听Free.

June 25 | (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Learn more about the incredible range and diversity of sex, sex-development, gender, and sexuality in the natural world and the many purposes of sex and sexuality for building strong and vibrant communities in the natural world.

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!

In addition, if you like the ArtSci Roundup, sign up to receive a monthly notice when it’s been published.

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

April 22, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Thomson Hall

The Jackson School of International Studies invites Research Scholar Kim Brandt, Columbia University, to discuss the significance of the Hiroshima Maidens.

“Hiroshima Maidens鈥� loosely translates to “genbaku otome”, a phrase used to refer to young women who were scarred by injuries during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ten years later, 25 such women were flown to New York to undergo extensive reconstructive surgery. The 鈥淢aidens鈥� received wide publicity in the U.S. and Japan, where the story resonated with growing anxiety about nuclear weapons, public fascination with new forms of beauty culture, and the potential of postwar technology.

Free |

April 23 – May 3 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

April 24, 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Communications Building

April 24 – May 28 | Allen Library North Lobby

In partnership with the听, the 91爆料 Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes everyone to celebrate Taiwan鈥檚 pop music through the 鈥淢usic, Island, Stories: Taiwan Calling!鈥� pop-up exhibition on the 91爆料 campus.

Free |听

April 25, 3:00 – 4:30 pm | Husky Union Building

Join The Jackson School of International Studies for Modern Abortion Around the World, a panel discussion on the history of abortion in Bolivia, China, Kenya, South Asia, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands over the past 60 years, and听what those histories reveal about technopolitical developments, reproductive governance, and transnational social movements.

April 25, 5:30 – 7:00 pm | Kane Hall

The 2024 Griffith and Patricia Way Lecture will interrogate two sets of fourteenth-century hell paintings owned by the temples Gokurakuji in Hy艒go Prefecture and Konkaik艒my艒ji in Kyoto, which both posit the possibility of early escape from the infernal realms, albeit in seemingly contradictory ways. This talk will uncover the ways people in premodern Japan transformed hell from a place solely retributive in nature into one that had liberating powers.

Free |

April 25, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

The 91爆料 Wind Ensemble, led by Director Timothy Salzman, and Symphonic Band, led by Director Shaun Day, present 鈥淪potlight,鈥� performing music by Nancy Galbraith, Michael Daugherty, Henk Badings, and others. This performance features winners of the 2024 Winds Concerto Competition: Devin Foster (tuba), Kelly Hou (harp), and Cole Henslee (tuba).

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April 26, 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Suzzallo Library

Guest speaker Dr. Melvin Rogers, professor of political science at Brown University, is invited to speak about “The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought.”

Free |

April 26, 3:30 pm | Denny Hall or Online via Zoom

The Department of Classics invites Glynnis Fawkes, cartoonist and archaeological illustrator, who will analyze the way a cartoonist adapts history. Fawkes will specifically look into Eric H. Cline’s 1177BC: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed? to describe the process of interpreting Cline’s text in comic, an exercise where Fawkes repeatedly asks: how might she tell this story visually, and how can she put Eric鈥檚 words into the mouths of characters involved in the story?

Free |

April 26, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | 听Smith Hall

Dr. Keston K Perry, who researches race, reparations, and climate change for the University of California, Los Angeles Department of African American Studies, is invited to speak for the Geography Colloquium on 鈥淏eyond Repair? The Crisis of Ecological Imperialism and Reparative Ecologies in the Caribbean.鈥�

Free |

April 26, 7:30 pm | 听Meany Hall

David Alexander Rahbee conducts the 91爆料 Symphony and winners of the 91爆料 Concerto Competition鈥擪ai-En Cheng, violin; Rachel Reyes, flute; and Ella Kalinichenko, piano鈥攊n a program including winning concerto excerpts. This performance will feature a 91爆料 student composition by graduate student Yonatan Ron, Silvestre Revueltas’s Sensemay谩, and Overture to Le roi d’Ys,听by听脡duard Lalo. 听听

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April 27, 7:30 pm | 听Meany Hall

Renowned bassist Todd Sickafoose headlines this special performance as a part of the 2024 Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST). Sickafoose will be performing sets with 91爆料 Jazz Studies students and 91爆料 faculty Cuong Vu, trumpet, Ted Poor, drums, and Steve Rodby, bass.

Free |

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April 11, 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Online via Zoom

This talk introduces the double-helix metaphor that describes the relationship between those that wish to explore sexual orientation, identity and those that oppose them.

Free |

April 11, 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Gowen Hall

Free |

April 11, 7:00 – 8:30 pm | Thomson Hall

Artist and researcher Efrat Yerday will draw upon the work of several contemporary visual artists and the works of younger artists, to illustrate the challenges faced by Ethiopian Jewish artists in Israel today.

Yerday will discuss how Israeli artists of Ethiopian descent often feel forced to choose one side of their identity in their lives and work, along with the diverse strategies these artists use to navigate these challenges.

April 12, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm | 听Kane Hall

The Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics on Race, Health, and Justice brings together students, faculty, researchers, and members of the public to discuss racial disparities in population health and health care, and the broader social, political, economic, and historical structures in which they occur.

Free |听

April 12, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

91爆料 piano students perform concerto movements with Tacoma-based chamber orchestra Northwest Sinfonietta led by conductor David Alexander Rahbee.

The Northwest Sinfonietta is the premiere, professional chamber orchestra in the Puget Sound area. As an ensemble of 34 musicians, the Sinfonietta (meaning ‘little symphony’ in Italian), is smaller than a symphony orchestra and flexible in size, able to fit in any size ‘chamber.

April 13 & 14 | Alaska Airlines Arena

The 53rd Annual Spring Powwow will be hosted by First Nations @ 91爆料 at the Alaska Airlines Arena, Edmundson Pavilion. This is a student organized event that strives to create a healing space for visitors and vendors at the event.

Free |

April 13, 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Henry Art Gallery

Take time to slow down, reflect, and listen to the affirming and compassionate messages of the Crocosmic Tarot, a genderless deck which uses abstract imagery to connect with intuition and the body.

For one hour each month through June on select Saturdays, tarot decks and instructions will be available for visitors to use during their visit to , a current Henry Art Gallery exhibition of colored light, poetic prompts, and sculpture to guide visitors on a journey of transformation.

Free |

April 13, 8:00 pm | Meany Hall

MacArthur Fellow and Grammy Award-winning mandolinist, singer, songwriter Chris Thile is a founding member of the critically acclaimed bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. He was the host of public radio favorite听Live from Here with Chris Thile听(formerly known as听A Prairie Home Companion).

He returns to Meany with a solo concert inspired by听Laysongs 鈥� his first truly solo album: just Thile, his voice, and mandolin.

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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).

April 3, 12:30 pm | 听North Allen Library Lobby

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 |

April 3, 12:30 – 1:30 pm | 听Husky Union Building

Join the Jackson School of International Studies for a talk featuring Colonel Nate Strohm, 91爆料 US Army War College Fellow 2023-2024 on the evolution and future of Security Force Assistance Brigades in the military. This talk will be followed by a discussion with Colonel Nate Strohm.

Colonel Nathan 鈥淣ate鈥� Strohm is a career logistician who has served in multiple tactical logistics units, brigade combat teams, command positions, and in strategic staff positions on both the Army Staff and the Joint Staff.

April 3, 3:30 – 4:20 pm | 听Kincaid Hall or Zoom

The Department of Psychology invites Associate Professor Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez from the University of Rochester to speak about his research on understanding the brain mechanisms underlying discrimination of threat, safety, and reward within a context.

Suarez-Jimenez’s research specifically focuses on developing and validating innovative virtual reality (VR) tasks to study brain mechanisms of complex behavior.

Free |听

April 3, 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents the Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency exhibition featuring the 2024 resident artist Simon Benjamin. A Bolt from the Blue is an exhibition curated as a living space of temporal contemplation that continues Simon Benjamin鈥檚 research of the sea and coastal areas as connected sites of colonial legacy. Through video installation, painting, sculpture, and photography we are immersed in the artist鈥檚 visual, sound, and material vocabularies on relational community histories alongside objects of inquiry.

Free |

April 3, 7:00 – 8:30 pm | 听Kane Hall

The Department of Asian Languages and Literature invites professor Zev Handel to explain how the building blocks of the Chinese script were adapted to represent the words and sounds of Japanese via their transformation into the scripts known as kanji and kana.

Through this lecture, the audience will learn the similarities and differences between the Chinese writing and alphabetic writing, what happened to Chinese-character writing in Korea and Vietnam, and why today Japanese is the only one of these languages that still uses Chinese characters in its writing.

April 4 – 26 | DXARTS Gallery

Time and Time Again is a collaborative installation by artists Leo Nu帽ez and Juan Pampin. The work is a playful exploration of the cyclical and catastrophic aspects of the Argentine economy. Organized into four interrelated pieces, the installation invites visitors to immerse themselves in a chaotic world of data-driven flashbacks, monetary bicycle rides, and circular financial ruins.

Free |

April 5, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Smith Hall

The Department of Geography invites Charlotte Cot茅, professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, to speak at this Geography Colloquium.

In her new book, A Drum in One Hand, A Sockeye in the Other, Cot茅 shares many stories from her personal life and stories shared with her about Tseshaht and Northwest Coast Indigenous food traditions. Through these stories, Dr. Cot茅 wants readers to understand why her community of Tseshaht, and Indigenous peoples worldwide, are revitalizing their foodways and reconnecting with their ha蕯um, cultural food, by enacting food sovereignty.

Free |

April 5, 1:30 – 3:00 pm | Gowen Hall

Associate Professor Sheena Chestnut Greitens at the University of Texas, Austin, will speak on internal security and Chinese grand strategy for this 91爆料 International Security Colloquium.

Free |

April 6, 3:00 – 4:30 pm | Henry Art Gallery

Inspired by the process of regeneration and rebirth embodied in听Ra煤l de Nieves: A window to the see, a spirit star chiming in the wind of wonder鈥�, currently on view at the Henry Art Gallery, the gallery will conjure the power and possibilities of imminent failure in an experimental combination of poetry craft talk, courageous conversation, community freestyle, improv music, and facilitated dialogue.

Free |

April 6, 8:00 pm | Meany Hall

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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.

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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.

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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

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Dec. 3, 10 a.m. | Zoom

Join author Elizabeth Graver in conversation with Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies Devin E. Naar for a discussion of 鈥淜antika,鈥� a moving, multi-generational saga inspired by Graver鈥檚 grandmother. Rebecca Baruch Levy (n茅e Cohen) was born into a Sephardic Jewish family from Istanbul in the early 20th century, and her kaleidoscopic journey takes her to Barcelona, Havana, and ultimately New York, exploring themes of displacement, endurance, and family as home.

Free |

Dec. 5, 4 – 5:30 pm |Thomson Hall

In this talk hosted by the Department of Anthropology and Center for Southeast Asia & its Diasporas, Joss Whittaker, graduate student in the Department of Anthropology will recount his time living in the Aru Islands with photographs and stories. When Joss Whittaker went to the Aru Islands for archaeological research, things did not go as planned: the research ran into obstacles that ranged from amusing to hair-raising, the camera broke, and much of the film was ruined. Nonetheless, thanks to the support of local allies, in a seven-month stay Joss found fascinating details about past and present in a community that built massive monuments, fought the Dutch East India Company at its peak power, and traded luxuries to remote places. The events around this research won’t make it into a scholarly paper, but they are worth recounting.

Free |

School of Music Concerts

December 3, 3:00pm |听 Brechemin Auditorium

December 4, 7:30pm | Meany Hall

December 4, 7:30pm | 听Meany Hall

December 5, 7:30pm |听 Brechemin Auditorium

December 6, 12:30pm | North Allen Library Lobby

December 6, 7:30pm | 听Meany Hall

December 7, 7:30pm |听, University Congregational Church

December 7, 7:30pm | Meany Hall

December 7, 7:30pm |听听Brechemin Auditorium

December 8, 7:30pm | Meany Hall

October – November | 鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� Podcast: Episode 7

鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� is an eight-episode podcast connecting humanities research with current events and issues. In this week’s episode, Chadwick Allen, professor of English and American Indian studies, at the 91爆料, explains how the Octagon Earthworks is actually a gigantic clock designed using substantial astronomical knowledge. Allen traces the past, present, and future of mound earthworks, which he describes as feats of astronomy, engineering, and coordinated labor.

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)

November 7, 4:30 – 6:00pm | Communications Building

This presentation by Sharon Stein asks how universities can navigate the complexity of confronting the colonial foundations of higher education and enabling different futures. This discussion approaches reparations as a potentially regenerative process of enacting material redistribution and restitution, (re)building relationships grounded in respect and reciprocity, and repurposing our institutions to be more relevant and responsible.

Free |

November 7, 6:00 – 8:00pm | 听Kane Hall

The Pandemics – COVID 19 and the worldwide racial reckoning – forever changed how people work, live, go to school, and interact as a community. Come listen to a recorded dialogues about the pandemics, and engage in dialogue with the 91爆料 community. Together the session will remember and honor each individual’s lived pandemics experiences.

Free |听

November 8, 7:00 – 8:30pm | 听Burke Museum

Join the Burke Museum to celebrate Spirit Whales & Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State, by Elizabeth A. Nesbitt, Burke curator emerita of invertebrate and micropaleontology, and David B. Williams, Seattle-based author, naturalist, and historian.

From primitive horses on the Columbia Plateau to giant bird tracks near Bellingham, fossils across Washington state are filled with clues of past life on Earth. With abundant and well-exposed rock layers, the state has both old and 鈥測oung鈥� fossils, from Ice Age mammals dating only 12,000 years old back to marine invertebrates more than 500 million years old.

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November 8, 7:30pm | Meany Hall

Seattle favorite Garrick Ohlsson has established himself as a pianist of masterful interpretive and technical skill. He commands an enormous repertoire ranging over the entire piano literature. He brings a full program of Chopin, Schubert, and Beethoven, along with an evocative work by Ursula Mamlok. Ohlsson鈥檚 brilliant stage presence and easy connection to audiences amplifies his well-earned reputation for bringing piano masterpieces to life with virtuosic firepower and resonant interpretations.

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November 8 | National First-Generation College Celebration

The 91爆料 proudly supports the experiences of first-generation students. For the sixth-straight year, the 91爆料 Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma campuses are joining colleges and universities throughout the nation to participate in the on November 8.

Led by the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and the NASPA Center for First-Generation Student Success, the day is intended to celebrate the success and presence of first-generation college students, faculty, and staff on campuses across the country.

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November 9, 6:00 – 8:00pm |

Different disciplines, cultures, and individuals have distinct approaches to gathering information, interpreting it, and forming beliefs. This begs the question: 鈥淗ow do we know things and where else should we be looking for answers?鈥�

91爆料 Honors鈥� annual Global Challenges/Interdisciplinary Answers conversation, led by Polly Olsen (Yakama), director of DEI & Decolonization and tribal liaison at the Burke Museum; Tony Lucero, Professor and Chair in the Department of Comparative History of Ideas; and Katie Davis, Associate Professor in the iSchool, consider questions cultivated by students in the University Honors Program. This conversation will be moderated by Samantha-Lynn Martinez, a rising junior marine biology major.

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November 12, 11:00am – 12:00pm | Burke Museum

Burke Museum education partner Hindi Time Kids has planned an exciting all-ages event to teach visitors about the meaning and traditions of Diwali, a South Asian annual festival of lights celebrated in many parts of the world. The word 鈥楧iwali鈥� derives from Sanskrit language and means 鈥渁 row of lights.” Diwali is a time for gathering with loved ones, celebrating life, and enjoying the illumination of lights.

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November 12, 1:30 – 2:30pm | 听Henry Art Gallery

Meet curator Nina Bozicnik for a tour of Sophia Al-Maria: Not My Bag. Born in Tacoma, Washington and now based in London, Al-Maria is a Qatari-American artist, writer, and filmmaker. Not My Bag brings together, her recent trilogy of films. In this exhibition, Al-Maria interrogates histories of colonial authority in contemporary culture. During the tour, Bozicnik will share insights into the concepts, ideas, and artworks within the exhibition as well as take time for questions and conversation.

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October – November | 鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� Podcast: Episode 4

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 Louisa Mackenzie, associate professor of Comparative History of Ideas at the 91爆料, will describe how human’s view of nature has evolved over decades, from fear to appreciation.

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.

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October 25, 7:30pm | Meany Hall听

Join the Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) as they host a Fall Concert with the Henry Art Gallery, Mini Mart City Park, Method Gallery, Gallery 4Culture, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Georgetown Steam Plant, and Meany Hall at the 91爆料. This experimental arts festival will feature technology driven art on ritual, entropy, and storm.

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October 27, 8:00pm | Meany Hall

Combining the manual art of shadow puppetry with projected animation, Song of the North tells the courageous tale of Manijeh, a heroine from ancient Persia. Manijeh must use all her strengths and talents to rescue her beloved Bijan from a dangerous predicament of her own making and help prevent a war. This love story, adapted from the Book of Kings (Shahnameh), employs a cast of 500 handmade puppets and a talented ensemble of nine actors and puppeteers to create a spectacular multimedia experience.

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October 27, 11:30am – 1:00pm | Gowen Hall

This talk will show how woodblock printing techniques, first developed by Buddhists, provided a technology that could give a broad number of people access to the written word.

Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government at Harvard University, argues that state formation depends not only on military competition but also on the supply of ideas and techniques in a society. These ideas can sometimes come from unexpected areas before being adopted by those in power.

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October 27, 2:30pm | Jones Playhouse

Join the 91爆料 Department of Dance to hear research presentations by second year MFA candidates in dance.

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October 28, 7:30pm | Meany Hall

Enjoy the latest installment of an ongoing series created by artistic director Naeim Rahmani. The program includes commissioned works by Iranian composers living outside of Iran and Seattle-based composers with strong ties to the 91爆料 Composition Program: Huck Hodge, Jo毛l-Fran莽ois Durand, Jeff Bowen, and Yigit K枚lat.

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October – November | 鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� Podcast: Episode 2

鈥淲ays of Knowing鈥� is an eight-episode podcast connecting humanities research with current events and issues. This weeks episode is a Close Reading with Charles LaPorte of 鈥淒over Beach,鈥� a poem by 19th century British writer Matthew Arnold. The poem can be read as both a romantic lament and, as many scholars have concluded, a dark, existential commentary on the loss of religious faith.

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

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

June 8, 3:30 – 5:30pm | 2023 Awards of Excellence recipients, Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater in Meany Hall

Honor outstanding alumni, faculty, staff, students and retirees who contribute to the richness and diversity of our University community. The president and provost will host a one-hour ceremony, followed by a reception with hors d鈥檕euvres, desserts and a chance to connect and celebrate with the 91爆料 community.

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June 7 – 14, 10am – 5pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery

A graduation exhibition for students receiving Bachelor of Design (BDes) degrees.

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June 10 | Graduation

Huskies from around the world will once again take the field at Husky Stadium to celebrate their accomplishments in front of 40,000 proud family members, friends and guests. President Cauce and the leadership of the University will be there to confer degrees as each graduates makes that once-in-a-lifetime walk across the 4,000-square-foot stage, adorned with life-size replicas of the four ionic columns that graced the Territorial University over 160 years ago.

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Through June 25 | 听Henry Art Gallery North Galleries

The Henry Art Gallery will present the 91爆料’s School of Art + Art History + Design Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design thesis exhibition. Throughout their programs, fine arts and design students work with advisers and other artists to develop advanced techniques, expand concepts, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. Henry staff conduct two studio visits and work closely with the students to facilitate their projects and prepare them for exhibition at the museum. A digital publication is produced in conjunction with the exhibition to highlight the students鈥� artistic endeavors and the Henry鈥檚 commitment to this exciting and important step in the students’ development as practicing artists and designers.

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Through July 29 | Reader鈥檚 Choice: 鈥淭he Overstory鈥� by Richard Powers, Online

August 11-16 | 91爆料 Converge Jakarta 2023

Summer Programming from the Burke Museum & Henry Art Gallery

June 23, 7:00 PM | Kane Hall

Being one of the largest animals to ever roam the earth has its upsides. Too big for most other animals to hunt, Sauropods could also reach food other dinosaurs could only view longingly. But being that big can also be a pain in the neck, especially when that neck is more than 25 feet long and weighs a couple tons. Learn about all this and more at the Burke Museum’s annual Dino Lecture, now bigger than ever.

Join University of Michigan Paleontologist Dr. Jeff Wilson Mantilla for a trip 200 million years back in time to learn how these long-necked dinosaurs got so big in the first place and the adaptations that allowed them to thrive. Hear stories about field work in India, Brazil, and Jordan, where Dr. Wilson Mantilla excavates some seriously big bones in search of evolutionary clues.

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Through July 9 | Henry Art Gallery

Jones鈥檚 Altared States project, which was originally produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, with New York Live Arts, and commissioned by The Public Theater, with support from NEFA. Exploring the meeting places between the material and the numinous which have always served as contemplative sites among most world cultures through a range of artistic forms, ALTAREDSTATES invites participants into intentional relationship with unseen interwoven forces that shape our lived realities, including waves of history, culture, cosmology, and Soul.

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Through August 27 | Henry Art Gallery

Known for her exuberant abstractions, Sarah Cain (b. 1979, Albany, NY) often extends her practice beyond the canvas into installation, site-specific painting, stained glass, and furniture. Her work draws from sources as disparate as Abstract Expressionism, graffiti, and pop music, and incorporates materials as diverse as sand, feathers, jewelry, crystals, and fabric. At the Henry, the artist has created an immersive architectural intervention in dialogue with the double-height architecture of the museum鈥檚 East Gallery.

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Through December 31 | , Burke Museum

Experience the wonder of Puget Sound through the unique wildlife and living cultures that call the Salish Sea home. From Southern resident orcas and Chinook salmon to community gardens and the annual Canoe Journey, build a deeper connection with a region teeming with life. Hear from the scientists, tribal members, and community advocates working to conserve and heal the Salish Sea, because the choices we make today will determine the future of this region.

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.

Cost of Admission / Free to 91爆料 students, faculty and staff |

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

Many people are aware of plastic pollution in the oceans. Photos of turtles or seabirds entangled in plastic garbage first went viral in the 1990s, and the is now the focus of highly publicized cleanup efforts.

Less recognized is how marine plastic waste affects human populations, and the unequal burden on different communities. A report, 鈥�,鈥� outlines the current situation and attempts to address the problem.

鈥淲e all benefit from plastics, but some people are paying more of the external costs in terms of the environmental damage, well-being issues and just horrendous scenes that they must live with in places they call home,鈥� said project leader , a 91爆料 professor of practice in marine and environmental affairs and director of The Nippon Foundation .

Increasingly, the greenhouse gases causing climate change are seen as an issue in which some countries produce most of the pollution while other countries or groups are more at risk from the long-term consequences. Plastic pollution, this report argues, is a similar issue for coastal communities.

The report, published in late November, includes 31 authors from nine countries. It incorporates case studies and analyses from around the world as well as larger, overarching recommendations for change.

The authors conclude that coastal communities most affected by marine plastic pollution should be better represented in drafting potential solutions. A free, virtual event in March will bring together stakeholders from around the world to draw up a road map for an equity-focused path to address marine plastics.

The Ocean Nexus Center was founded in 2019 as a 10-year initiative based in 91爆料 EarthLab that includes more than 20 member universities and organizations around the world. Its mission is to bring together equity and justice in the oceans on a global scale.

The recently published report covers topics such as:

• A call to replace the term 鈥減lastic litter鈥� with 鈥減lastic pollution.鈥� The word 鈥渓itter鈥� frames the issue on a small scale that can be addressed with better waste collection, disposal or recycling, rather than broader industry-wide changes to production.
• A discussion of the rise in plastic waste during the COVID-19 pandemic, through masks, gloves, face shields and a resurgence of single-use and individually wrapped products.
• Chapters that provide place-based case studies, including interviews with local residents about their experiences with marine plastics. Locations include a fishing community in Ghana, coastal mangrove forests in Ecuador, and an island in southern Japan that includes both tourists and residents.
• Two analyses of waste cleanup programs 鈥� Washington state鈥檚 and the program in the Netherlands.
• A section with multiple authors focused on the island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Maori perspectives have been disregarded in efforts to address marine plastic pollution, authors write, despite the greater impact and importance of marine environments for Maori people鈥檚 livelihood and culture.
• A review of international rules for plastic waste disposal 鈥� a patchwork of regulations including the Basel Convention, a nonbinding agreement that the U.S. has not signed.
• A critique of Coca-Cola Co.鈥檚 鈥� as an example of industry-backed solutions to marine plastic pollution that focus on individual consumers, rather than bigger, more permanent solutions that could reduce plastic waste.

鈥淐oca-Cola is the world鈥檚 biggest producer of plastic waste, and it serves as a case study of how multinational corporations engage in waste reduction and corporate social responsibility,鈥� said lead author , a 91爆料 postdoctoral researcher in marine and environmental affairs who wrote the analysis of Coca-Cola鈥檚 initiative.

鈥淎s we highlight in the report, one of the key actions we see as imperative for addressing marine plastic pollution is refocusing the problem as one of plastics production, rather than as an issue of waste management,鈥� Vandenberg said.

, a Seattle-based artist, created digital watercolor paintings that appear throughout the document. The report is funded by The Nippon Foundation and is intended to be an accessible, comprehensive summary of the issue that can be read by policymakers, educators and other audiences, Ota said.

The March event will bring together audiences to implement the report鈥檚 main recommendations. Visit The Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center to find forthcoming event details.

For more information, contact Ocean Nexus marketing and communications lead Ariel Wang at arielyw@uw.edu, Ota at yota1@uw.edu or Vandenberg at jvandenb@uw.edu (note: Vandenberg is currently a visiting scholar at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, on Central European Time).