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Making Your Business Accessible

March 31, 2026 5:00 pm

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Make your business’s digital content accessible. Join Mary Colleen Jenkins to learn practical ways to build inclusive design and content skills you can put to work right away.
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EarthLab Showcase

March 31, 2026 5:30 pm

Center for Urban Horticulture

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At the EarthLab Showcase, you'll hear inspiring stories of climate action and community resilience directly from UW students, researchers, and community partners.
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2026 Scheidel Lecture: Preempting Public Misconceptions About Controversial Science

April 1, 2026 6:00 pm

Kane Hall (Room 225)

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The annual Scheidel lecture honors Professor Thomas Scheidel’s lifetime of scholarship, teaching, and leadership by bringing distinguished scholars to the Dept. of Communication.
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Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam

April 2, 2026 1:30 pm

Allen Library - Petersen Room

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Role of public libraries in colonial and postcolonial Vietnam
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Bertha Hidalgo

The Office of Public Lectures presents: Unlocking Secrets: Interrogating the Epigenome to Reveal Pregnancy Risks in Moms with High Blood Pressure with Bertha Hidalgo

April 7, 2026 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Discover how epigenetics is revolutionizing maternal health. In this lecture, Dr. Bertha Hidalgo reveals how early biomarkers and population research unlock new tools to prevent hypertensive pregnancy disorders—advancing equity, innovation, and the future of prenatal care.
Registration opens March 10, 2026.
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The Japanese Literature of Brazil

April 7, 2026 5:30 pm

Kane Hall (Room 220) , Livestream (Hybrid)

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This lecture will raise some questions about what makes up "Japanese literature" – and all other identity-based groupings of literary texts.
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Media, Power, and Democracy in South Asia

April 10, 2026 3:30 pm

HUB 214

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What does democracy look like from below? This talk will look at how ordinary lives are reshaped by surveillance, majoritarianism, and corporate-political nexus in South Asia.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The Office of Public Lectures presents: A Larger Freedom: Multiracial Democracy and the Radical Reconstruction of the United States with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

April 30, 2026 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle

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Uncover the deeper roots of democratic erosion in America. This lecture challenges myths about 2024, examining long-standing structural forces and offering urgent insights into how we can recognize decline, protect rights, and build an inclusive democratic future for all.
Registration opens March 10, 2026.
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Briana Scurry

The Office of Public Lectures presents: My Greatest Save with Briana Scurry

May 13, 2026 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Join legendary goalkeeper Briana Scurry as she shares her powerful journey of triumph, adversity, and redemption—offering raw insight into her Olympic glory, career-ending injury, and the global impact of soccer through an unforgettable, deeply personal lens.
Registration opens March 10, 2026.
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Ron Krabill

The Office of Public Lectures presents: Five Ways to Watch the World Cup with Ron Krabill

May 19, 2026 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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Explore five provocative perspectives on the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s impact—economic, cultural, and political. This talk examines what hosting the tournament means for Seattle and beyond, challenging assumptions and sparking fresh debate about global spectacle and local consequence.
Registration opens March 10, 2026.
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Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown

The Office of Public Lectures presents: What Does Law Mean in Crisis? How Crip Feminist Technoscience Will Save Us with Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown

May 21, 2026 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle

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In a world ablaze with crisis, this lecture explores crip feminist technoscience as a tool for survival and resistance—offering disabled wisdom to reimagine justice, regulate AI, and challenge empire, white supremacy, and late-stage capitalism through a disability justice lens.
Registration opens March 10, 2026.
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Robert Macfarlane

The Office of Public Lectures presents: Is A River Alive? Exploring the lives, deaths and rights of rivers with Robert Macfarlane

May 27, 2026 6:30 pm

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)

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low into a radical reimagining of rivers—as sentient beings with rights. This global lecture blends activism, art, and law to reveal how river justice shapes our survival in a world where water is more than resource—it’s kin.
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