UW Events Archive

Letters from the Ancestors: Family History and our Capitalist Future

Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025

4 p.m.

Bommunications Building 120

In “Letters from the Ancestors,” Connolly follows the events of four generations of his Caribbean family, offering a view of the history of late capitalism in the Atlantic World.

Populist Power Plays: Erdogan’s Turkey, Trump’s USA, and the Future of Democracy

Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025

5 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 110

Garo Paylan, former Member of the Turkish Parliament in conversation with UW Professor Asli Cansunar.

Unbowed and Unbroken: The Battle for Civil Liberties and Minority Rights in Turkey

Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025

7 p.m.

Hans Rosling Center for Population Health Room 155

Garo Paylan, former Member of the Turkish Parliament, and Burhan Sönmez, an award-winning novelist in conversation with UW Professor Asli Cansunar.

Walter G. Andrews Memorial Lecture

Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

7 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 225

Occasions for Poetry: Politics, Literature, and Imagination Among the Early Modern Ottomans

Parents and Teens on Screens

Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

6 p.m.

Livestream

This webinar will include a panel of experts discussing parents’, teens’, and preteens’ digital technology and social media use and its relation to mental health.

Renee Hudson, “The Latinx Bildungsroman”

Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

5 p.m.

Communications Building 210

Dr. Hudson will present research from her book, “Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form and Futurity in the Americas” (Fordham 2024).

From Atrocity to Transitional Justice in Taiwan

Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

3:30 p.m.

HUB 340

Explore the significance of the 228 Incident and examine how cultural productions, institutions, academia, and education contribute to representing lived histories and memories.

17th Annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lecture: The Science of Altruism

Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025

7 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 110

This interdisciplinary panel brings together experts from psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and animal behavior to explore the foundations of altruistic behaviors.

The Climatic Effects of the UWAB Program on the Habitability of My Environment

Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025

7 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 130

Celebrate 25 years of Atrobiology at UW by attending free public talks from the program director and several alumni. In this final lecture, hear from Dr. Aomawa Shields.

Endowed Lecture for Health Promotion

Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025

5:30 p.m.

Maple Hall - Great Room

UW School of Nursing hosts Dr. Aisha Brooks as this year’s Endowed Lecture for Health Promotion with 30+ years of leadership experience in the nursing and public health realms.