7 p.m.
UWAB is excited to announce a public lecture series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the program with four days of public talks this April.
5 p.m.
Pianist Catherine Kautsky, chair of the keyboard department at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, presents a lecture-recital: “Debussy’s Paris: Poets, Politics and the Piano.”
5 p.m.
The use of generative-AI is becoming global in scale, but how does the new technology affect the daily lives of working editors and writers?
In this short webinar, hosted by UW Professional & Continuing Education, editing instructors Andi Tosch and Matthew Bennett give fresh insights into how they use generative- and corrective-AI to work on and around human-authored writing, including to inform and enhance business communication, expand editing and writing services as well as assist in the publication process. They’ll also cover how AI is reshaping the book publishing industry and discuss new legal and contractual changes.
Part of our Expert Insights webinar series, this hour-long session offers you the chance to gain valuable knowledge from UWPCE’s expert instructors. Don’t miss this opportunity to pick up the tools and knowledge to approach generative-AI with confidence and skill.
5 p.m.
Digital technology has revolutionized how we communicate and connect with information and resources. But, for the growing number of people in our world living with disabilities, technology can be difficult to access. Now more than ever, professionals need to understand the big picture of how — and why — to create accessible digital content.
In this short webinar hosted by UW Professional & Continuing Education, Sheryl Burgstahler will share insights regarding challenges some people with disabilities face when trying to access computers and digital content, why making web and mobile content and tools accessible is essential to ensure benefits for everyone and 10 tips for getting started with digital accessibility.
Part of our Expert Insights webinar series, this hour-long session offers you the chance to gain valuable knowledge from UWPCE’s expert instructors. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about how to make web content usable for everyone.
2 p.m.
Join the Burke Museum for a film screening of On Our Terms, plus a conversation with co-producer Aaron McCanna and Tory Johnston, a musician, scholar and KEXP DJ, on decolonization and communicating ideas through music.
Noon
UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Dr. Emma Rodman, “The Idea of Equality in America”
3:30 p.m.
In Island Tinkerers, Honghong Tinn tells the critical history of how hobbyists and enthusiasts in Taiwan helped transform the country with their hands-on engagement with computers.
4 p.m.
Written by Tyler Kirk, After the Gulag: A History of Memory in Russia’s Far North, shares the stories of prisoners’ experiences in the Soviet Union.
6 p.m.
Join poet Natalie Diaz and artist A.K. Burns for an evening of poetry and conversation that explores the significance of land, water, and language across their practices. Held in conjunction with Burns’s exhibition What is Perverse is Liquid, this program is inspired by the role of creative connection and relationship to artistic life and imagination. Diaz is a Pulitzer-Prize winning Mojave poet and author of Postcolonial Love Poem, a poetry collection that has been a source of artistic affinity and inspiration for Burns’s work. At the Henry, Diaz will offer a reading from the collection alongside a presentation by Burns. A conversation in response to each other’s work will follow, and will be moderated by writer and UW Bothell creative writing professor Ching-In Chen.
This program is co-presented with the UW Bothell MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics program. Funding support provided by the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences and the UW Bothell Labor Colloquium.
Noon
This presentation compares two late nineteenth-century feminist speculative fictions that engage with, reclaim, and reinterpret post-Darwinian scientific discourses.