UW Events Archive

Research Talk with Visiting Scholar Ben Johnson

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

Members of our UW community who are thinking about security in the Arctic from unique perspectives. We hope you will join us and add your thoughts to the conversation.

Who Votes and Why Voting Matters

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

4 p.m.

Livestream, Oak Hall, Denny Room

Every Tuesday leading up to the election, UW faculty members will share their expertise through a public lecture on an election-related topic.

Reclaiming Venus: The Many Lives of Alvenia Bridges

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

7 p.m.

Third Place Books Ravenna

Dr. Maya Smith, co-author of the memoir Reclaiming Venus, discusses the remarkable life and work of Alvenia Bridges.

Erich Gruen (UC Berkeley): Were the Ancient Greeks Responsible for Antisemitism?

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

4:30 p.m.

Livestream, Denny 112

Professor Gruen will address the roots of antisemitism in antiquity and the degree to which it may have arisen in the Jewish experience in the Greek and Hellenistic worlds.

Why AI matters for climate (in more ways than one)

Monday, Oct. 28, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

In this talk Dr. Priya Donti, Assistant Professor and the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Professor at MIT EECS and LIDS, will explore AI’s multi-faceted relationship with climate change. This discussion will cover how researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can work together to better align the use of AI with climate change.

Merchants and Mercenaries: Greeks in Egypt in the Late Period

Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024

2 p.m.

Livestream, Denny 112

This talk explores these communities at sites including Memphis, Naukratis, and Tell Defenneh, where these migrants lived, traded, worshipped, and buried their dead.

Healthy by Nature: How connecting with the environment can boost your well being

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

Join Dr. Nooshin Razani as she shares her insights on how spending time in nature can be a powerful treatment for various health conditions. Pre-lecture happy hour from 5:30-6:30 PM included.

Writing Film History without Films: Song Booklets and an Archival Hermeneutic of Speculation

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

11:30 a.m.

Communications Building 202

Usha Iyer considers the implications of her use of film ephemera like song booklets to write a history of women’s participation in Indian cinema in the 1930s and 1940s.

Radical Futures — Aristocratic or Democratic? Nietzsche, Brandes, Høffding and the Scandinavian Welfare Society

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

1 p.m.

Allen Library Auditorium

This lecture traces the long afterlife of this seminal “Nietzsche debate,” demonstrating its continued relevance for the world we inhabit today.

Living and Dying as an Immigrant in Classical Athens

Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Livestream, Denny 112

This talk will explore the archaeological evidence for immigrants, including both Greeks from other city-states and non-Greeks such as Phoenicians or Egyptians