4 p.m.
Every Tuesday leading up to the election, UW faculty members will share their expertise through a public lecture on an election-related topic.
7 p.m.
Dr. Maya Smith, co-author of the memoir Reclaiming Venus, discusses the remarkable life and work of Alvenia Bridges.
4:30 p.m.
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.
6:30 p.m.
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.
2 p.m.
This talk explores these communities at sites including Memphis, Naukratis, and Tell Defenneh, where these migrants lived, traded, worshipped, and buried their dead.
6:30 p.m.
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.
11:30 a.m.
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.
1 p.m.
This lecture traces the long afterlife of this seminal “Nietzsche debate,” demonstrating its continued relevance for the world we inhabit today.
3:30 p.m.
This talk will explore the archaeological evidence for immigrants, including both Greeks from other city-states and non-Greeks such as Phoenicians or Egyptians
6:30 p.m.
Join Dr. Jake Grumbach for an exploration of the threats facing American democracy and its sources of resilience. Together, we will learn about the trends in three areas of American democracy: the rule of law, majority rule, and political equality; the crucial components for a political system of the people, by the people, and for the people.