UW Events Archive

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

American Democracy and the 2024 Election

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

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.

From Film Festivals to Songbooks: A Conversation with Lyle Pearson

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Allen Library Peterson Room

Centered around Lyle Pearson’s private collection of film memorabilia accumulated over five decades of travels through South Asian film festivals.

Washin Kai: The Popularization of the Hundred Poets in Edo-Period Japan

Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

6 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 210

Join us on a journey exploring how knowledge of the Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) collection spread among the commoner class in Japan’s early modern Edo period

Presidential Power

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 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. Lisa Marshall Manheim, Liz Porter, Jeremiah Chin, and Danieli Evans, Constitutional Law