UW Events Archive

I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

SOLD OUT IN PERSON
Join us for a moderated conversation between Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels and author of “I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times,” Mónica Guzmán and writer, broadcaster, and interviewer, Steve Scher. Let’s learn together how to remain curious and courageous during our upcoming presidential election season.

Polarization, Persuasion, and Talking Across Difference

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024

4 p.m.

Livestream, HUB South Ballroom

Democracy in Focus Lecture Series: Every Tuesday leading up to the election, UW faculty members will share their expertise through a public lecture on an election-related topic. Free pizza will be served.
Mark Smith, Political Science
Ralina Joseph, Communication and the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity
Carmen Gonzalez, Communication and the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity.

Sam Talks: Patti Warashina (MFA Art ’64 & BFA Ceramics ’62)

Sunday, Jun. 23, 2024

Noon

Seattle Art Museum

Renowned artist and College of Arts & Sciences alum Patti Warashina will discuss her 55+ year career and artworks on view in Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture.

The Past in the Present: Alternative Musical Imaginaries of Nation and Identity in India from the Mid-1980s

Thursday, Jun. 6, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

This talk will discuss the interesting trends in literature and music in India from the late 1980s onwards.

The Authoritarian Politics of Rehabilitation

Friday, May 24, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

This talk considers the Filipino English teacher as a critical figure in the U.S.-Philippine program for refugee rehabilitation.

Displacing Kinship: The Intimacies of Intergenerational Trauma in Vietnamese American Cultural Production

Thursday, May 23, 2024

5 p.m.

Hans Rosling Center for Population Health 101

This lecture examines how representations of Vietnamese refugee families show not simply the lived experiences of war, but the day to day experiences of racism and marginalization

Semiotics of Rape: Sexual Subjectivity and Violation in Rural India

Friday, May 17, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

Oza follows the social life of rape in rural northwest India to reveal how rape is not only a violation of the body but a language through which a range of issues are contested.

Yannick Wey, “Alpine Vibes” – Callings and Echoes of the Alps A Performance-Lecture on Swiss Alphorn Music

Friday, May 17, 2024

5 p.m.

Communications Building 120

A simple musical instrument of the Alpine shepherds, the alphorn became a source of fascination for travelers in the 19th century.

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

Join experimental psychologist Steven Pinker for an enlightening conversation about rationality and the importance of using critical thinking, logic, and causation and correlation as it relates to modern society.

Registration opens March 13, 2024.

The Many Names of Anonymity: Rethinking Export Art

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 210

This lecture introduces the Chinese painters of the global maritime trade, based in the port of Guangzhou (Canton), circa 1700-1850.