UW Events Archive

2024 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture: Melayu Malay — Mystery Miracle

Monday, May 6, 2024

5:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 225

The Department of Asian Languages & Literature’s 2024 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Hendrik Maier of the University of California Riverside.

Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics – Phillip Ayoub, University College London

Friday, May 3, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Gowen Hall 1A

Join the department for a talk and discussion with Phillip Ayoub, Professor at University College London, and political science graduate student discussant Jana Foxe.

Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia

Thursday, May 2, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

What did it mean to be Hindu, Muslim, or Untouchable in pre-colonial India?

Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States

Thursday, May 2, 2024

6 p.m.

HUB 214

In Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Divergent States, Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel explain how over Russia and Ukraine diverged politically in the past thirty years.

An Evening with Margaret Cho

Sold out
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

Comedian and five-time GRAMMY and EMMY nominee, Margaret Cho will join us for a moderated discussion about her career highs and lows as well as share her thoughts around activism in the current political climate.

When an event is sold out, as a courtesy, the Graduate School will offer standby seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Any reserved seats not taken by 15 minutes before the start of the lecture will be offered to our guests in the standby line. Please note: standby entrance is based on seat availability and there is no guarantee of admittance to the public lecture.

Pax Americana: The Past, Present, and Prospects of the American World Order

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Allen Library Auditorium

Join the Jackson School for a discussion with Daniel J. Sargent, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Hidden Biases of Good People

Sold out
Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

Professor of Social Ethics, Dr. Mahzarin Banaji studies the disparities between conscious expressions of attitudes and beliefs. Spend the evening with her as she provide insights into how our minds work, and the often surprising and even perplexing manner by which implicit bias operates.

When an event is sold out, as a courtesy, the Graduate School will offer standby seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Any reserved seats not taken by 15 minutes before the start of the lecture will be offered to our guests in the standby line. Please note: standby entrance is based on seat availability and there is no guarantee of admittance to the public lecture.

Translator Jetlag: Voice and the World We Build

Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2024

4:30 p.m.

HUB 332

Anton Hur, author of Toward Eternity and No One Told Me Not To, will examine the idea of voice in literary translation.

The Making of 1177 BC A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed

Friday, Apr. 26, 2024

3:30 p.m.

TBA

Glynnis Fawkes, cartoonist and archaeological illustrator, analyzes the way a cartoonist adapts history.

The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought

Friday, Apr. 26, 2024

Noon

The Smith Room, Suzzallo Library

Dr. Melvin Rogers, Professor of Political Science, at Brown University, is invited to speak for the Political Theory Colloquium.