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Explore how World War I reshaped the Middle East. This lecture traces anti-colonial movements, Palestine’s pivotal role, and the shift from British to American power—linking regional upheaval to the global rise of fossil capitalism and reimagined imperial hierarchies.
6:30 p.m.
Step into a poetic, participatory lecture on Alma Thomas’s vibrant legacy. Through Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ lyrical lens, explore Black women’s creativity, audience intimacy, and the rhythms of Earth as art—where abstract expression meets presence, color, and cultural memory.
5 p.m.
Join us in discussion with guest speakers Ambassador (ret.) Jeff Hovenier, and Kelly McGannon as part of our winter quarter lecture series examining how different regions and global issues are affected by the policies of the Trump administration. Co-sponsored by UW Global.
6:30 p.m.
This talk will explore how America’s constitutional democracy depends not just on laws, but on citizen character. Amid rising civic unrest, it asks: can empathy, honor, and mutual respect renew the republic—and keep it, as Franklin once warned?
5 p.m.
Join us in discussion with Ambassador Michelle Gavin, who currently is Senior Fellow of Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, as part of our winter quarter lecture series examining how different regions and global issues are affected by the policies of the Trump administration. Co-sponsored by UW Global.
7:30 p.m.
Join Blue City Blues for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, as she addresses the escalating global threats to democratic institutions and explores pragmatic strategies to counter the rise of authoritarianism. Drawing on her extensive research, Applebaum will discuss findings from her critically acclaimed works, including Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism and her latest book, Autocracy, Inc., offering insight into how free societies can prevent the worst-case scenarios now unfolding across the world.
7:30 p.m.
Designing the Accelerated Quantum Supercomputer: AI‑First, Real‑Time Required with Dr. Krysta Svore
Vice President of Applied Research for Quantum Computing at NVIDIA.
5 p.m.
Join us in discussion with faculty Reşat Kasaba and guest speaker Gönül Tol as part of our winter quarter lecture series examining how different regions and global issues are affected by the policies of the Trump administration. Co-sponsored by UW Global.
5:30 p.m.
Winner of the UW 2025 University Faculty Lecture Award, Dr. Douglas Wood is the Henry N. Harkins professor and chair of the UW Department of Surgery. Dr. Wood has spent his career saving the lives of lung cancer patients — individually as a world-renowned thoracic surgeon and en masse as a national leader in the development and expansion of lung cancer screening.
5 p.m.
Join us in discussion with faculty Radhika Govindrajan and Sunila Kale and visiting speaker Milan Vaishnav as part of our winter quarter lecture series examining how different regions and global issues are affected by the policies of the Trump administration. Co-sponsored by UW Global.