UW Events Archive

UW Tacoma Alumni Speaker Series featuring Jeremy Williams

Thursday, Apr. 18, 2024

6 p.m.

Milgrad Hall 110

Jeremy Williams is a Senior UX Researcher. He graduated from UW Tacoma with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Originally from Georgia, he is a Navy veteran.

An Afternoon with Kate Raworth

Monday, Apr. 15, 2024

Noon

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

Renegade ecological economist, Kate Raworth implores us to look at economic theory that is inclusive of 21st century realities. The author of the best selling book “Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist” will join us remotely for a talk asking us to consider putting these economic principles in place to better our communities, cities, businesses and educators.

Registration opens March 13, 2024.

Silver Democracy: Youth Representation in an Aging Japan

Monday, Apr. 15, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

In this talk, Dr. McClean explores why young politicians are so rare in Japan and how this shortage affects democracy and the social policies implemented by the government.

Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics – Devin Joshi, Singapore Management University

Friday, Apr. 12, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Gowen Hall 1A

Join the Department of History for a discussion with Devin Joshi, Associate Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University and PhD student Jihyeon Bae.

Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics – Race, Health, and Justice

Friday, Apr. 12, 2024

9:45 a.m.

Kane Hall, Room 225

In this Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics on Race, Health and Justice, speakers will be invited to talk about anti-racism in public health and bioethics.

The Double-Helix Entanglements of Transnational Advocacy: Moral Conservative Resistance to SOGI Rights in Europe

Thursday, Apr. 11, 2024

Noon

TBD

This talk introduces the double-helix metaphor that describes the relationship between those that wish to explore sexual orientation, identity and those that oppose them.

Political Theory Colloquium: Becca Peach, “Replacing Welfare as We Know It: Crisis Pregnancy Centers & State Funding of Faith-Based Institutions”

Thursday, Apr. 11, 2024

Noon

Gowen Hall 1A

Becca Peach, Political Science Ph.D. candidate, speaks about “Replacing Welfare as We Know It: Crisis Pregnancy Centers & State Funding of Faith-Based Institutions.”

Contemporary Ethiopian Artists in Israel and the Question of Hyphenated Identity

Thursday, Apr. 11, 2024

7:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 101

Artist and researcher Efrat Yerday will draw upon the work of several visual artists to illustrate the challenges faced by Ethiopian Jewish artists in Israel.

Indifference: On the Praxis of Interspecies Being

Thursday, Apr. 11, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson 317

In ‘Indifference,’ Naisargi N. Davé explores human-animal relations in India, revealing care, violence, and mutual respect.

The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice

Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

Father of Environmental Justice, Dr. Robert Bullard, will offer a framework for dismantling systemic racism and policies and practices that create, exacerbate and perpetuate inequality and vulnerability.

Registeration opens March 13, 2024.