UW Events Archive

Sonic Ruins of Modernity: Judeo-Spanish Folksongs Today

Thursday, Mar. 28, 2024

7 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 220

Edwin Seroussi, faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses Judeo-Spanish folk songs in modern times through “Sonic Ruins of Modernity: Judeo-Spanish Folksongs Today.”

A Spark of King David: The Musical Poetry of Rabbi Israel Najara Then and Now

Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024

7 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 220

Edwin Seroussi, faculty member of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will discuss the pizmonim (musical religious poems) of 16th-century rabbi Israel Najara.

Psychology Loucks Colloquium with Dr. Emily Jacobs

Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Livestream, Kincaid 102/108

Dr. Emily Jacobs, Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, will speak at the Psychology Loucks Colloquium.

Where Can We Be? Black Girls (Re)Creating Space through Digital Practice

Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024

3:30 p.m.

CMU 126

Ashleigh Greene Wade gives a talk highlighting the role of digital practices in Black girls’ space-making techniques as an example of Black girl autopoetics.

From Security Threats to Emerging Tech: U.S-Japan-South Korean Trilateral Relations

Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2024

5 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 225

Join the Korea Economic Institute of America in partnership with the Center for Korea Studies for a two-part panel series that examines trilateral cooperation in many key areas.

Community Conversations – The Role of Rehab in Chronic Conditions

Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

Noon

Livestream

Please join our Zoom webinar to learn about the role of rehab in chronic conditions. Our expert panelists will discuss both medical and mental health.

Gas Mask Nation: Visualizing Civil Air Defense in Wartime Japan

Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

Gennifer Weisenfeld, Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University, discusses her book Gas Mask Nation: Visualizing Civil Air Defenses in Wartime Japan.

Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust

Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2024

4 p.m.

HUB 214

Ari Joskowicz describes the experiences of Hitler’s forgotten victims and charts the evolving postwar relationship between Roma and Jews.

Auditing Localized Google Search Results for Human Rights

Friday, Mar. 8, 2024

1:30 p.m.

Gowen Hall 1A

Rochelle Terman, Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago and PhD student Bobby Maxwell discuss “Auditing Localized Google Search Results for Human Rights.”

True North Rising: My fifty-year journey with the Inuit and Dene leaders who transformed Canada’s North

Friday, Mar. 8, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Petersen Room, Allen Library

Former CBC journalist and Arctic issues leader Whit Fraser talks about his memoir and long history of work and collaboration with Indigenous leaders in Canada’s North.