Printing Power: Franklin Book Programs and the Cold War Ideology of Education
7 p.m.
This talk examines FBP’s impact on book translation, textbook production, and educational policies in the Middle East, especially Iran, from 1952 to 1977.
7 p.m.
This talk examines FBP’s impact on book translation, textbook production, and educational policies in the Middle East, especially Iran, from 1952 to 1977.
2:30 p.m.
This talk asks: why has language been so suspiciously left out of discussions and analyses defining the Anthropocene / Capitalocene / Plantationcene?
5 p.m.
Karam Dana, Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence and Transformative Research UW – Bothell will host a discussion on the war in Gaza and responses worldwide.
6 p.m.
Join us for a case study on how Sanskriti Farms & Research Centre is responding to climate change, migration, and shifting livelihoods in Nepal.
3:30 p.m.
Join the China Studies Program for a book talk with Wenkai He, author of Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, Japan, and China.
12:30 p.m.
“Viruses, biotechnology and horror movies”
3:30 p.m.
Drawing on materials from India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, London, and Singapore, Kalyani Ramnath, University of Georgia, narrates how former migrants battled legal requirements to revive prewar circulations.
3 p.m.
Join the Department of Asian Languages & Literature for Washin Kai Conversations featuring Ven. Taijo Imanaka, Seattle Koyasan Temple.
2 p.m.
Talk on Prison Abolition, Ancient Incarceration, and the Mirror of the Past by Mark Letteny.
6:30 p.m.
Blogger, culinary historian and food writer, of African American and Jewish descent Michael W. Twitty, will spend the evening tracing his family’s Southern roots through food. He will use historic interpretation, interviews with contemporary voices in food that led him back to his family’s origins in West and Central Africa.
The in person lecture is sold out. Tickets are still available to attend virtually.