UW Events Archive

T4T: Caring for Our Communities with Aveda Adara and Hil Malatino

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

1:15 p.m.

UWBB 205

A talk and conversation with Aveda Adara and Hil Malatino about the practices and dreams of trans and Two Spirit care and community building in the face of long-haul trans survival

Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture – “Inevitable Impositions: Censorship and Modern Chinese Literature” with Professor Michel Hockx

Monday, May 8, 2023

5 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 225

This lecture will draw on the insights of New Censorship Studies to discuss examples of censorship of modern Chinese literature from before and after the 1949 communist takeover.

Ensemble-Made: An Embodied Workshop on Collaborative, Devised, and Co-Creative Practices

Friday, May 5, 2023

1:30 p.m.

Hutchinson Hall 202

This workshop-style session draws on the work of fifteen companies that use a devised/co-creative methodology to create performance.

Intersecting Global Trends: Anti-Democracy and Anti-Environmentalism

Friday, May 5, 2023

1 p.m.

Allen Auditorium, Allen Library

The talk explores the connections between a global rise of antidemocratic politics and the escalation of climate change, manifested through catastrophic wildfires.

Between Homonationalism & Anti-Gender Politics

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

11:30 a.m.

Zoom

Katharina Kehl will discuss sexual and reproductive rights in the construction of Swedish nationhood. Kehl holds a PhD in peace and development studies and works as a lecturer at the department of Gender Studies.

LoSavio Talk | Transnational Thais: Post-colonial connections to Modernity, the Cold War in Southeast Asia, and Circular Thai-US Migration in the 1960s

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

4 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

This project challenges the popular narrative of the U.S. as a final destination of hope and settlement, and how Thai-US migration in the 1960s does not fit into this narrative.

May Day: Women and Equality

Monday, May 1, 2023

6:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 120

As a leading voice in the women’s movement, Ai-Jen Poo will talk about the status of today’s labor movement and its impact on women.

Registration opens March 13, 2023.

Spring 2023 Faculty Panel, May 1st: “From Globalization to Deglobalization?”

Monday, May 1, 2023

5 p.m.

Livestream

Globalization refers to increasing interdependence and integration among nations and societies. Deglobalization happens when this interdependence and integration are in decline.

An Author Meets Critic Event: Featuring Rawan Arar and David FitzGerald

Friday, Apr. 28, 2023

12:30 p.m.

101 Hans Rosling

An author meets critic event featuring Rawan Arar and David FitzGerald’s new book, The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach.

“Crossings: Translation as Comparative Religion on the Banks of the Ganges” Lecture & Workshop with Jane Mikkelson

Thursday, Apr. 27, 2023

4:30 p.m.

Communications 202

This talk introduces a concept of translation developed by the Indo-Persian poet-philosopher Bidel of Delhi (d.1720) called ‘crossings’ as a humane approach to translation.