3:30 p.m.
Martin Großheim is a professor in the History Dept. of Seoul National University, Korea, and is currently on a one-year research sabbatical at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC.
1:30 p.m.
In 1922, Thomas Mann delivered his speech “On the German Republic,” in which he – for the first time – publicly declared his support for democracy.
3:30 p.m.
A Ritual Geology tells the untold history of one of the world’s oldest indigenous gold mining industries: Francophone West Africa’s orpaillage.
3:30 p.m.
Barbara Winslow tells the story of the radical women’s liberation movement in Seattle during the 1960s and 1970s from the perspective of its founding members.
9 a.m.
This symposium will showcase cutting-edge research on where the European Union is headed on energy security and what the U.S. and the EU can learn from each other.
4 p.m.
Historian and Stroum Center for Jewish Studies’ Assistant Director Sarah Zaides Rosen will trace the story of 19th- and 20th-century Russian Jews.
7:30 p.m.
A discussion featuring former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, also author of “Lessons from the Edge,” with veteran Moscow correspondent Carol J. Williams (UW ’77).
5:30 p.m.
Our best theory of how the universe works may be imperfect. In the 2023 University Faculty Lecture, UW Physics Professor David W. Hertzog will explore how scientists are using subatomic particles called muons to do some detective work. A collaborative experiment involving UW researchers showed muons behaving differently than predicted — another clue to help solve the mystery. Come hear the rest of this story.
Registration is not required. Livestream at www.uw.edu/ufl
6:30 p.m.
Isabel Wilkerson captivates audiences with the universal human story of migration and reinvention. A Pulitzer Prize winner and profound storyteller, she will be discussing how Americans can move beyond destructive separations of human divisions and towards hope as a humanity.
Registration opens December 13, 2022.
2:30 p.m.
A talk with President of Ploughshares Fund Emma Belcher on geopolitical and diplomacy impacts of President Biden’s new nuclear policy at this time of global nuclear threats.