Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – U.S. Foreign Aid
May 5, 20255:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Migration, featuring Mark Ward, U.S. Foreign Service (ret.); Instructor Oregon State University.
Paul C. Cross Endowed Lecture in Physical Chemistry: Prof. David Hu
May 6, 20254:00 pm
Guggenheim Hall 220
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"Mosquitoes, earwax, and bird baths"
Professor David Hu - School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Tech
Host: Sarah Keller
A Delicate Symphony: Courtship, Guardianship, and (self-)Censorship in Translating from Arabic
May 6, 20254:30 pm
HUB 332
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Sawad Hussain will highlight how she has courted authors and editors, and then played guardian and censor to bring literary works from Arabic into English.
Finland: Scandinavian, Nordic, and Baltic Positioning by Sonya Amadae
May 7, 20253:30 pm
Allen Library Auditorium
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This talk discusses Finland's unique cultural heritage and its contemporary expression as a new NATO member and an important collaborator with the Nordic Defense Cooperation.
Not So Simple! Translating Young Adult Literature as Resistance and Entertainment with Sawad Hussain
May 7, 20255:00 pm
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, 93 Pike Street #30
FreeAvailableOpen
Join a panel of three distinguished translators -Sawad Hussain, Shelley Fairweather-Vega, and Takami Nieda - for an engaging discussion on translating literature for young people.
Join Brandon Som for the 2025 Roethke Reading. The Readings began in 1964 to bringing notable contemporary poets to the University of Washington campus to give a reading.
Join us for light refreshments as we highlight NanoES research from our shared facilities, award seed grants and the Student Scientific Achievement Award.
A Triadic Counterinsurgency Framework to Unpack Government – Non State Armed Actor – Constituency Relations
May 9, 20252:00 pm
Gowen Hall 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
UW International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “A Triadic Counterinsurgency Framework to Unpack Government – Non State Armed Actor – Constituency Relations” with Efe Tokdemir.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – Latin America and Africa
May 12, 20255:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Latin America and Africa featuring professors Vanessa Freije, International Studies, James Long, Political Science, and José Antonio (Tony) Lucero, Comparative History of Ideas.
Fluid or Solid? The Physics of Shape-Shifting Materials
May 13, 20257:30 pm
Kane Hall (Room 130)
FreeAvailableOpen
Join the Department of Physics and Chiara Daraio to discover how the geometry and topology of PAMs are redefining what’s possible in material science and engineering.
Ten Paradoxes of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership
May 14, 20253:30 pm
Thomson 317
FreeAvailableOpen
The talk will focus on Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO and the repercussions that this has had on the two countries as well as on NATO and European security.
Global Sport Lab: African women, Gender and Soccer with Martha Saavedra
May 15, 202511:00 am
HUB 340
FreeAvailableOpen
Join the Jackson School for a retrospective reflection on the future of African women and football followed by a Q&A featuring guest speaker Martha Saavedra.
Center for Environmental Politics: Maura Allaire, University of California-Irvine, “Water Governance Disparities and Utility Performance: Evidence from California”
May 16, 202512:00 pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
University of California-Irvine's Maura Allaire discusses water governance disparities and utility performance in relation to what's been observed in California.
The AI CON: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want
May 19, 20257:00 pm
Elliott Bay Bookstore
FreeAvailableOpen
Linguist, educator Emily M. Bender and social scientist Alex Hanna visit the store to discuss their new book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want.
This lectureship was established in memory of Andrew L. Markus, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Washington from 1986-1995.
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Energy featuring Scott Montgomery, International Studies
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As a member of the Kenyan judiciary Judge Ngugi will talk about some of the most pressing political questions of our time in both his country and the USA, including how we ensure an equitable, independent and wise judiciary; as well as how we can imagine justice beyond narrow legal frameworks.
“To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States” by Dr. Karam Dana
May 22, 20255:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 110)
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Explore how Palestinian identity is strengthened by the absence of a defined home nation and how a coalition rooted in exile continues to resist and advocate for a homeland.
Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series
May 22, 20257:30 pm
Town Hall Seattle
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Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft at the beautiful wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House on the UW Seattle campus.
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Nathan Lane, University of Oxford
May 23, 20251:30 pm
Gowen Hall 1A
FreeAvailableOpen
Nathan Lane; University of Oxford with graduate Student Discussant: Brian Leung, UW.
The Geopoliticization of Critical Raw Materials: Undermining a Just Global Green Transition
May 28, 20253:30 pm
Thomson 317
FreeAvailableOpen
This public talk is based on Dr. Anni Kangas's ongoing research into the politics and political economies of critical raw material (CRM) extraction and value chains.
Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – The Long View
June 2, 20255:00 pm
Livestream
FreeAvailableOpen
A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: The Long View featuring Professor Daniel Bessner, International Studies.