UW Events Archive

SOLD OUT: An Evening with Christine Sun Kim

Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025

7 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim discusses her wide-ranging practice around sound and language. Reflecting on her experiences as a member of the Deaf community, Kim will delve into her work within various systems of visual communication, including American Sign Language (ASL), musical notation, infographics, and television captioning. Kim is currently showing a new mural, Ghost(ed) Notes, on the east facade of the Henry Art Gallery. We encourage you to visit the mural prior to the talk!

The Office of Public Lectures offers standby seating on a first-come, first-served basis for sold out lectures. Any reserved seats not taken by 15 minutes before the start of the lecture will be offered to our guests in the standby line. Please note: standby entrance is based on seat availability and there is no guarantee of admittance to the public lecture.

The recording will be available until May 14, 2025.

Letters from the Ancestors: Family History and our Capitalist Future

Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025

4 p.m.

Bommunications Building 120

In 鈥淟etters from the Ancestors,鈥 Connolly follows the events of four generations of his Caribbean family, offering a view of the history of late capitalism in the Atlantic World.

Populist Power Plays: Erdogan鈥檚 Turkey, Trump鈥檚 USA, and the Future of Democracy

Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025

5 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 110

Garo Paylan, former Member of the Turkish Parliament in conversation with UW Professor Asli Cansunar.

Unbowed and Unbroken: The Battle for Civil Liberties and Minority Rights in Turkey

Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025

7 p.m.

Hans Rosling Center for Population Health Room 155

Garo Paylan, former Member of the Turkish Parliament, and Burhan So虉nmez, an award-winning novelist in conversation with UW Professor Asli Cansunar.

Walter G. Andrews Memorial Lecture

Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

7 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 225

Occasions for Poetry: Politics, Literature, and Imagination Among the Early Modern Ottomans

Parents and Teens on Screens

Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

6 p.m.

Livestream

This webinar will include a panel of experts discussing parents鈥, teens鈥, and preteens鈥 digital technology and social media use and its relation to mental health.

Renee Hudson, “The Latinx Bildungsroman”

Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

5 p.m.

Communications Building 210

Dr. Hudson will present 91自拍 from her book, “Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form and Futurity in the Americas” (Fordham 2024).

From Atrocity to Transitional Justice in Taiwan

Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025

3:30 p.m.

HUB 340

Explore the significance of the 228 Incident and examine how cultural productions, institutions, academia, and education contribute to representing lived histories and memories.

17th Annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lecture: The Science of Altruism

Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025

7 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 110

This interdisciplinary panel brings together experts from psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and animal behavior to explore the foundations of altruistic behaviors.

The Climatic Effects of the UWAB Program on the Habitability of My Environment

Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025

7 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 130

Celebrate 25 years of Atrobiology at UW by attending free public talks from the program director and several alumni. In this final lecture, hear from Dr. Aomawa Shields.