UW Events Archive

Zooming Out: 2024 Elections in Historical, Social, and Cultural Contexts

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024

4 p.m.

Livestream, Oak Hall, Denny Room

Democracy in Focus Lecture Series: Every Tuesday leading up to the election, UW faculty members will share their expertise through a public lecture on an election-related topic.
Margaret O鈥橫ara, History; Jessica Beyer, Jackson School of International Studies; and Daniel Bessner, Jackson School of International Studies

Free pizza will be served.

Physics Colloquia: Feedback is a gift: unlocking new properties of quantum matter through non-equilibrium driving and control

Monday, Oct. 14, 2024

4 p.m.

PAA A-102

Mark Rudner discusses electronic structure of two-dimensional materials, and how we can use this new paradigm of non-equilibrium dynamics to unlock novel electromagnetic phenomena.

Quantum Science and Engineering: Peter Shor

Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024

7:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 130

MIT Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics Peter Shor’s 91自拍 interests have mainly been in theoretical computer science: he formerly worked on algorithms, computational geometry, and combinatorics and currently works on quantum computing.

We Keep Us Safe: Public Safety, Crime, and Elections

Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

Join ACLU of Washington policy experts and experts in restorative justice and violence prevention who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system for a panel discussion on what keeps communities safe. Panelists will discuss restorative justice, violence prevention, sentencing reform, and how criminalization policies and tough-on-crime rhetoric during election seasons undermine public safety.

Protecting Information Integrity: Election Rumor Research at the UW Center for an Informed Public

Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024

4 p.m.

Livestream, Guggenheim 220

Democracy in Focus Lecture Series: Every Tuesday leading up to the election, UW faculty members will share their expertise through a public lecture on an election-related topic. Emma S. Spiro, Mert Can Bayar, Zarine Kharazian, Rachel Moran-Prestridge and Joseph Schafer from the Information School鈥檚 Center for an Informed Public.

Free snacks will be served.

I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

SOLD OUT IN PERSON
Join us for a moderated conversation between Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels and author of “I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times,” M贸nica Guzm谩n and writer, broadcaster, and interviewer, Steve Scher. Let鈥檚 learn together how to remain curious and courageous during our upcoming presidential election season.

Polarization, Persuasion, and Talking Across Difference

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024

4 p.m.

Livestream, HUB South Ballroom

Democracy in Focus Lecture Series: Every Tuesday leading up to the election, UW faculty members will share their expertise through a public lecture on an election-related topic. Free pizza will be served.
Mark Smith, Political Science
Ralina Joseph, Communication and the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity
Carmen Gonzalez, Communication and the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity.

Sam Talks: Patti Warashina (MFA Art ’64 & BFA Ceramics ’62)

Sunday, Jun. 23, 2024

Noon

Seattle Art Museum

Renowned artist and College of Arts & Sciences alum Patti Warashina will discuss her 55+ year career and artworks on view in Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture.

The Past in the Present: Alternative Musical Imaginaries of Nation and Identity in India from the Mid-1980s

Thursday, Jun. 6, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

This talk will discuss the interesting trends in literature and music in India from the late 1980s onwards.

The Authoritarian Politics of Rehabilitation

Friday, May 24, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

This talk considers the Filipino English teacher as a critical figure in the U.S.-Philippine program for refugee rehabilitation.