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Teacher Workshop | Europe and the EU: Alone in a Multipolar World?

Washington State educators are eligible to receive clock hours upon full participation upon full completion of the workshop! FREE parking is available for this event. Lunch and coffee will be provided as well!  The University of Washington's Jackson School for International Studies and the World Affairs Council's Global Classroom are excited to host our annual full-day EU Policy Forum for Educators on Tuesday, August 12th, 2025. This workshop will offer an in-depth exploration of the European Union (EU), a monumental entity whose rich history and dynamic present continue to shape the global future. The program provides a comprehensive examination of the EU's purpose and current challenges, delivering critical insights into its evolution, achievements, and hurdles. By understanding the EU’s past, present, and future, educators can prepare the next generation to navigate and address global challenges, contributing to a sustainable and interconnected world. This program empowers educators to support students… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: 317. Accessibility Contact: guntiss@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Event sponsors: The EU Jean Monnet Center of Excellence; The Center for Global Studies; The Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies; The World Affairs Council; The Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies. Co-Funded by the European Union. Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

Labor Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Monday, September 1, 2025. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Rob Rhee's Promotion Exhibition

Please join us this autumn at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery for Assistant Professor Rob Rhee's promotion exhibition. Opening reception: September 9, 5-7pm.  RSVP highly encouraged to receive updates as details of the exhibition and promotion lecture get finalized. Rob Rhee is Assistant Professor and Chair of Interdisciplinary Visual Art (IVA). Rhee's work encompasses sculpture, performance, and critical writing. Rhee has exhibited nationally at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon; the Hunterdon Art Museum, New Jersey; White Columns, New York; Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Texas; and the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles. He has also exhibited internationally at the 10th Berlin Biennale and the Ilmin Museum of Art, South Korea. Most recently, Rhee has had work in a two-person exhibition, Subspontaneous, at Frye Art Museum in Seattle. He was an Assistant Professor in the Interdisciplinary Foundations and Art Programs at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle from 2014 to 2020. Rhee became a member of the… Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Tuesday, September 9, 2025 – Saturday, October 4, 2025.

First Wednesday Concert

Students of the UW School of Music perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music and UW Libraries. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Event Types: Performances. Event sponsors: UW School of Music and UW Libraries. Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit music.washington.edu.

2025 Milliman Endowed Lecture in Economics

Speaker: Professor James A. Robinson, 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Event interval: Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 210. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.

Symposium | Gender, Translation, and the Short Form in the Eurasian Periodical

[Image: Persian-Pashto Afghan Zhwandun [Life] magazine, c. 1973] October 10: 9am - 2pm (tentative) October 11: 9am - 2pm (tentative) Literary modernity did not always appear in book form, but as a periodical! Throughout the 20th century, literary and cultural production across much of Central, Western, and South Asia reached readers through the pages of periodicals. These periodicals–newspapers, magazines, and journals–housed a variety of literary forms ranging from serialized novels, to poetry, to short stories, alongside advertisements, comics, and photography. This symposium features emerging literary scholarship that investigates short form fiction as it appears in the rhizomatic 20th century periodical, and its intersections with translation and gender. How does fiction move across and between languages in 20th century periodical cultures of Eurasia? What does an explicit and intentional consideration of gender in these translingual (and frequently transnational, or transhistorical) literary movements… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: 317. Accessibility Contact: learna@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Workshops. Event sponsors: Middle East Center South Asia Center Persian and Iranian Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Global Literary Studies, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Friday, October 10, 2025, 9:00 AM – Saturday, October 11, 2025, 2:00 PM.

Hyp J. Dauben, Jr. Endowed Lecture in Organic Chemistry: Prof. Wilfred van der Donk

Hyp J. Dauben, Jr. Endowed Lecture in Organic Chemistry "Genome Mining for New Chemistry" Professor Wilfred A. van der Donk - Department of Chemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Host: Lauren Rajakovich The genome sequencing efforts of the past 20 years have revealed that ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) constitute a large class of peptide natural products. These molecules are produced in all three domains of life, their biosynthetic genes are ubiquitous in the currently sequenced genomes, and their structural diversity is vast. Furthermore, they are increasingly recognized for their involvement in fighting or causing human disease. This lecture will discuss the use of genome mining and synthetic biology for the discovery of new RiPPs that has also proven to be an excellent platform to discover new chemistry involved in their biosynthesis.1-3 (1) Nguyen, D. T.; Mitchell, D. A.; van der Donk, W. A. Genome mining for new… Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: TBD. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: This lecture is supported by the Hyp J. Dauben, Jr. Memorial Fund, established in memory of Prof. Dauben by his family, friends, colleagues, and students in 1968. Hyp J. Dauben, Jr. received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Ohio State University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington in 1945, and until his death in 1968, he played a major role in the development of the Department’s research facilities. Professor Dauben was intern… Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit www.vanderdonk.scs.illinois.edu.

First Wednesday Concert

Students of the UW School of Music perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music and UW Libraries. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Event Types: Performances. Event sponsors: UW School of Music and UW Libraries. Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit music.washington.edu.