2025 BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Group 1
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 29, 5-7 PM
Free + Open to the Public,
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the School of Art + Art History + Design present Dispersal Patterns: BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions, featuring the work of the 2025 graduating class in the BA in Art programs: 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Painting + Drawing, and Photo/Media. Students work closely with the gallery's curatorial team to present their senior capstones in one of three group shows that run for two weeks each.
Spilt across three shows, the work in Dispersal Patterns is wide-ranging, engaging with our relationship to the environment, memory and time, identity and community, our understanding of the body, and, of course, the challenges of our current moment. There is making across every medium, but this cohort of artists are united in their effort to push the field forward. Dispersal Patterns captures their moves up, out, onwards, and in every direction.
Group I features work by: Angel…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – Friday, May 9, 2025.
Humap Mapping Platform Workshop Follow-up
The Open Scholarship Commons is hosting a follow-up session on April 29 at 10:00 AM (PT) for participants of the Humap onboarding workshops. This session is an opportunity to reflect on your experience with the platform, share feedback, ask questions, and get support as you explore its potential for research and teaching.
Whether you’ve started a project, encountered challenges, or just want to hear how others are using Humap, this discussion will help shape how the platform is used within the UW community.
Join us to connect, collaborate, and continue learning!
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88157293720?pwd=amu7zEgSqXx4hNzErgjaHr4P16JxWY.1#success. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Harnessing the Power of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Jupyter Notebooks for Modern Applications
This workshop will focus on using Large Language Models (LLMs) within Jupyter Notebooks to unlock their potential in modern research and applications. It will provide a hands-on tutorial on integrating LLMs using open libraries like Hugging Face Transformers, constructing effective prompts, processing model outputs, and deploying these tools for real-world tasks such as text summarization, natural language querying of datasets, and code generation. Participants will gain practical insights into incorporating LLMs into their workflows, even without extensive AI expertise.
My academic background in Machine Learning and Software Engineering has involved applying LLMs to various challenges, including text analysis, data exploration, and automating workflows. I have experience working with open-source platforms and understand the common challenges users face, such as navigating ethical concerns, managing computational resources, and selecting appropriate tools for specific problems. This workshop draws on these e…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: vkern@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Opening Reception: 2025 BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Group 1
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 29, 5-7 PM
Free + Open to the Public,
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the School of Art + Art History + Design present Dispersal Patterns: BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions, featuring the work of the 2025 graduating class in the BA in Art programs: 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Painting + Drawing, and Photo/Media. Students work closely with the gallery's curatorial team to present their senior capstones in one of three group shows that run for two weeks each.
Spilt across three shows, the work in Dispersal Patterns is wide-ranging, engaging with our relationship to the environment, memory and time, identity and community, our understanding of the body, and, of course, the challenges of our current moment. There is making across every medium, but this cohort of artists are united in their effort to push the field forward. Dispersal Patterns captures their moves up, out, onwards, and in every direction.
Group I features work by: Angel…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
“Unbowed and Unbroken: The Battle for Civil Liberties and Minority Rights in Turkey” A conversation on Turkish minority rights between Garo Paylan and Burhan Sönmez
“Unbowed and Unbroken: The Battle for Civil Liberties and Minority Rights in Turkey” Garo Paylan, former Member of the Turkish Parliament and Burhan Sönmez, award winning novelist in conversation with UW Professor Asli Cansunar.
The UW Political Science Department, UW Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and UW Turkish-Ottoman Studies Program welcomes former Member of Parliament and human rights defender Garo Paylan and award winning novelist and lawyer Burhan Sönmez to the stage with UW Professor Asli Cansunar for a discussion on Turkish politics today.
Registration: Registration is encouraged for this free event.
Speakers
Garo Paylan is a leading opposition voice and prominent human rights defender in Turkey, as well as a visiting scholar with the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. He served in the Turkish Parliament for eight years—from June 2015 to June 2023—first as a representative of Istanbul (2015–2018) and then of Diyarbakır (2018–2023).…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Campus room: HRC room 155. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Letters from the Ancestors: Family History and our Capitalist Future | Nathan Connolly, Johns Hopkins
In “Letters from the Ancestors,” Prof. Connolly follows the experiences of four generations of his Caribbean family, offering an intimate view of the history of late capitalism in the Atlantic World. Under twentieth-century colonialism, he argues, working people developed uniquely gendered coping strategies for managing the precarities of racism and reputation. Even in apparently post-colonial times, these strategies continue to govern how we relate to institutions, set our aspirations, and even narrate our own personal and political histories. More than just a tour through a single family’s past experience, “Letter from the Ancestors" seeks to retain and advance our fluency in the history of colonized families. This history, Connolly suggests, seems all the more relevant today, in a nation and world of dwindling government protections for women and people of color. N. D. B. Connolly is Associate Professor of History and holder of the Herbert Baxter Adams Professorship at Johns Hopkins University. Prof.…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 120. Accessibility Contact: histmain@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
CANCELLED - “Populist Power Plays: Erdogan’s Turkey, Trump’s USA, and the Future of Democracy” Mr. Garo Paylan, former Turkish Member of Parliament in conversation with UW Professor Asli Cansunar.
“Populist Power Plays: Erdogan’s Turkey, Trump’s USA, and the Future of Democracy” Garo Paylan, former Member of the Turkish Parliament in conversation with UW Professor Asli Cansunar.
The UW Political Science Department as part of their Democracy Discussions lecture series welcomes former Member of Parliament and human rights defender Garo Paylan to the stage with UW Professor Asli Cansunar for a discussion on populism and democratic politics in Turkey and the United States.
Registration: Registration is encouraged for this free event.
Speaker
Garo Paylan is a leading opposition voice and prominent human rights defender in Turkey, as well as a visiting scholar with the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. He served in the Turkish Parliament for eight years—from June 2015 to June 2023—first as a representative of Istanbul (2015–2018) and then of Diyarbakır (2018–2023). During his tenure, he became internationally recognized for his dedication to…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: KNE 110. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
An Evening with Christine Sun Kim
Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim discusses her wide-ranging practice around sound and language. Kim, who was born in California and is now based in Berlin, reflects on her experiences as part of the Deaf community, using performance, video, drawing, writing, and technology to explore how we perceive and understand sound. In her talk, Kim will delve into her work within various systems of visual communication, including American Sign Language (ASL), musical notation, infographics, and television captioning. With humor and critique, Kim illuminates the complexities of social interactions where language, culture, and access collide.
Registration opens on March 12, 2025.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christine Sun Kim is an American artist based in Berlin. Kim’s practice considers how sound operates in society, deconstructing the politics of sound and exploring how oral languages operate as social currency. Musical notation, written language, infographics, American Sign Language (ASL), the use of the body, and…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lectures@uw.edu or 206-543-5900. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Town Hall Seattle.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. An Evening with Christine Sun Kim
Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim discusses her wide-ranging practice around sound and language. Kim, who was born in California and is now based in Berlin, reflects on her experiences as part of the Deaf community, using performance, video, drawing, writing, and technology to explore how we perceive and understand sound. In her talk, Kim will delve into her work within various systems of visual communication, including American Sign Language (ASL), musical notation, infographics, and television captioning. With humor and critique, Kim illuminates the complexities of social interactions where language, culture, and access collide. 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.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Office of Public Lectures at lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Town Hall Seattle.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Social Media Regulation: European Approaches to Dangerous Online Content in International Perspective
Panel Discussion: How should governments think about and regulate social media content? | Open to the public
Every government in the world is grappling with questions about how and who should regulate social media content. Particularly in democracies, the challenge of balancing freedoms of expression and speech with countering the potential security risks of online content such as extremist content or harmful misinformation has become increasingly pressing. While each social media platform has its own internal content moderation policies, different countries have chosen different paths to deal with this problem. How should governments think about and regulate this content? The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has come to be seen as a global model for regulating social media content. Speakers will discuss the DSA and contrast this approach with the US’s hands-off approach that is centered on Section 230 and the First Amendment.
Panelists John A. Albert is an associate researcher at the Institute…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: 317. Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
Intermediate Twine - Virtual Workshop: Styling for Aesthetics & Meaning
Once you've learned the basic mechanics of Twine, you'll want to dress up your game – for more enjoyable gameplay and to deliver meaning. In this follow-up session, you'll learn how to apply CSS basics within Twine, add counters, and insert audiovisual files. If you haven't already started a game, we'll provide a simple game to practice with.
Part of the OSC Digital Storytelling Lab.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
Economics Prospective Student Info Session
Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used.
In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW.
This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting
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Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpde6qqDgqGtfMUkSMx18rlP-YU2BGeUh8.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Digitized but Not Done: Critical Conversations on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) (In Person)
Join us for a lively panel conversation exploring the evolving world of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and its vital role in academic research and digital scholarship. OCR—the process of converting scanned images of text into machine-readable data—underpins much of the digitized material scholars rely on today, from historical newspapers to multilingual archives. But how does OCR actually work, and what happens when it doesn’t?
This panel brings together researchers, developers, and theorists who use, create, and critically engage with OCR tools. Together, they’ll unpack the real-world implications of OCR for humanities research, including what works well, what remains frustratingly out of reach, and how language, character sets, and context affect outcomes. We’ll talk about what’s easy, what’s hard, and what questions we should ask—especially for those who rely on OCR-generated texts without even realizing it.
From massive digitization projects like Google Books to grassroots efforts in specialized ar…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Digitized but Not Done: Critical Conversations on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) (Zoom)
Join us for a lively panel conversation exploring the evolving world of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and its vital role in academic research and digital scholarship. OCR—the process of converting scanned images of text into machine-readable data—underpins much of the digitized material scholars rely on today, from historical newspapers to multilingual archives. But how does OCR actually work, and what happens when it doesn’t?
This panel brings together researchers, developers, and theorists who use, create, and critically engage with OCR tools. Together, they’ll unpack the real-world implications of OCR for humanities research, including what works well, what remains frustratingly out of reach, and how language, character sets, and context affect outcomes. We’ll talk about what’s easy, what’s hard, and what questions we should ask—especially for those who rely on OCR-generated texts without even realizing it.
From massive digitization projects like Google Books to grassroots efforts in specialized ar…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
TALK | Co-Designing the Future of Cultural Heritage: Interactive Technologies and Museum Collaborations in Northern Europe by Siiri Paananen, University of Lapland (Finland)
About the Talk:
What does cultural heritage mean today, and how can we shape its future together? My research explores interactive technologies in collaboration with Nordic museums, including Indigenous Sámi institutions. It focuses on creating new ways to experience heritage while addressing ethical concerns. From photogrammetry for detailed 3D models to virtual experiences of remote sites, digital tools reshape how people relate to the past. Heritage is not only about the past but also about shaping the future, and arts-based and speculative design approaches explore new possibilities for this. The talk considers how design and technology can support diverse cultural perspectives and recontextualize heritage in a changing world.
About the Speaker:
Siiri Paananen is a University Teacher in Design and a doctoral researcher in the Lapland User Experience Design group (LUX) at the University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design. She specializes in Human-Computer Interaction, focusing on designing…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: 317. Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Splintered Intimacies: Work and Friendship in Karachi's Service Economy
Register | Campus map | Visitor parking info
This talk will draw on ethnographic fieldwork to explore the social lives of low-wage women workers in Karachi, Pakistan. Most women in stigmatized beauty salon and retail jobs are divorced, separated, unmarried or otherwise abandoned by the state and the family, and therefore, they turn to each other for social and economic support. However, status struggles in a heightened context of stigma splinter women’s emergent non-kin intimacies, which become marked by discourses of secrecy, competition, and suspicion. Labor control in the workplace and patriarchal control in the home additionally impinge upon women’s ability to forge meaningful relations. Consequently, women’s relations with each other are often truncated, antagonistic, and episodic, rather than solidaristic. Bringing together feminist framings of friendship with broader theories of worker solidarity, I argue that understanding how class-gender dynamics fracture this precarious social terrain is crucial…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Denny Hall (DEN). Campus room: DEN 313. Accessibility Contact: sascuw@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: This event is free and open to the public. Registration advised.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
John Jennings: The AfroFuture Now
Afrofuturism began as a concept coined by scholar Mark Dery in 1993. It was his way of grouping ideas regarding how Black people used the technology of stories to deal with racial oppression, disrupted history, and the challenge of moving into a positive future. In recent years, we have seen an explosion of interest from various fields around the critical making space that we call Afrofuturism. Black scholars and makers have taken this term and pushed it into places we never thought it would be. Black speculative fiction has moved from the fringes to the center. Mainstream institutions like Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Lincoln Center, and The Smithsonian have all put a great deal of time, money and effort into lavish exhibitions and productions centered around Black creativity, politics and culture. In this lecture, John Jennings will explore the major themes in the Afrofuturism movement, track the timeline of its growth, and posit future possibilities around this vibrant and ever-changi…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Town Hall Seattle.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. The AfroFuture Now
Afrofuturism began as a concept coined by scholar Mark Dery in 1993. It was his way of grouping ideas regarding how Black people used the technology of stories to deal with racial oppression, disrupted history, and the challenge of moving into a positive future. In recent years, we have seen an explosion of interest from various fields around the critical making space that we call Afrofuturism. Black scholars and makers have taken this term and pushed it into places we never thought it would be. Black speculative fiction has moved from the fringes to the center. Mainstream institutions like Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Lincoln Center, and The Smithsonian have all put a great deal of time, money and effort into lavish exhibitions and productions centered around Black creativity, politics and culture. In this lecture, John Jennings will explore the major themes in the Afrofuturism movement, track the timeline of its growth, and posit future possibilities around this vibrant and ever-changi…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Office of Public Lectures at lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Town Hall Seattle.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, "Radiance"
The Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (David Stewart, Yuman Wu, directors) present a program of music by Carol Bremner, Kevin Day, Christopher Cerrone, David Maslanka, and others. With winners of the Winds Concerto Competition.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Center for Environmental Politics: Maura Allaire, University of California-Irvine, “Water Governance Disparities and Utility Performance: Evidence from California”
Center for Environmental Politics: Maura Allaire, University of California-Irvine, “Water Governance Disparities and Utility Performance: Evidence from California”
Friday, May 16, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame: "Associational Membership, Deliberation, and Public Goods Provision: Neighborhood-level Civic Engagement in Mali"
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame
"Associational Membership, Deliberation, and Public Goods Provision: Neighborhood-level Civic Engagement in Mali
Friday, May 2, 2025 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A
Gradudate Student Discussant: Minji Jeong, UW.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Computing With Classics: The Current Digital Landscape (In Person)
Computing With Classics is a three-workshop series exploring how computing has affected classical scholarship. In this first workshop, we will examine commonly-used digital libraries and databases, their histories, their structures, and their uses.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: atobdura@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Computing With Classics: The Current Digital Landscape (Online)
Computing With Classics is a three-workshop series exploring how computing has affected classical scholarship. In this first workshop, we will examine commonly-used digital libraries and databases, their histories, their structures, and their uses.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93394140215. Accessibility Contact: atobdura@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
UW Planetarium First Friday Show
Please reserve your spot here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1324131626339?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics / Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: A220. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Information Sessions. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. UW Planetarium First Friday Show
Please reserve your spot here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1324168496619?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics / Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: A220. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Information Sessions. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. UW Planetarium First Friday Show
Please reserve your spot here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1324168697219?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics / Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: A220. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Information Sessions. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. UW Symphony Orchestra with Donna Shin, flute
David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of music by Jessie Montgomery, Cécile Chaminade, Francis Poulenc, and Dmitri Shostakovich. With faculty guest Donna Shin, flute.
Program, Jessie Montgomery: Hymn for Everyone
Cécile Chaminade: Flute Concertino in D major, op.107
Francis Poulenc: Flute Sonata (orchd. Lennox Berkeley)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.9 in E-flat major, op.70
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. UW Planetarium First Friday Show
Please reserve your spot here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1324169981059?aff=oddtdtcreator.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics / Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: A220. Accessibility Contact: Liza Young. Event Types: Information Sessions. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. Third Coast Percussion and Jessie Montgomery 'Strum, Strike, Bend'
This Grammy-winning percussion quartet and composer collective creates exciting and unexpected performances that “push percussion in new directions, blurring musical boundaries and beguiling new listeners” (NPR).
The ensemble will be joined by Jessie Montgomery, “one of the most distinctive and communicative voices in the U.S.” (BBC) in a dynamic program that showcases her excellence as a composer and violinist.
PROGRAM
JESSIE MONTGOMERY: New Work
TIGRAN HAMASYAN: New Work
PHILIP GLASS: Etude No. 6 (arr. Jlin)
LOU HARRISON: Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Student Activities. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/BmrVWK5hBvHSgQkv/.
Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit meanycenter.org. Accessibility & Data Visualization Workshop (online)
Data visualization best practices and tools do not always discuss accessibility, which can exclude many groups of people. This workshop will review ways to make your visualizations more accessible. We will work through a visualization together and add features to make it more accessible. You are encouraged to follow along, but no active participation is necessary. Data visualization experience is not required, though some familiarity with accessing and using spreadsheet software may be helpful. This workshop will not be recorded.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Negeen Aghassibake. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: UW students, researchers, faculty.
Monday, May 5, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Online.
BOOK TALK Contested City | Alissa Walter (Seattle Pacific University)
Contested City offers a history of state-society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and war, from the oil boom of the 1950s through the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011. Charting the social, economic, and political transformations of Iraq's capital city, Walter examines how national policies translate into action at the local, everyday level. Alissa Walter is an associate professor of history at Seattle Pacific University. She earned her MA in Arab Studies and her PhD in Middle Eastern History from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She traveled frequently to Iraq for her research, and has spent significant time in Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco. Walter regularly volunteers as an expert witness for Iraqi asylum seekers in Washington.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 145. Accessibility Contact: histmain@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, May 5, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Virtual Talk | Trump in the World 2.0: U.S. Foreign Aid
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on the topic of U.S. Foreign Aid as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Spring Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. RSVP here for the online link, Featured speaker: Mark Ward, U.S. Foreign Service (ret.) and Instructor in the Department of History, Philosophy and Religion at Oregon State University on the topic of U.S. Foreign Aid.
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies at the University of Washington
Questions? Email jsiscom@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/trump-in-world-series. Accessibility Contact: jsiscom@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, May 5, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
Faculty Recital: Melia Watras, "Broken Bell"
Violist/composer Melia Watras and writer Sean Harvey unveil their latest collaboration, Broken Bell, a mashup of a concert and a play. The program consists of Harvey’s theater piece, interwoven with world premieres of compositions by Ha-Yang Kim and Watras. Joining Watras onstage are Seattle Symphony members Elisa Barston (violin) and Eric Kim (cello), and Pacific Northwest Ballet concertmaster Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin. Broken Bell is directed by Sheila Daniels, Chair of the Theater Department at Cornish College of the Arts.
Tickets: $20 general; $15 UW employee, retiree, UWAA member; $10 students, seniors.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Monday, May 5, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.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.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. TALK | Finland: Scandinavian, Nordic, and Baltic Positioning by Sonya Amadae of the University of Helsinki (Finland)
About the Talk
How is it that Finland has ranked first on the World's Happiness Report for seven consecutive years? Although typically identified as either a Scandinavian or Nordic country, Finland has its own unique history, culture, and language. Historically, Finland was under the rule of both Sweden and Russia. Culturally, Finland looks West but has the longest NATO border with Russia. Linguistically, the Finnish language is Finno-Ugric, sharing a language group with Estonia and Hungary. 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 (NORDEFCO).
About the Speaker
S.M. Amadae is the Director of the Global Politics and Communication MA degree program and an Adj. Prof. in Politics at the University of Helsinki. Her research focus is at the intersection of global political economy and international security studies and concentrates on existential risk and nuclear deterrence, as…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: G81L (Allen Auditorium). Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Sexuality & Queer Studies Capstone: "'A Resource for Metaphor': Framing the Human in Etheridge Knight’s 'For Freckle-Faced Gerald'” (1968), presented by Alec Fisher (English Department)
In an interview for the humanities magazine Callaloo, Etheridge Knight described the goal of the poetry he wrote while incarcerated as a method of meditating on "the subject of oppression." While critics have often argued that Knight renders that subject in masculinist ways, this capstone presentation argues that Knight's representations are much less tied to binary formations of sex and gender than might at first appear. Using Knight's poem as a central example, this presentation contends that this divergence from binary formations of sex and gender is more widespread in the genre of Prison Literature than has been previously considered.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/SupbK8LtSp-VcD-65klkbA. Campus room: PDL B110 G. Accessibility Contact: GWSS, gwss@uw.edu, 206-593-6900. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lecture Series with Dr. Joerg T. Albert, Professor of Sensory Physiology & Behavior, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Perfect Distortions: What Mosquito Ears Can Tell Us About the Nonlinear Ways of Our Minds, Dr. Joerg T. Albert, Professor of Sensory Physiology & Behavior, University of Oldenburg, Germany
The title of this lecture is arguably misleading, probably deceptive. It suggests a straight line (but straight lines are tricks of light anyway) between its somewhat arcane content - i.e. the biophysics of hearing in mosquitoes and fruit flies - and its relevance to understanding our brains. Can this be true? Can any lecture live up to such hyperbole? In good dialectic tradition, I would try it first with a decided Yes and No, uncertain where that will take us.
But I do know where it will start. It will start with the common ground of all animal nervous systems. Conceptually speaking, nervous systems are information brokers, networks of multiple interconnected, multidirectional sender-receiver chains. The vast majority of nervous system activity originates from neurons. A couple of sensory neurons gather information…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kincaid Hall (KIN). Campus room: 102/108. Accessibility Contact: chairpsy@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Git for Everyone!
Open scholarship thrives on transparency, collaboration, and accessibility. Whether you’re managing code, manuscripts, or digital art, this hands-on workshop introduces Git as a tool for version control and open research. You'll learn how to track changes, collaborate with others using GitHub/GitLab, and structure your work for transparency and reproducibility.
Open to researchers and creators across disciplines—from STEM to humanities to the arts—this session offers practical skills to improve project organization, documentation, and public sharing. No technical background required.
Please bring your work laptop if you can, or use one of our machines.
Rose Xu is a new media artist and researcher who works at the intersection of human movement, technology, and creative research. She holds a BA in Math and Dance from Bard College, an MPhil in Data Intensive Science from University of Cambridge, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington,…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: vkern@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
COM Colloquium by Bryce Henson, Emergent Quilombos: Black Life and Hip-Hop in Brazil
Throughout Brazil’s history, countless Black people refused the terms, conditions, and lifeways of enslavement. Many bravely escaped inhumane spaces of confinement and took flight to remote locales to create quilombos (maroons), often in hard-to-reach hillside areas. More than just spaces of refuge and rest, these quilombos were established in search of Black freedom and forming alternative social systems that cultivate forms of Black life that simply were impermissible in Brazil. Drawing on critical theory, Black cultural studies, and Black intellectual thought in Brazil, this talk examines how poor and working-class Black communities in Salvador da Bahia, known as Brazil’s most African city, continue to recreate the quilombo model to challenge national mythologies of racial democracy as well as structures and everyday experiences of anti-Black racism, sexism, and segregation. It is based on several years of ethnographic research with Black Brazilian hip-hop artists, activists, and intellectuals and their co…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: CMU 126. Accessibility Contact: comadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Boundaries of Belonging: InterAsian Intimacies across Race, Religion, and Colonialism
This talk illuminates a history of belonging across boundaries that has been overshadowed by Eurocentric narratives of white colonial masters and native mistresses. Between 1840 and 1940, millions of people arrived in Burma, also known as Myanmar, from other parts of Asia, forging intimate connections with indigenous women and giving rise to Burmese Muslim, Sino-Burmese, Indo-Burmese, and other mixed communities with unruly ties and genealogies. Over the course of the twentieth century, these interAsian relationships became the target of political agitation, legislative activism, and collective violence aimed at subordinating minority Asians and regulating women’s rights. Out of these efforts emerged understandings of race, religion, and nation that continue to vex Burma and its neighbors today. Interweaving archival excavation, family history, and intergenerational storytelling, the talk highlights how people targeted by such movements made and remade their lives under the shifting circumstances of coloniali…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Accessibility Contact: 337. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Situating Animal Kin in Urban Infrastructure: Three Stories of the Amis’ Lifeworld and their Entangled Indigeneity' with Yi-tze Lee, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
This talk explores the experiences of the Indigenous Amis people within urban infrastructures, with a focus on their everyday interactions with animal kin since the colonial period. It examines three key anecdotes: the sacrifice of a pig for a funeral during the COVID-19 pandemic; bird hunting for ceremonial purposes, negotiated within the constraints of animal protection laws and shifting market demands; and practice surrounding the polluted river and traditional fishing strategies. By situating these stories within the broader context of Indigenous urbanization in Taiwan, the talk reframes these entanglements as ongoing dialogues with tradition, as well as emerging modes of negotiating self-regulated forms of governmentality.
Yi-tze Lee received his Ph.D. of Anthropology from University of Pittsburgh in 2012. He teaches at Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, where he served as the departmental chair (2021-2024), and currently a visiting Fulbright scholar at…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Online Meeting Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBL1ju5S-gc. Campus room: Thomson Hall 317 and online. Accessibility Contact: Taiwan Studies (taiwanst@uw.edu). Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.ticketleap.events. Understanding Carbon Output and AI’s Role in Sustainability
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, its environmental impact grows in tandem. This workshop, Understanding Carbon Output and AI’s Role in Sustainability, explores the intersection of cutting-edge AI technologies and global carbon emissions. Participants will examine how deep learning models can both contribute to and help mitigate CO2 output, and will engage with practical tools like carbon credit tracking and exchange platforms. Designed for a broad audience—including students, educators, professionals, and policymakers—this session provides both foundational knowledge and actionable strategies for leveraging AI in the pursuit of sustainability.
No prior knowledge required— just a willingness to learn and share.
Cynthia Hong holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Data Science from the University of Washington and is currently pursuing a master’s in the track of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at the UW Information School. She has worked…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: vkern@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Reading featuring Brandon Som
Brandon Som, the 2025 Roethke Reader, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2024 for Tripas: Poems. He is the author of Babel’s Moon (Tupelo, 2011), winner of a Snowbound Chapbook Award, and The Tribute Horse (Nightboat, 2014), winner of a Nightboat Poetry Prize and Kate Tufts Discovery Award.
He is an associate professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, San Diego.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: UW Seattle Campus, Roethke Auditorium (Kane 130). Accessibility Contact: ktofte@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Campus Community.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
For more info visit english.washington.edu. Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Led by dance icons Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Complexions Contemporary Ballet exhilarates audiences with their singular reinvention of dance and contemporary ballet.
With a rich Alvin Ailey lineage and a cadre of 16 stunning dancers, Complexions has been hailed as a “matchless American dance company” by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The company performs WOKE, set to songs by DJ Logic, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne and others, and For Crying Out Loud, with music from U2’s latest album Songs of Surrender.
"Companies like Complexions are game-changing: they’re forging a path for what ballet can be instead of what it historically has been."— The Guardian
NOTE: theatrical haze will be used in this performance.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Student Activities. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/amowSFtTtYYFLDuM/.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
For more info visit meanycenter.org. WISIR Lunch Workshare Series presents Anna Nguyen (UW Political Science)
WISIR Lunch Workshare Series presents Anna Nguyen (UW Political Science)
Friday, May 9, 2025 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Smith 40A, Smith Hall (Ground Floor).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: Smith Hall - SMI 40A. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 9, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
UW International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “A Triadic Counterinsurgency Framework to Unpack Government – Non State Armed Actor – Constituency Relations”
Efe Tokdemir, Bilkent University: UW International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “A Triadic Counterinsurgency Framework to Unpack Government – Non State Armed Actor – Constituency Relations”
Friday, May 9, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 9, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
2025 GWSS Spring Community Gathering: Undergraduate Research Colloquium
Please join us as this year’s Undergraduate Research Grant awardees share their research with the GWSS community. This event is an opportunity to engage with emerging scholarship in gender, women, and sexuality studies and to celebrate the work of our undergraduate researchers.
Each student will give a short presentation, followed by responses from GWSS graduate students Marielle Marcaida, Shelley Pryde, and Royalti Richardson, who will help facilitate the discussion. Whether you're a student, faculty member, or community member, we invite you to attend, support these scholars, and take part in the conversation!
A reception will follow the event from 5-6 pm—come connect with our presenters and fellow attendees over refreshments!
Presenters Include: Lou Chow, "Alleviating Dysmenorrhea in BIPOC Populations through Community Dance" , Matthew Judd, "Dialogue/ Loving yourself as you would love another" , Fiona Rivera, "Queer Animality: Dismantling Spanish Colonialism Through Peruvian Artistry" , Mel Whitesell…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: CMU 202/204. Accessibility Contact: GWSS, gwss@uw.edu, 206-593-6900. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Student Activities. Special Events.
Friday, May 9, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Led by dance icons Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Complexions Contemporary Ballet exhilarates audiences with their singular reinvention of dance and contemporary ballet.
With a rich Alvin Ailey lineage and a cadre of 16 stunning dancers, Complexions has been hailed as a “matchless American dance company” by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The company performs WOKE, set to songs by DJ Logic, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne and others, and For Crying Out Loud, with music from U2’s latest album Songs of Surrender.
"Companies like Complexions are game-changing: they’re forging a path for what ballet can be instead of what it historically has been."— The Guardian
NOTE: theatrical haze will be used in this performance.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Student Activities. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/amowSFtTtYYFLDuM/.
Friday, May 9, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
For more info visit meanycenter.org. Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Led by dance icons Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Complexions Contemporary Ballet exhilarates audiences with their singular reinvention of dance and contemporary ballet.
With a rich Alvin Ailey lineage and a cadre of 16 stunning dancers, Complexions has been hailed as a “matchless American dance company” by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The company performs WOKE, set to songs by DJ Logic, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne and others, and For Crying Out Loud, with music from U2’s latest album Songs of Surrender.
"Companies like Complexions are game-changing: they’re forging a path for what ballet can be instead of what it historically has been."— The Guardian
NOTE: theatrical haze will be used in this performance.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Student Activities. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/amowSFtTtYYFLDuM/.
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
For more info visit meanycenter.org. Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire | Sarah Bond, University of Iowa
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 120. Accessibility Contact: histmain@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, May 12, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Virtual Talk | Trump in the World 2.0: Latin America and Africa
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on Latin America and Africa as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Spring Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. RSVP here for the online link, Featuring UW faculty speakers: Vanessa Freije, James D. Long, Tony Lucero and Christopher Tounsel
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
Questions? Email jsiscom@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/trump-in-world-series. Accessibility Contact: jsiscom@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, May 12, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
2025 BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Group 2
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 13, 5-7 PM
Free + Open to the Public,
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the School of Art + Art History + Design present Dispersal Patterns: BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions, featuring the work of the 2025 graduating class in the BA in Art programs: 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Painting + Drawing, and Photo/Media. Students work closely with the gallery's curatorial team to present their senior capstones in one of three group shows that run for two weeks each.
Spilt across three shows, the work in Dispersal Patterns is wide-ranging, engaging with our relationship to the environment, memory and time, identity and community, our understanding of the body, and, of course, the challenges of our current moment. There is making across every medium, but this cohort of artists are united in their effort to push the field forward. Dispersal Patterns captures their moves up, out, onwards, and in every direction.
Group II features work by: Penny…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 – Friday, May 23, 2025.
Advanced Podcasting Workshop: Interview Techniques
In this advanced podcasting workshop, we will focus on one of the best parts of podcasting: interviews! We will explore two ways to capture an interview: one from a director’s perspective and one from a producer’s perspective. You can expect to learn about interview preparation and recording practices in this 90-minute session. A basic understanding of podcast production is helpful but not required.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Opening Reception: 2025 BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Group 2
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 13, 5-7 PM
Free + Open to the Public,
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the School of Art + Art History + Design present Dispersal Patterns: BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions, featuring the work of the 2025 graduating class in the BA in Art programs: 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Painting + Drawing, and Photo/Media. Students work closely with the gallery's curatorial team to present their senior capstones in one of three group shows that run for two weeks each.
Spilt across three shows, the work in Dispersal Patterns is wide-ranging, engaging with our relationship to the environment, memory and time, identity and community, our understanding of the body, and, of course, the challenges of our current moment. There is making across every medium, but this cohort of artists are united in their effort to push the field forward. Dispersal Patterns captures their moves up, out, onwards, and in every direction.
Group II features work by: Penny…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Katz Distinguished Lecture by Jahan Ramazani: "Mourning across Centuries and Languages: A Poem’s Six-Hundred-Year Journey"
Grief over the loss of a child is well known to be especially difficult and intractable. Across cultures, people have long turned to poetry in times of mourning. Years after the loss of his five-year old son, Ralph Waldo Emerson repeatedly translated an elegy written by a classical Persian, Muslim poet, Sa‘di, to mourn the loss of his child, as mediated by a nineteenth-century German translation of a sixteenth-century Ottoman Turkish commentary. What can we learn from the extraordinary journey this elegy makes across epochs, cultures, and languages about mourning, translation, and poetry’s capacity to help us grapple with grief through the words of another? Jahan Ramazani is University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English at the University of Virginia. His books include Poetry in a Global Age (2020), A Transnational Poetics (2009), winner of the Harry Levin Prize of the American Comparative Literature Association, and Poetry of Mourning: The Modern Elegy from Hardy to Heaney (1994). He is…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 210. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Jonathan Biss 'Transfiguration'
A superb pianist with “impeccable taste and a formidable technique” (The New Yorker), Jonathan Biss channels his deep musical curiosity to connect the pillars of the repertoire with new compositions.
He returns to Meany with Schubert’s last major composition for piano — addressing the mysteries of life and death with directness and astonishing beauty — and a new work by Tyshawn Sorey, “a composer of radical and seemingly boundless ideas” (Wall Street Journal) who often melds composition and improvisation.
“One can immerse oneself in the greatest music of the past and work to ensure that the present and future are more just, and so much richer for it.” — Jonathan Biss
PROGRAM
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Sonata in C Minor, D. 958
TYSHAWN SOREY: For Anthony Braxton
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Student Activities. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/QdpMS7yi7ShsDyUb/.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit meanycenter.org. More Than Citations: Leveraging Author Profiles & Altmetrics for Greater Engagement
Understanding your research impact goes beyond traditional citations. In this workshop, we’ll explore how author profiles help showcase your publications and how altmetrics provide real-time insights into the broader reach of your work. Learn how to track online engagement, connect your research to global conversations, and enhance your visibility using tools like ORCID, Dimensions author profiles, and the Altmetric Bookmarklet. Whether you're looking to strengthen your online presence or demonstrate impact for funding and career opportunities, this session will provide practical strategies to make your research stand out.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93723193762. Accessibility Contact: olivex@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Sexuality & Queer Studies Capstone: "Falling Asleep in the Museum," presented by Eric Villiers (Theatre History & Performance Studies)
Presenter: Eric Villiers, PhD Candidate, Theatre History and Performance Studies
Moderator: Amanda Swarr, Professor, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Museums are exhausting, rarely providing people with opportunities to rest their bodies as they look at the objects within. In many ways, museums reinforce the idea that value is apprehended and measurable through productive labor and its effects on the body and society.
In fact, museums are colonial technologies that reproduce and naturalize dominant Western ideologies which the museumgoer is meant to labor to embody.
The recent queer-themed exhibition, Leerstelle: Zeit haben. Zeit zählen. Zeit füllen. (Gap: Having time. Counting time. Filling time.) at the Schwules (Gay) Museum in Berlin, Germany, reimagines the museum in opposition to these notions. Bringing together a series of art videos and sound pieces that interrogate queer practices of rest and worldmaking, museumgoers were invited to embody these queer practices of rest by watching and listening…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hutchinson Hall (HUT). Campus room: HUT 154. Accessibility Contact: GWSS, gwss@uw.edu, 206-593-6900. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
TALK | Ten Paradoxes of Finland and Sweden's NATO membership by Tuomas Forsberg, Tampere University (Finland)
About the Talk
Basing on a forthcoming book, NATO's Northern Enlargement: Finland and Sweden's Road to the Alliance (co-authored with Magnus Christiansson, Bristol University Press 2025), 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, particularly in the precarious Baltic-Arctic area in Russia’s vicinity. NATO’s northern enlargement can be understood in terms of multiple paradoxes. For Finland and Sweden, NATO membership represented both change and continuity. For the region, NATO’s northern enlargement has both increased stability and heightened tensions. For Russia, NATO's enlargement to Finland and Sweden was both expected and a major surprise. Yet, the greatest paradox of all can be that Finland and Sweden joined the alliance just before its entire logic was challenged by a new NATO-skeptical US administration.
About the Speaker
Dr. Tuomas Forsberg is Professor of International…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: 317. Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Jazz Innovations I
UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dos@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Global Sport Lab: African Women, Gender and Soccer with Martha Saavedra
Join us for a retrospective reflection on the future of African women and football followed by a Q&A featuring guest speaker Martha Saavedra, faculty and associate director of the Center for African Studies at the University of California in Berkeley. This event is part of the Global Sport Lab initiative.
This event is free and open to all. About the speaker
At the Center for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Martha Saavedra manages the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, and other African-focused research, fellowship and public programs. Trained in International Studies and Political Science, Martha has taught in California, Ohio, and Madrid. Her research has been on agrarian politics in Sudan, gender and development and sport in Africa.
She is a board member of Sports Africa and Soccer Without Borders. A veteran of Title IX battles in the U.S. she has been involved with soccer/football most of her life as a player, coach, scholar, and fan.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: Room 340. Accessibility Contact: Katie Sandler (ksandl@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Patrich Co UW, Ph.D. "Libertarian Modalities of Anti-Capitalist Struggle"
UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Patrich Co UW, Ph.D. "Libertarian Modalities of Anti-Capitalist Struggle"
Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall room 1A.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Economics Prospective Student Info Session
Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used.
In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW.
This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:
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Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpdemhqDooG9IwzzXk_lGdLJZIjDNcCrFg.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. MAY 15 - 'In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan' with James Lin, UW
In just half a century, Taiwan transformed from an agricultural colony into an economic power, spurred by efforts of the authoritarian Republic of China government in land reform, farmers associations, and improved crop varieties. Yet overlooked is how Taiwan brought these practices to the developing world. In the Global Vanguard elucidates the history and impact of the “Taiwan model” of agrarian development by incorporating how Taiwanese experts took the country’s agrarian success and exported it throughout rural communities across Africa and Southeast Asia. Driven by the global Cold War and challenges to the Republic of China’s legitimacy, Taiwanese agricultural technicians and scientists shared their practices, which they claimed were better suited for poor, tropical societies in the developing world. These development missions, James Lin argues, were projected in Taiwan as proof of the ruling government’s modernity and technical prowess and were crucial to how the state sought to hold onto its contested p…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: Thomson Hall 317 and online. Accessibility Contact: Taiwan Studies (taiwanst@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.ticketleap.events. Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.) Information Session
The Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.) program is designed for non-lawyers who seek a deeper knowledge of law and regulations. This session will provide information about our Master’s degree program, inform candidates about the application process and offer the opportunity for candidates to meet some M.J. program faculty members and staff. Learn more about M.J. Admissions.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91396915254. Accessibility Contact: devpim@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective M.J. Students.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
online.
Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, piano
Chair of the UW piano program presents a program of works by French composers, including Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, Joël-François Durand Enfance: Quatre Tableaux, and works by Ravel, including Miroirs, and the two-hand version of La Valse.With guest pianist (and former student of Sheppard) ZeZe Xue.
Tickets: $20 general; $15 UW employee, retiree, UWAA member; $10 students, seniors.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Jazz Innovations II
UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dos@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the North
Song of the North is a cinematic performance combining the manual art of shadow puppetry with projected animation to tell the courageous tale of Manijeh, a heroine from ancient Persia. Manijeh must use all her strengths and talents to rescue her beloved Bijan from a perilous predicament of her own making and help prevent a war.
This epic love story, adapted from the Book of Kings (Shahnameh), employs a cast of 500 handmade puppets and a talented ensemble of nine actors and puppeteers to create a spectacular multimedia experience.
After the unfortunate theft of equipment, sets and puppets that kept Song of the North from appearing on the Meany Center stage last fall, we are thrilled to have another opportunity to share this highly anticipated performance.
"The Persian soul and culture vibrate in this original and poetic show." — Toute La Culture.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Student Activities. Performances. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1404626066895708/.
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
For more info visit meanycenter.org. Virtual Talk | Trump in the World 2.0: Energy
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on the topic of energy as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Spring Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. RSVP here for the online link, Featuring UW faculty speaker: Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel T. Schwartz
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
Questions? Email jsiscom@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/trump-in-world-series. Accessibility Contact: jsiscom@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, May 19, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
Baroque Ensemble
UW music students perform music of the Baroque era under the direction of Tekla Cunningham.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dos@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Monday, May 19, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. 135 Years of Open Access to Federal Government Information (In Person)
In coordination with the Government Publications, Maps, Microforms, and Newspapers Department, Suzzallo Library
What makes U.S. federal government information trustworthy? Reliable? Accessible? U.S. Senator Watson C. Squire designated the University of Washington as a federal depository library in May 1890. The UW Libraries, 135 years later, still offers in-depth government information research services and one of the best federal documents collections in the country, both printed and online. Government transparency and accountability go hand-in-hand with archives, libraries, and digital preservation. Come celebrate with us and learn how government information might fit into your own scholarship or research! Explore a digital exhibit highlighting government literature throughout the decades.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: cass@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
135 Years of Open Access to Federal Government Information (Zoom)
In coordination with the Government Publications, Maps, Microforms, and Newspapers Department, Suzzallo Library
What makes U.S. federal government information trustworthy? Reliable? Accessible? U.S. Senator Watson C. Squire designated the University of Washington as a federal depository library in May 1890. The UW Libraries, 135 years later, still offers in-depth government information research services and one of the best federal documents collections in the country, both printed and online. Government transparency and accountability go hand-in-hand with archives, libraries, and digital preservation. Come celebrate with us and learn how government information might fit into your own scholarship or research! Explore a digital exhibit highlighting government literature throughout the decades.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cass@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Voice Division Recital
UW voice students of Thomas Harper and Carrie Shaw present their quarterly recital.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dos@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 4:00 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Brechemin Piano Series
UW keyboard students perform music from the piano repertoire.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dos@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. VIRTUAL COM Colloquium by Steve Rains, Communicating Emotional Support Offline and Online: Mechanisms, Conversational Processes, and Collective Practices
Social support is a critical coping resource that has been studied across a number of academic disciplines. Sholars investigating supportive communication have made unique contributions by examining the properties of more and less helpful support messages. Person centeredness is one such feature of emotional support messages that has received significant attention. Person centeredness involves the degree to which a message validates and helps a recipient to better understand their feelings. We will discuss research examining the mechanisms responsible for the effects of person centeredness, the conversational processes that emerge between support seekers and providers, and collective support practices involving person centeredness that occur on social media. Audience members will gain insights about how to provide more effective—or, at least, less ineffective—emotional support as well as the state of scholarship on supportive communication.
This event will take place on zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/912…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91268623989. Accessibility Contact: comadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Film Screening: "How I Learned to Fly" ("Leto kada sam naučila da letim") with Director Radivoje Andrić
Please join us for a screening and discussion of "How I Learned to Fly" ("Leto kada sam naučila da letim") with Director Radivoje Andrić on Wednesday, May 21.
The University of Washington is committed to providing access and accommodation in its services, programs, and activities. To make a request connected to a disability or health condition contact the Slavic department at slavoffice@uw.edu or 206-543-6848 by May 7.
Director Radivoje Andrić.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 210. Accessibility Contact: Slavic Department, slavoffice@uw.edu. Event Types: Screenings.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Judge Joel Ngugi
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.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Office of Public Lectures at lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Town Hall Seattle.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. DXARTS Spring Concert: Celebrating John Chowning
Composer John Chowning is considered one of the pioneers of Computer Music. His contributions to this field, such as the invention of FM Digital Synthesis, had a strong cultural impact in the worlds of both classical and popular music. His invention allowed the production of one of the most popular digital synthesizers, the Yamaha DX7, which sold millions of units in the 1980s and was used by virtually every band from that era. Revenues from the licensing of this technology to Yamaha Corporation allowed Chowning to create the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University, one of the most important Computer Music research centers in the world.
Chowning's most important contribution to the world of music, however, can be found in his compositions, all considered masterpieces of Computer Music: Sabelithe (1971), Turenas (1972), Stria (1977), and Phoné (1981). These pieces will be played during the concert over a state-of-the-art ambisonic sound system. The program will also…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
For more info visit dxarts.washington.edu. BOOK LAUNCH | “To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States” by Dr. Karam Dana
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged. Doors expected to open at 4:40pm.
In recent years, attitudes in the United States toward the Palestinian cause have shifted dramatically. Although Palestinians have long been demonized in U.S. media and politics, their struggle, often portrayed as illegitimate, is now increasingly supported by emergent progressive voices challenging the status quo on Israel and Palestine. What accounts for this change and its evolution? This book explores 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 distant homeland. It examines the social, political, economic, and technological forces that have amplified Palestinian voices globally, particularly in the United States, fostering new forms of activism and solidarity.
Dr. Karam Dana is Professor of Middle East Studies and the Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence & Transformative…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 110. Accessibility Contact: Katie Sandler, ksandl@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:45 PM.
TALK | Changing Security Dynamics in the North: A View from Finland by Hiski Haukkala, Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
About the Talk
The war in Ukraine is reaching a culmination point while the Transatlantic relations are being recalibrated. What does the security situation look like in the European North? Does Russia pose a threat beyond Ukraine? What does a small country like Finland bring to the table? How can we ensure that we move together in lock-step over the Atlantic?
About the Speaker
Dr. Hiski Haukkala is the Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He is also an Adjunct Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland, and a Senior Research Associate at RAND Europe. Before joining FIIA in November 2024 he was a Professor of International Relations at Tampere University. Until spring 2024 he was the Secretary General and Chief of the Cabinet at the Office of the President of the Republic of Finland. Previously he has held positions at the Universities of Turku and Tampere, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Finnish Institute…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 225. Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series
The Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington hosts an annual literary and storytelling series. Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft at the beautiful wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House on the UW Seattle campus. Storytelling offers a spiritual connection, a sharing of sacred breath. Literature, similarly, preserves human experience and ideals. Both forms are durable and transmit power that teaches us how to live. Both storytelling and reading aloud can impact audiences through the power of presence, allowing for the experience of the transfer of sacred breath as audiences are immersed in the experience of being inside stories and works of literature.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: jedge18@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101.
For more info visit ais.washington.edu. Guest Artist Concert: Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble
Dedicated to the presentation of new and rarely-heard works and gems of the historical avant garde, Ekmeles vocal ensemble performs works by UW faculty composers in their Meany Hall performance.
Tickets: $20 general; $15 UW employee, retiree, UWAA member; $10 students, seniors.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Public Lecture Series: Strangers Within: The Muslim Question in German Identity and Intellectual History. With Pardis Dabashi (Bryn Mawr) and Mohammed Rafi (UC Irvine)
Dr. Mohammad Rafi (UC Irvine)
"Muslims in Germany: A Permanent Threat to German National Identity?"
This paper traces how Islam has been construed as a threat to German national identity and its declared values. It explores how Muslims are perceived to be a danger to social order since the arrival of Turkish guest workers in the 1960s, by persistently being depicted as prone to violence without the ability to assimilate to German society. The media in Germany continues to play a crucial role in propagating a misleading narrative that connects Muslims to political Islam, especially after 9/11. The status of (Muslim) Iranians in Germany and the (Im)possibility of integration into a society–hostile to those perceived to be Muslim—puts in question Germany’s stated ideals and its identity
Pardis Dabashi (Bryn Mawr College)
"On Revelation and the Limits of Critical Argument"
In what precise ways do divine revelation and the interpretation of art differ from one another, and in what ways do they converge? This…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Denny Hall (DEN). Campus room: 359. Accessibility Contact: uwgerman@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 23, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Nathan Lane, University of Oxford
Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Nathan Lane, University of Oxford
Friday, May 23, 2025 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A
Gradudate Student Discussant: Brian Leung, UW.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 23, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
MAY 23 - Cooperation Measures in Shipping and Logistics Sectors Between Korea and the U.S.
Recently, the U.S.A. has tried to strengthen its industrial bases and to reshape its international supply chains. These two interrelated policies aim to expand the American employment and to de-risk the Chinese threat. In addition, there have been continuous decarbonization efforts in the global society, including by the U.S. and Korea. Since 2022, the U.S. has led this decarbonization in shipping sectors by deploying about 19 so-called ‘Green Shipping Corridors’ among the 62 global corridors. Furthermore, in December 2024 U.S. Congress proposed the SHIPS for America Act, which aims to rebuild shipbuilding, shipping, and port industries. More recently, USTR is planning a levy on Chinese-built ships which call at U.S. ports. With this background how can the U.S. and Korea cooperate in order to enhance mutual economic benefits in shipping and logistics sectors? Dr. Ko answers this question in the perspectives of industrial policy and industrial learning. He has derived nine policy measures for the cooperation o…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: Thomson Hall 317. Accessibility Contact: Accommodation requests related to disability or health condition should be made at least ten days ahead of event date. Contact uwcks@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Friday, May 23, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Guitar Studio Recital
Students of Michael Partington perform music from the guitar repertoire.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dos@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, May 23, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Modern Music Ensemble
The University of Washington Modern Music Ensemble (Cristina Valdés, director) presents works of our time in several concerts each year. Including repertoire from the early to mid-20th century and beyond, the group focuse on small ensemble and chamber orchestra works, performed by both undergraduate and graduate students.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, May 23, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. 2025 UW MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition
The Henry is pleased to present the University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design Thesis Exhibition on May 24 through June 15, 2025. The opening reception will be held on Friday, May 30, at 5 p.m.
Throughout their programs, fine arts and design students work with advisers and other artists to develop advanced techniques, expand concepts, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. Henry staff conduct two studio visits and work closely with the students to facilitate their projects and prepare them for exhibition at the museum. A digital publication is produced in conjunction with the exhibition to highlight the students’ artistic endeavors and the Henry’s commitment to this exciting and important step in the students' development as practicing artists and designers.
ARTISTS
Lisa Bambach
Bonny Barker
Ian Brownlee
Maryam Dehbozorgi
Jordan Horton
Jade Knox
Kyler Pahang
Ralph Salazar
Yihan Shi
CREDITS
The 2025 UW…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Henry Art Gallery and Allen Center for The Visual Arts (HAG). Accessibility Contact: soanews@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Saturday, May 24, 2025 – Sunday, June 15, 2025.
Memorial 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: Spring. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, May 26, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. 2025 BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Honors
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 27, 5-7 PM
Free + Open to the Public,
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the School of Art + Art History + Design present Dispersal Patterns: BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions, featuring the work of the 2025 graduating class in the BA in Art programs: 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Painting + Drawing, and Photo/Media. Students work closely with the gallery's curatorial team to present their senior capstones in one of three group shows that run for two weeks each.
Spilt across three shows, the work in Dispersal Patterns is wide-ranging, engaging with our relationship to the environment, memory and time, identity and community, our understanding of the body, and, of course, the challenges of our current moment. There is making across every medium, but this cohort of artists are united in their effort to push the field forward. Dispersal Patterns captures their moves up, out, onwards, and in every direction.
Features work by the Honors cohort:…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 – Friday, June 6, 2025.
Opening Reception: 2025 BA in Art Graduation Exhibition – Honors
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 27, 5-7 PM
Free + Open to the Public,
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery and the School of Art + Art History + Design present Dispersal Patterns: BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions, featuring the work of the 2025 graduating class in the BA in Art programs: 3D4M: ceramics + glass + sculpture, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, Painting + Drawing, and Photo/Media. Students work closely with the gallery's curatorial team to present their senior capstones in one of three group shows that run for two weeks each.
Spilt across three shows, the work in Dispersal Patterns is wide-ranging, engaging with our relationship to the environment, memory and time, identity and community, our understanding of the body, and, of course, the challenges of our current moment. There is making across every medium, but this cohort of artists are united in their effort to push the field forward. Dispersal Patterns captures their moves up, out, onwards, and in every direction.
Features work by the Honors cohort:…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Tax LL.M. Information Session
During this information session, prospective students will learn about the UW School of Law's Tax Law LL.M, program. You will have a chance to meet with program faculty and staff and ask questions about the program and the application process.
Since its inception in 1995, the Tax Law LL.M. program has been dedicated to providing students in-depth instruction and guidance in technical and practical aspects of tax law. Our program teaches the necessary skills for innovative tax planning in all areas — federal, state and local, international and estate, gift and trust tax. Our practice-oriented curriculum accommodates both traditional students and working professionals. Most classes are offered in the late afternoon or early evening. Students may apply for admission to any quarter and students may enroll on either a full-time or part-time basis.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98585669077. Accessibility Contact: ruhlig@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective Tax LLM Students.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
online.
Studio Jazz Ensemble and Modern Band
The Studio Jazz Ensemble (the UW Big Band-Marc Seales, director) and Modern Ensemble (Cuong Vu, director) present a shared program of repertory selections, original music, and inspired arrangements.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Studio Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. DH Colloquium - Introduction to The Black Grandmother Archive
“When an elder dies, a library burns.” This African proverb emphasizes the irreplaceable role of elders as guardians and transmitters of knowledge, culture, and wisdom. Black grandmothers, as living "libraries," carry and preserve vital stories and cultural inheritances—such as material possessions, traditions, rituals, and language—that have shaped the matriarchal legacies and cultural identity of African-descended peoples. The Black Grandmother Archive and The Black Grandmother Worldmaking Library intervene in the fields of archiving and preservation by offering publicly accessible, digitally preserved websites for user-generated narratives. They also reshape the discourse around Black culture and history by centering Black grandmothers as knowledge producers. Their stories set the historical record straight, providing invaluable insight into Black experiences and cultural traditions.
These digital humanities projects digitize the stories and cultural inheritances of Black grandmothers, counteracting the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: Smith Hall, Room 320. Accessibility Contact: ejred@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
From the Field: Conversations with Library, Archive, Museum & Gallery Professionals (In Person)
Are you curious about where your MLIS can take you beyond the traditional library setting? Join us for “From the Field: Conversations with Library, Archive, Museum & Gallery Professionals,” a lively and informative panel featuring working professionals from across the cultural heritage field.
This panel brings together librarians, archivists, curators, and other experts currently working in libraries, archives, museums, and galleries to share what their jobs are really like. They’ll talk about their career paths, the day-to-day realities of their work, and how their roles overlap and diverge across institutions. You’ll hear firsthand how they got started, what skills have been most useful, and what advice they have for MLIS students looking to break into these diverse fields.
Whether you’re already set on a specific path or just exploring your options, this is a great opportunity to gain insight, ask questions, and build connections.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
From the Field: Conversations with Library, Archive, Museum & Gallery Professionals (Zoom)
Are you curious about where your MLIS can take you beyond the traditional library setting? Join us for “From the Field: Conversations with Library, Archive, Museum & Gallery Professionals,” a lively and informative panel featuring working professionals from across the cultural heritage field.
This panel brings together librarians, archivists, curators, and other experts currently working in libraries, archives, museums, and galleries to share what their jobs are really like. They’ll talk about their career paths, the day-to-day realities of their work, and how their roles overlap and diverge across institutions. You’ll hear firsthand how they got started, what skills have been most useful, and what advice they have for MLIS students looking to break into these diverse fields.
Whether you’re already set on a specific path or just exploring your options, this is a great opportunity to gain insight, ask questions, and build connections.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: aubreyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
TALK | The Geopoliticization of Critical Raw Materials: Undermining a Just Global Green Transition by Anni Kangas, Tampere University (Finland)
About the Talk:
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, focusing on the collaboration between the European Union and Central Asia. Kangas's point of departure is the idea of a CRM paradox: while these materials are essential for the green transition, their mining comes with considerable ecological and social costs, the brunt of which is borne by mining communities, while most of the benefits accumulate at the end of the value chains in the Global North. This emphasizes the importance of steering the green transition to a more just and sustainable direction globally. However, with the current geopoliticization of critical raw materials, achieving this is increasingly difficult.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Anni Kangas is a University Lecturer in International Relations at Tampere University. She has a versatile research profile that includes Finnish-Russian relations, Finnish foreign and…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: 317. Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
First-year Sociology Grad Student Presentations
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 409. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Sociology faculty and students.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Percussion Ensemble
The UW Percussion Ensemble, comprising graduate and undergraduate percussion students, performs many genres of contemporary music arranged for percussion ensembles ranging in size from trios to nonets and dectets. Bonnie Whiting directs.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Studio Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. UW Sings
The University Singers, Treble Choir, and UW Glee Club present an eclectic program of music from around the world, folk tunes, and arrangements of popular music standards.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Invocation of International Law and Regime Types”
University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Invocation of International Law and Regime Types”
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Smith Hall - SMI 40A
Jihyeon Bae - “Invocation of International Law and Regime Types”.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: Smith Hall - SMI 40A. Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 30, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Computing With Classics: Digital Sustainability (In Person)
Computing With Classics is a three-workshop series exploring how computing has affected classical scholarship. In this last workshop, we will look at how research is done in computing fields and how it relates to the work we do in classics. We'll also discuss best practices for digital sustainability.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: atobdura@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Friday, May 30, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Computing With Classics: Digital Sustainability (Online)
Computing With Classics is a three-workshop series exploring how computing has affected classical scholarship. In this last workshop, we will look at how research is done in computing fields and how it relates to the work we do in classics. We'll also discuss best practices for digital sustainability.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97709341357. Accessibility Contact: atobdura@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff.
Friday, May 30, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Chamber Singers and University Chorale
The Chamber Singers (Geoffrey Boers, director) and University Chorale (Giselle Wyers, director) present "Blue Planet," a program of works demonstrating multiple cultures through crossover genre, syncretic styles, and the African diaspora in the United States.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, May 30, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Lecture | Militant Mothers of Kurdistan: Mothering the Dead and Care Beyond Life
This event is free and open to the public.
This talk discusses the unconventional forms of care that emerge out of Kurdish resistance in
Turkey, where mothering becomes a powerful response against necropolitical state violence. By centering
the stories of two Kurdish mothers who had to care for their dead children and mother beyond life under
the violent state of emergency regime declared in 2015; the talk examines the ways in which Kurdish
mothers “rescue the dead” (Antoon, 2021) from the necropolitical state and create their own
necropolitical power through a radical embrace of death and decoupling of mothering from the corporeal
link between the mother and the child. It is a critical intervention into conventional humanitarian care
frameworks that prioritize human survival and calls for a re-imagination of humanitarianism as
something that extends to the non-human and the dead and for the discovery of sites where humanitarian care
is not passively received but is politically reconstructed as a site of…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 337. Accessibility Contact: Katie Sandler, ksandl@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, June 2, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Virtual Talk | Trump in the World 2.0: The Long View
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on The Long View as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Spring Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. RSVP here for the online link, Featuring UW faculty speaker: Daniel Bessner
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
Questions? Email jsiscom@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/trump-in-world-series. Accessibility Contact: jsiscom@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, June 2, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
UW Gospel Choir
Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice Gospel Choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions from the Gospel tradition.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Monday, June 2, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Silvio Dos Reyes, "Afro-Brazilian Capoeira"
Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Silvio Dos Reis, known to his students as Mestre Silvinho, is a master of Capoeira Angola, an Afro-Brazilian martial art that integrates music, movement, and philosophy. In a culmination of his two-quarter residency at the UW, he and his UW students from Music and Dance present an end-of-quarter performance including music and movement of Capoeira Angola from Brazil.
Tickets: FREE.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.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.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Psychology Loucks Colloquium with Prof. Hadas Okon-Singer, Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel
At the Crossroads of Cognition and Emotion: From Basic Processes to Clinical Insights, Hadas Okon-Singer, Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel; and Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Cognitive biases — such as attentional biases toward aversive cues, distorted expectations of negative events, and biased interpretations of ambiguity — are central features of many forms of psychopathology. Gaining a deeper understanding of the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying these biases is crucial for advancing theoretical models and clinical interventions.
In this talk, I will present a series of studies exploring emotional biases in both healthy individuals and participants diagnosed with social anxiety, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. First, I will discuss research on interpersonal distance estimation and preference among individuals with social anxiety and autism, as well as shifts in social distance perception during the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kincaid Hall (KIN). Campus room: 102/108. Accessibility Contact: chairpsy@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
CCDE Turns 10 Birthday Party
Join us on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM in CMU 126, CCDE (CMU 129), and the Department Atrium as we celebrate a decade of the CCDE’s transformative impact on our university and the greater Seattle metro area.
Please RSVP by Friday, May 30 using this form.
For any questions, contact CCDE Assistant Director Josh Griffin at JEG425@UW.edu.
We look forward to celebrating this momentous occasion with you!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: CCDE (CMU 129). Accessibility Contact: JEG425@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Economics Prospective Student Info Session
Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used.
In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW.
This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting
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Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpde6qqDgqGtfMUkSMx18rlP-YU2BGeUh8.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Labor Studies Spring Celebration
Join us for the first Labor Studies Spring Celebration on Thursday, June 5, at the Ethnic Cultural Center! This celebration will honor the 2025 cohort of Building A Movement interns and the Labor Studies students graduating this year. Register here.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC1). Campus room: ECC Unity Suite 104/106. Accessibility Contact: hbcls@uw.edu. Event Types: Ceremonies. Special Events.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
For more info visit docs.google.com. IDSA Junior Show
The Division of Design of the UW School of Art + Art History + Design is pleased to invite you to the 2025 IDSA Junior Show, a public event showcasing the work of this year’s Industrial Design third-year students. More details soon.
This event is partially sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Accessibility Contact: welebalt@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Student Activities.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, "Finale"
The Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (David Stewart, Yuman Wu, directors) present "Finale," performing music by Cindy McTee, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Julie Giroux, and others. With the UW Alumni Band.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. UW Symphony Orchestra with Concerto Competition Winners
David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of concerto excerpts, performed with winners of the 2024-25 School of Music Concerto Competitions.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. Accessibility Contact: To request disability accommodation, contact the Arts UW Ticket Office at 206-543-4880 or ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, June 6, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Composition Studio
Student composers present original sonic explorations in performances presented by the UW Composition Program.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dos@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Department of Communication Graduation Ceremony
Doors will open at 12pm for guests and the program will begin at 1pm. , Registration information will be emailed to students eligible to graduate in April. Those who miss the registration deadline may still attend and walk, but will not have their names printed in the program. , Participating students should plan on wearing a cap and gown, otherwise, they should come dressed in business attire. , GradImages will be onsite taking cap and gown photos during line up and when graduates receive their certificate during the ceremony. Students will be able order those photos from GradImages directly.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Alaska Airlines Arena. Accessibility Contact: Gillian Cobb, ghcobb@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Ceremonies. Student Activities.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
2025 Design Show
Professional Night: June 11, 5–8pm
Friends + Family Night Friday: June 13, 5–8pm,
More information coming soon.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – Friday, June 27, 2025.
2025 Design Show – Professional Night
Professional Night: June 11, 5–8pm
Friends + Family Night Friday: June 13, 5–8pm,
More information coming soon.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
2025 Design Show – Friends + Family Night
Professional Night: June 11, 5–8pm
Friends + Family Night Friday: June 13, 5–8pm,
More information coming soon.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Friday, June 13, 2025, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
2025 SoA+AH+D Graduation Celebration
Congratulations graduating students from the UW School of Art + Art History + Design! Please join us at the School’s annual Graduation Celebration in Meany Hall on Saturday, June 11, 2025. Graduating students will receive a formal invitation by email in April 2024.
Tickets required— more information here.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Accessibility Contact: askartadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Ceremonies. Student Activities.
Saturday, June 14, 2025, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit art.washington.edu. Juneteenth
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Summer. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, June 19, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Economics Prospective Student Info Session
Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used.
In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW.
This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:
Join Zoom Meeting
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Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, June 19, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpdemhqDooG9IwzzXk_lGdLJZIjDNcCrFg.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. 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.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Economics Prospective Student Info Session
Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used.
In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW.
This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting
https://washington.zoom.us/j/95427263003
Meeting ID: 954 2726 3003
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Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, July 3, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpde6qqDgqGtfMUkSMx18rlP-YU2BGeUh8.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Independence 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: Summer. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, July 4, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Economics Prospective Student Info Session
Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used.
In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW.
This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://washington.zoom.us/j/96420961216
Meeting ID: 964 2096 1216, ---, One tap mobile, +12063379723,96420961216# US (Seattle), +12532158782,96420961216# US (Tacoma), ---, Dial by your location, • +1 206 337 9723 US (Seattle), • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma), • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston), • +1 602 753 0140 US (Phoenix), • +1 669 219 2599 US (San Jose), • +1 669 900…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, July 17, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpdemhqDooG9IwzzXk_lGdLJZIjDNcCrFg.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us.