Event Series: Study & Struggle - Leigh Patel
Study & Struggle brings together thinkers who address key sites of study and struggle related to race, gender, and labor in the context of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and the climate and other crises they have generated. Please register to receive the Zoom invite for the event: https://bit.ly/LSQuwb2026
Series events will take place from 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM PST on the following dates:
Dean Spade, Thursday, Jan. 22
Leigh Patel – Thursday, Jan. 29
Nick Mitchell – Thursday, Feb. 5
Julie Sze, Thursday, Feb. 12
Shannon Cram and Melanie Malone, Thursday, Feb. 26
Yasser Munif and Maryam Griffin, Thursday, March 5
The culminating event of Study & Struggle at UW Bothell on Thursday, April 30 (TBD) will feature Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor as part of her visit to UW for the Danz Lecture presented by the Office of Public Lectures and Seattle Town Hall.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGhiBSOte1mhj5w_C655ZVvNKXPVv7_gAAXCRZIbiFALDcow/viewform. Accessibility Contact: jmurr@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Information Sessions.
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit uwbstudystruggle.cargo.site. U.S. invasion of Venezuela: Historical and regional perspectives
Register here: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3SarixabTLmxGPUiGwHHCw
The U.S. intervention in Venezuela recalls a painful history of similar actions by the United States in the region. Since the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, responses around the world have ranged from celebrations by the Venezuelan diaspora to protests against U.S. imperialism and the violation of Venezuelan sovereignty.
Underscoring the importance of historical knowledge of inter-American relations, this virtual roundtable will feature University of Washington professors Ileana Rodríguez-Silva (History) and Sebastián Rubiano-Galvis (Law, Societies & Justice), political scientist and Simón Bolivar University professor Colette Capriles, and historian of Venezuela and New York University Professor Alejandro Velasco, who will shed light on the invasion.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3SarixabTLmxGPUiGwHHCw. Accessibility Contact: lasuw@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public. Registration required.
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Concerto Competition: Woodwinds, Brass, Other Instruments
UW instrumental performance students perform for outside judges, competing for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 5:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand (Appalachian State University): "The Medieval, the Middle Ages, and the German Kulturgemeinschaft"
Everyone loves the Middle Ages, or so it seems, says Umberto Eco in “The Return of the Middle Ages.”
The Middle Ages often provide a comforting script for stories that may bind a community together, driving a kind of nostalgia for an imagined past. This talk examines the reception of the German Middle Ages after the rediscovery of, and renewed interest in, German medieval texts from Minnesang and the Nibelungenlied or
Wolfram’s Parzival by intellectuals such as Ludwig Tieck or Friedrich von der Hagen. I argue that this reception
becomes a foundational aspect of the greater German cultural community (Kulturgemeinschaft) of ethnic
Germans after 1750 living outside of the contemporary nation state of Germany (after 1750). Drawing a large arc
from the thirteenth century to present, this talk will explore the continuing medievalist legacy that supports
the Kulturgemeinschaft. The malleable concept of the “Medieval” undergirds the practice of medievalisms that
embed the Middle Ages in the present, amplifying the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Denny Hall (DEN). Campus room: 359. Accessibility Contact: Department of German Studies, uwgerman@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, January 30, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Building A Movement Internship Information Session on ZOOM
Do you have questions about the BAM application you can't find on our website? Join us for our online information session to get all your questions answered! January 30, Friday, 2-3pm on Zoom. RSVP here.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: hursh@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: students.
Friday, January 30, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Friday, January 30, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Sunday, February 1, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. TALK | Trump in the World 2.0: The US, India and the World
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on The US, India and the World as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Winter Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. RSVP here for the online link, Featured speakers: Radhika Govindrajan, Sunila Kale, and Milan Vaishnav
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
This event is free and open to the public.At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Questions? Email jsisevents@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/Trump-in-World-2026. Campus room: Online. Accessibility Contact: jsisevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Monday, February 2, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
For more info visit bit.ly. Clinton Westman | Welcome & Research Presentation | In the Land of Giants? Climate, Infrastructure, and Politics in Canada’s Oil Sands
Join us for a special Welcome and Research Presentation with 2025-26 UW Fulbright Canada Special Foundation Fellow, Clinton Westman. Coffee and pastries will be provided.
Canada’s energy industry, like many other sectors in the country’s economy, is at a strategic inflection point, which has implications for trade, national unity, and Indigenous rights. In recent decades, mainly owing to the growth of oil sands/tar sands (bitumen) extraction in northern Alberta, Canada has moved to near the front of the global pack as an oil-exporting nation. In 2024, Canada exported, on average, a record 4.2 million barrels of oil per day. Much of this product has been exported to and/or processed in the US, with Canada now providing over half of US oil imports. Canada has also expanded pipeline capacity to the Pacific Coast to access Asia-Pacific markets. Given price discounts and current uncertainties of trade with the US, there is currently a push to build another coastal pipeline and to reduce perceived impediments to…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: THO 317. Accessibility Contact: canada@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Target Audience: No registration required.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
UW Author Zev Handel discussing his book Chinese Characters Across Asia
About this Event
Join us at Barnes & Noble University District (located within University Book Store) for an evening with Zev Handel discussing his book Chinese Characters Across Asia.
This is a unique opportunity to learn from a UW professor and get a peek into a linguistic history that has shaped the world. Like the book, this talk will be accessible to everyone—regardless of whether you have any knowledge of Chinese characters or East Asian languages. All are welcome.
Chinese Characters across Asia: How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
A fascinating story of writing across cultures and time.
While other ancient nonalphabetic scripts—Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mayan hieroglyphs—are long extinct, Chinese characters, invented over three thousand years ago, are today used by well over a billion people to write Chinese and Japanese. In medieval East Asia, the written Classical Chinese language knit the region together in a common intellectual enterprise…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: University Book Store (BOOK). Campus room: Barnes & Noble University District (located within University Book Store). Accessibility Contact: Maddie MacMath. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit stores.barnesandnoble.com. indira allegra: The Book of Zero
Death is a fundamental first step to rebirth, but this transition can be a daunting prospect without a compassionate guide. Our 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident, Indira Allegra, intervenes with The Book of Zero, a multimedia meditative experience that brings together powerful sensations and visuals that have emerged during Allegra’s investigations into doula work, death care, and cycles of the body and environment.
In The Book of Zero, water, weaving, and projections animate the earth and its afflictions. The structures of hate that have plagued our communities—white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, bigotry—are in their final death throes, but they need to be helped along the way to their ultimate dissolution. Borrowing from the narrative structures and poetic repetition of sacred texts, Allegra’s guidance in The Book of Zero pushes through the violence of a difficult ending with compassion in order to welcome the spirit of a new beginning.
Rebirth happens on both collective and individual levels. The…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Diversity Equity Inclusion.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 – Saturday, April 4, 2026.
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, February 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. The Origins of Charity in the Jewish Tradition | Gregg Gardner, University of British Columbia
This talk explores the origins of the concept of charity (tsedaqah) in Judaism. We will explore how the earliest rabbis (second-third centuries CE) saw the problem of poverty as a problem of wealth--how it is gained and lost, how it distinguishes rich from poor, and how to convince others to part with their wealth and give it to the needy. The lecture will shed light on how and why charity would become a central and enduring element of Jewish thought and ethics and how those ideals changed over time.
Gregg E. Gardner is Distinguished Faculty of Arts Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia. He teaches and researches on Judaism in late antiquity and rabbinic literature. He has written two books on the early history of charity in Judaism. His second book, Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity (2022), received two awards and his third book, Jewish Artifacts: Material Culture and the Making of Rabbinic…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 145. Accessibility Contact: histmain@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Movie Night: Little Voices of Fukushima with Dr. Andrea Arai
A moving, thought-provoking film that turns global events into personal stories. Join us for a screening of the film "Little Voices from Fukushima" with Jackson School faculty member Dr. Andrea Arai. Enjoy pizza and popcorn as we engage in an insightful discussion following the film presentation, designed for students.
Pizza & popcorn will be served - First-come, first-served.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: THO 317. Accessibility Contact: jsisoas@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Screenings. Academics. Target Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
indira allegra: The Book of Zero Opening Celebration
Death is a fundamental first step to rebirth, but this transition can be a daunting prospect without a compassionate guide. Our 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident, Indira Allegra, intervenes with The Book of Zero, a multimedia meditative experience that brings together powerful sensations and visuals that have emerged during Allegra’s investigations into doula work, death care, and cycles of the body and environment.
In The Book of Zero, water, weaving, and projections animate the earth and its afflictions. The structures of hate that have plagued our communities—white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, bigotry—are in their final death throes, but they need to be helped along the way to their ultimate dissolution. Borrowing from the narrative structures and poetic repetition of sacred texts, Allegra’s guidance in The Book of Zero pushes through the violence of a difficult ending with compassion in order to welcome the spirit of a new beginning.
Rebirth happens on both collective and individual levels. The…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Special Events.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Guest Pianist Recital: Stephanie Cheng
The UW Keyboard program hosts a solo piano recital by Stephanie Cheng, head of the Keyboard Department at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, performing music by Ravel, Rzewski, and Mussorgsky.
PROGRAM
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
Frederic Rzewski: Piano Piece No. 4
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. HLS26 | Roman Prisons and the Mirror of History | Mark Letteney
Ancient architects tell us that every Roman settlement should have a prison at its center, and archaeology suggests that most cities did. Purpose-built prisons populated the ancient Mediterranean and so did practices of incarceration: sentences of prison time stood beside manual labor in cities, in bakeries, and in mines. Less fortunate souls entered facilities to await execution, sometimes for years. This lecture explores the evidence for ancient incarceration in vignettes: reading letters that prisoners wrote on papyrus, investigating spaces where they were held, and analyzing depictions of captives in monuments, law-courts, and homes. Roman evidence does not model a just society, but it does offer a mirror where we can see modern practices of incarceration in a new light, asking which aspects of contemporary prisons are unique to modernity, and which reflect longer histories.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 130. Accessibility Contact: histmain@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 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. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Guest Pianist Master Class: Stephanie Cheng
Guest pianist Stephanie Cheng, head of the Keyboard Department at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, leads a master class with UW piano students.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Book Talk: 'The Poetic Way of Xie Lingyu' with Ping Wang, University of Washington
The Poetic Way of Xie Lingyun : Literary Expression and the Natural World (University Press 2025).
During the dark centuries between the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 CE and the golden age of reunified China under the Tang and Song dynasties (618–1279), the shi poetic form embraced new themes and structure. In this meticulously constructed study, Ping Wang traces the social conditions that sparked innovation and marked a significant turn in intellectual history. Using biography, social history, and literary analysis, she demonstrates how the shi form came to dominate classical Chinese poetry, making possible the works of the great poets of later dynasties and influencing literary development in Korea and Japan.
Focusing on the life of poet Xie Lingyun (385–433), Wang traces the exile of aristocratic families in the wild south, which led to their thematic use of “mountains and water” (shanshui) landscapes over the pastoral ones of earlier writers and artists. Changes in poetic form moved away from genres…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: Thomson Hall 317. Accessibility Contact: Chinast@uw.edu. At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Event Series: Study & Struggle - Nick Mitchell
Study & Struggle brings together thinkers who address key sites of study and struggle related to race, gender, and labor in the context of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and the climate and other crises they have generated. Please register to receive the Zoom invite for the event: https://bit.ly/LSQuwb2026
Series events will take place from 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM PST on the following dates:
Dean Spade, Thursday, Jan. 22
Leigh Patel – Thursday, Jan. 29
Nick Mitchell – Thursday, Feb. 5
Julie Sze, Thursday, Feb. 12
Shannon Cram and Melanie Malone, Thursday, Feb. 26
Yasser Munif and Maryam Griffin, Thursday, March 5
The culminating event of Study & Struggle at UW Bothell on Thursday, April 30 (TBD) will feature Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor as part of her visit to UW for the Danz Lecture presented by the Office of Public Lectures and Seattle Town Hall.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGhiBSOte1mhj5w_C655ZVvNKXPVv7_gAAXCRZIbiFALDcow/viewform. Accessibility Contact: jmurr@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Information Sessions.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit uwbstudystruggle.cargo.site. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. Call for Presentations: Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Indigenous Foods Symposium
The Living Breath Indigenous Foods Collective and UW American Indian Studies invite proposals for the 14th annual Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Indigenous Foods Symposium, taking place May 1–2, 2026, at the University of Washington’s Intellectual House.
The 2026 symposium theme is “Healing Hands – Healing Lands.” We welcome individual presentations, panels, and workshops that align with our broader themes, including: Indigenous food sovereignty and security , Traditional and first foods, plants, and medicines , Environmental and climate justice as they relate to Indigenous food systems , Mental, spiritual, community, and environmental health , Movement-based, embodied, and land-based practices , Youth and intergenerational leadership in food and wellness work, Morning sessions will be presented to the full symposium audience, while afternoon sessions will feature concurrent, hands-on workshops and embodied practices.
Living Breath is a volunteer-led consortium and is able to offer a modest speaker honorarium…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: native@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences.
Friday, February 6, 2026.
For more info visit docs.google.com. On not sharing a present tense: Reading Arabic and Hebrew Literatures together
Free and open to the public. Registration encouraged.
Since the early 2000s, literary scholarship has read Hebrew and Arabic literatures together to find moments of transgression or trespass, challenging logics of partition. In Static Forms: Writing the Present in the Modern Middle East, Shir Alon develops an alternative model for reading Arabic and Hebrew literatures, as two literary systems sharing a remarkably similar narrative of modernization and developing parallel literary forms to address it. In this talk, Alon will discuss the potentials of a paradigm grounded in formal and affective analysis for new understandings of transnational modernism, Middle Eastern literatures, and comparative literary studies at large. She will also explore the limits of this approach, when parallel readings of Hebrew and Arabic literatures obfuscate rather than clarify the conditions of the present.
Shir Alon is assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her work on…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Denny Hall (DEN). Campus room: Denny 211. Accessibility Contact: sameerai@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Community Sit (2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency)
Please join us for a guided meditation hosted 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident indira allegra.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Workshops.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 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: 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. Film Screening & Performance: Healing Heart of Lushootseed; UW Symphony with Adia S. Bowen
UW Ethnomusicology, Department of American Indian Studies, and the UW Symphony collaborate with Lushootseed Research’s Healing Heart Project in presenting this special community event.
Following a free screening of the documentary film The Healing Heart of Lushootseed, the UW Symphony (David Alexander Rahbee, director) and soprano Adia S. Bowen (tsi sʔuyuʔaɫ) perform Bruce Ruddell’s 50-minute symphony Healing Heart of the First People of This Land.
This powerful work was commissioned by Upper Skagit elder Vi Hilbert (taqʷšəblu) shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a vehicle for, in Hilbert’s words, “bringing healing to a sick world.”
Premiered by The Seattle Symphony in 2006, the piece draws inspiration from two sacred Coast Salish songs Hilbert had entrusted to the composer and features a number of percussion instruments native to this region.
The performance features soloist and Indigenous soprano Adia S. Bowen (tsi sʔuyuʔaɫ), a UW alumna who graduated in June 2025 with degrees in Voice Perfo…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Screenings. Special Events. Student Activities.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Saturday, February 7, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Saturday, February 7, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. The Seagull
In this new translation of Chekhov’s ”serious comedy of human contradictions” a group of artists and dreamers meet in the countryside and wrestle with the costs of ambition, unspoken longings, and the harsh realities of artistic pursuits. Set against a backdrop of love, passionate aspirations, and the search for meaning, The Seagull captures the fierce hopes and quiet heartbreaks of an artistic career. Directed by MFA Student Sebastián Bravo Montenegro.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Sunday, February 8, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. 'Navigating Speech Style in LINE during Study Abroad', with Joy Maa
This presentation explores how computer-mediated communication (CMC), particularly the messaging app LINE, serves as an important space for learning and using pragmatics during study abroad in Japan. By examining how learners use LINE to interact with local community members, we will consider how students move beyond “textbook” Japanese to negotiate relationships and express identity. Through guided activities, students will step into the role of researcher by analyzing real interactional data and practicing qualitative interviewing techniques.
Joy Maa (BA in Japanese and Spanish, University of Washington; Dean’s Medalist 2014) is an Assistant Professor of Japanese in the School of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on pragmatics in second language acquisition, computer-mediated communication, study abroad, and language socialization, with particular attention to learner identity and agency. Her recent work examines the role of text messaging in the acquisition of…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: Thomson Hall 317. Accessibility Contact: Contact Ellen Eskenazi at esky@uw.edu. At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
TALK | Trump in the World 2.0: Rising Authoritarianism: Views from the Middle East
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on Rising Authoritarianism: Views from the Middle East as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Winter Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. Register here for the online link, Featured speakers: Reşat Kasaba and Gönül Tol
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
This event is free and open to the public.At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Questions? Email jsisevents@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/Trump-in-World-2026. Campus room: Online. Accessibility Contact: jsisevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Monday, February 9, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
For more info visit bit.ly. UW Communication Leadership Program Student Ambassador Q&A Session
Public | Online
Register via our Eventbrite! Curious about what it’s really like to be a student in the UW Communication Leadership Master’s Program?
Join our Student Ambassador Q&A Session to hear directly from current students representing our diverse community. Ambassadors from each of our three tracks will share their personal experiences, including what it’s like to study at UW, balance mid-career goals, and navigate the program as an international student.
This is a casual, open space to ask your questions and get honest insights.
What you can expect: Firsthand perspectives on each of the three Comm Lead tracks. , Stories about student life, career transitions, and campus culture. , Experiences from international and mid-career students. , Plenty of time for Q&A with our ambassadors. Timeline: October 9th, 12-1 pm: Introduce Three Degree Tracks. , December 12th, 5-6 pm: International Student Experience. , February 10th, 12-1 pm: MCCN and MCCL. , March 25th, 5-6 pm: Mid-career Student Experience. …
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uw-communication-leadership-program-student-ambassador-qa-session-tickets-1976776373346. Accessibility Contact: commlead@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
MS in Technology Innovation Info Session
Attend a virtual information session to learn more about the full-time Master of Science in Technology Innovation. Join us to learn about the program, projects, and curriculum, as well as how to apply, application requirements, and best practices.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://engrwashington.event451.sites.451.io/event/1064635. Accessibility Contact: msti@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective Graduate Students.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM.
For more info visit www.gix.uw.edu. EU Democracy and Security Symposium: Europe - Cradle of Democracy
Please join us on Tuesday, February 10th, 3:00-4:30pm in Thomson Hall 317 for our Winter EU Democracy and Security Symposium: Europe - Cradle of Democracy.
Coffee and cookies will be provided.
We’ll hear presentations from the following speakers: Ray Lahiri (Classics) presenting on “Consensus and Dissensus in the Roman Republic.” , Timothy Bourns (Scandinavian Studies) presenting on “The Alþingi: The Birth of a Democratic Tradition in Medieval Iceland” , Alexander Hollmann (Chair of Classics, Chair of Hellenic Studies) presenting on "What do we know about the beginnings of democracy in Athens?”.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: THO 317. Accessibility Contact: cereas@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Students and Faculty - open to public.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Katz Distinguished Lecture: Emily M. Bender, "Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities"
The production and promotion of so-called "AI" technology involves dehumanization on many fronts: the computational metaphor valorizes one kind of cognitive activity as “intelligence,” devaluing many other aspects of human experience while taking an isolating, individualistic view of agency, ignoring the importance of communities and webs of relationships. Meanwhile, the purpose of humans is framed as being labelers of data or interchangeable machine components. Data collected about people is understood as "ground truth" even while it lies about those people, especially marginalized people. In this talk, Bender will explore these processes of dehumanization and the vital role that the humanities have in resisting these trends by painting a deeper and richer picture of what it is to be human.
Emily M. Bender is the Thomas L. and Margo G. Wyckoff Endowed Professor in Linguistics and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Computer Science and the Information School at the University of Washington, where she has…
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, February 10, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Katz Distinguished Lecture: Emily M. Bender, "Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities"
The production and promotion of so-called "AI" technology involves dehumanization on many fronts: the computational metaphor valorizes one kind of cognitive activity as “intelligence,” devaluing many other aspects of human experience while taking an isolating, individualistic view of agency, ignoring the importance of communities and webs of relationships. Meanwhile, the purpose of humans is framed as being labelers of data or interchangeable machine components. Data collected about people is understood as "ground truth" even while it lies about those people, especially marginalized people. In this talk, Bender will explore these processes of dehumanization and the vital role that the humanities have in resisting these trends by painting a deeper and richer picture of what it is to be human.
Emily M. Bender is the Thomas L. and Margo G. Wyckoff Endowed Professor in Linguistics and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Computer Science and the Information School at the University of Washington, where she has…
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, February 10, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Treasuring All the Knowledges: Writing Abundance in Academia
Please join us for a conversation- and creativity-centered gathering celebrating the book launch of Navigating Academia as a Transnational Scholar from the Global South: Treasuring All the Knowledges. Date: February 11, 2026
Time: 3:30–5:00 PM (panel discussion followed by a reception)
Location: Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC)
Room: Unity Suite
This edited collection brings together the voices of 16 women and non-binary scholars who began their postgraduate journeys as non-elite international students and (un)documented migrants in countries positioned as economically more powerful than their places of origin. Inspired by the book’s creative and relational approach to knowledge, this event will also open a collective space for poetry and storytelling. Participants are invited to write and share short poetic or narrative reflections that speak to their own experiences of abundance, survival, care, and knowledge-making within academic spaces.
Panelists: Roxana Chiappa, Assistant Professor at…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC). Campus room: ECC Unity Suite. Accessibility Contact: GWSS, gwss@uw.edu, 206-593-6900. Event Types: Special Events. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
International Studies Majors/Minors Information Session
Learn more about International Studies majors! , Meet Jackson School faculty, students, and staff. , Enjoy some pizza and snacks! , Pizza is first-come, first-served.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: THO 317. Accessibility Contact: jsisoas@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit jsis.washington.edu. Engineered Living Materials for the Built Environment lecture & reception
6:00 PM – Lecture | Bagley Hall, Room 131
7:15 PM – Exhibition Opening Reception | Gould Hall, Gould Gallery
Join us for an interdisciplinary lecture exploring how cutting-edge research is driving material innovation in the built environment. This event brings together faculty whose work spans chemistry, engineering, and architecture to examine how living systems can be integrated into material design to address pressing challenges related to sustainability, resilience, and the future of construction.
Featured speakers:
Professor Alshakim Nelson, Chemistry
Professor Ayokunle Olánrewájú Mechanical Engineering & Bioengineering
Professor Gundula Proksch, Architecture
Afterwards, we'll gather in the Gould Gallery for the exhibition opening and reception. We kindly ask that you RSVP if you plan to attend.
This event is part of a series highlighting interdisciplinary research and collaboration across the Department of Chemistry, the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, and the Department…
Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: Lecture in Bagley Hall, Room 131, Reception in Gould Hall, Gould Gallery. Accessibility Contact: cbeevents@uw.edu. CBE Categories: Architecture. Construction Management. Landscape Architecture. Real Estate. Research. Urban Design & Planning. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Bagley Hall Room 131, Gould Gallery.
HLS26 | Taking Hostages and Prisoners: Incarceration in Medieval Europe | Charity Urbanski
The phrase “medieval incarceration” usually conjures images of prisoners condemned to a damp dungeon and forgotten, but this was rarely the reality. Prisoners were often nobles who ran afoul of the king, disobedient monks, or wealthy people who could afford to pay a ransom, and the conditions in which they were held normally reflected their social status. This lecture explores the wide variety of carceral practices in medieval Europe and examines how the recovery of Roman law and the concept of the state in the twelfth century began to transform those practices.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 130. Accessibility Contact: histmain@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Book Talk: 'Ghost Nation: the Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival' with Chris Horton
In Ghost Nation: the Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival, Chris Horton compares Beijing's claim that Taiwan has been Chinese territory "since time immemorial" with Taiwan's actual history. Several different groups have controlled some or all of Taiwan over the last 400 years -- the Dutch, Spanish, Tungning, Manchu, Japanese, Chinese, and now, Taiwanese. By looking at those who have ruled Taiwan, Horton also tells the story of the Taiwanese people, highlighting their intergenerational quest for self-determination -- and the existential threat posed by an expansionist Chinese Communist Party.
, Chris Horton is a freelance journalist and author who has been based in Taipei, Taiwan for the past decade. He previously spent 13 years in China and two in Hong Kong. He has written extensively for The New York Times, Bloomberg News, Nikkei Asia, The Atlantic and elsewhere, covering Taiwan's national security, diplomacy, economy, culture and more. His new book, Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its …
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Online Meeting Link: https://www.youtube.com/@UWTaiwanStudies. Campus room: Thomson Hall 317 and Online. Accessibility Contact: Taiwan Studies (taiwanst@uw.edu). At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UWTaiwanStudies#.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Event Series: Study & Struggle - Julie Sze
Study & Struggle brings together thinkers who address key sites of study and struggle related to race, gender, and labor in the context of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and the climate and other crises they have generated. Please register to receive the Zoom invite for the event: https://bit.ly/LSQuwb2026
Series events will take place from 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM PST on the following dates:
Dean Spade, Thursday, Jan. 22
Leigh Patel – Thursday, Jan. 29
Nick Mitchell – Thursday, Feb. 5
Julie Sze, Thursday, Feb. 12
Shannon Cram and Melanie Malone, Thursday, Feb. 26
Yasser Munif and Maryam Griffin, Thursday, March 5
The culminating event of Study & Struggle at UW Bothell on Thursday, April 30 (TBD) will feature Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor as part of her visit to UW for the Danz Lecture presented by the Office of Public Lectures and Seattle Town Hall.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGhiBSOte1mhj5w_C655ZVvNKXPVv7_gAAXCRZIbiFALDcow/viewform. Accessibility Contact: jmurr@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Open to all UW students, faculty, and staff.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit uwbstudystruggle.cargo.site. Lecture: Lisa Uperesa, "Embodied Racialization, Mobility, and Cultural Expression: Tracing the Roots of the Modern Polynesian Sports Diaspora"
Athletes with ancestral ties to the Pacific Islands are dominant fixtures in some of the world’s most visible sports and over several generations have produced a modern sports diaspora. Tracing Samoan transnational and diasporic movement along divergent colonial pathways, this talk examines the relationship between embodied experiences of racialization and the emergence of Pacific sports excellence in three settler colonial countries (United States, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia). It then considers what recent efforts to mobilize Indigenous practice inside and outside sport tell us about the uses and importance of culture in contemporary sport.
Lisa Uperesa (Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, UCLA) works with Pacific communities to understand movement and mobility, and how they shape lives, identities, families, cultures, and futures. Her past research focused on the rise of American football in Samoan communities and the navigation of sport as both labor and tautua (service). Current researc…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Communications 120. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Faculty Concert: Robin McCabe with Maria Larionoff
Faculty pianist Robin McCabe joins forces with guest artist Maria Larionoff in an evening of high octane duos for violin and piano. On the launch pad: Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne, Beethoven’s Sonata in G major, Opus 96, and Faure’s impassioned Sonata in A Major.
Tickets: $20 general; $15 UW affiliate; $10 students/seniors).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). 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: Performances. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Concerto Competition: Strings
UW strings students compete for outside judges for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, February 13, 2026, 3:00 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Presidents' Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, February 16, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Digital History Colloquium - Navigating Spatial Narratives and Collections with Humap
The Digital History Colloquium series is pleased to present Aubrey Williams from UW Libraries, leading an information session of note to anyone interested in mapping and spatial analysis, both within research and educational contexts.
Humap is an up-and-coming digital humanities platform, recently added to the Library's software portfolio, which is ideal for building collaborative, spatially-oriented digital history projects. As such, it is potentially relevant not only to historical research undertaken by faculty and graduate students, but also to incorporating into undergraduate courses.
In this session, participants will learn about Humap's features and how it can support teaching, archival collections, and public-facing scholarship. The session includes hands-on experience contributing to a shared project, offering faculty and graduate researchers practical insight into how Humap can be used in courses and research.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91253982076. Campus room: Smith Hall, Room 320. Accessibility Contact: ejred@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Voice Division Recital
UW voice students of Thomas Harper and Carrie Shaw perform art songs and arias from the vocal repertoire.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 4:00 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. 3D4M Glass Show
Explore the artwork of 3D4M students working in glass, ranging from Glassblowing, Flame work, Casting, Fusing, and more. Event will be held at the North Gallery in the Ceramic + Metal Arts Building (CMA). This event is free and open to the public.
For directions to get to the CMA, see google maps.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Ceramic and Metal Arts Building (CMA). Campus room: CMA North Gallery. Accessibility Contact: Henry Jackson-Spieker at henryjs1@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events. Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff, Public.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Liberation Book Club & the Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency
Our question to consider: what does the work of indira allegra offer us when thinking about the project of liberation?
This program is part of the Liberation Book Club at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. This year-long program series hopes to honor our commitment to social justice and to gather our community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops. Unlike your traditional book club all the reading and study happens together, so no need to prepare. Join us monthly as we approach the topic of liberation from a number of perspectives. We look forward to being in community with you.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Guest Pianist Master Class: Brian Hsu
Guest pianist Brian Hsu, associate professor of music at the University of Oregon, leads a master class with UW piano students.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 4:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Jazz Innovations, Part I
Small combos perform original music and arrangements of jazz standards, modern classics, and deep cuts from the popular music repertoire over two consecutive nights of performance.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. HLS26 | Interrogating Loyalty: Japanese Americans and World War II
In 1942, the US government incarcerated more than 120,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps, based on the racist argument that they were likely “disloyal” to the United States. In the ensuing years of World War II, the US government simultaneously sought to demonstrate the “loyalty” of Japanese Americans to American democracy. By placing US wartime policies and Japanese American responses in different historical contexts, this lecture will interrogate the meanings of loyalty, democracy, and national security—during World War II and in our own time.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 130. Accessibility Contact: histmain@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 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. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Jazz Innovations, Part II
Small combos perform original music and arrangements of jazz standards, modern classics, and deep cuts from the popular music repertoire over two consecutive nights of performance.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. “Human-Wildlife Coexistence”
Amanda Stronza
Professor, Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs
Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology
Co-founder of the Applied Biodiversity Science Program
Texas A&M University.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: Olsen Room (GWN 1A). Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
TALK | Trump in the World 2.0: Foreign Aid on the Ground
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on Foreign Aid on the Ground as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Winter Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. RSVP here for the online link, Featured speakers: Tsitsi Chataika, Eman Yarrow, and Stephen Meyers (moderator)
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
This event is free and open to the public.At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Questions? Email jsisevents@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/Trump-in-World-2026. Campus room: Online. Accessibility Contact: jsisevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Monday, February 23, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
For more info visit bit.ly. All Shook Up: The Rocky Road from Elvis to an AI-generated Country Song
Technology has reshaped how music is made, shared, and protected, raising urgent questions for originality, artistry, and intellectual property.
Join us for the inaugural JoAnn Taricani Lecture, a new lecture series established through a generous estate gift from Professor JoAnn Taricani to honor her legacy of scholarship, performance, and civic engagement.
Musicologist Judith Finell, expert witness in landmark copyright cases including "Blurred Lines," will explore tensions and opportunities in modern music creation, from digital sampling and social media to AI-generated music. The program will also touch on remedies and emerging policy, including the ELVIS Act.
Register Here: Overview - All Shook Up: The Rocky Road from Elvis to an AI-generated Country Song.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: William H. Gates Hall (LAW). Campus room: 138. Accessibility Contact: lawconf@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, February 23, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 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: 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Monday, February 23, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. 'Soft Capture in a Shifting Media System: Evidence from Japan' with Colin Moreshead
Can political elites shape public opinion by influencing the tone of news coverage, even when they cannot dictate what gets covered? This study addresses that question using text analysis of more than five million Japanese news articles from 2004–2024, showing that rising negativity in legacy media closely corresponds with declines in cabinet approval. A newly compiled dataset of prime ministers’ daily schedules further reveals that periods of intensified elite engagement with journalists coincide with less negative coverage. Together, these findings suggest that incumbents may still temper media tone through proactive outreach, though this influence appears to weaken in the age of fragmented, digital media.
Colin Moreshead is a postdoctoral fellow at the Program on US-Japan Relations at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. He completed his doctorate in Political Science at Yale University, where he specialized in comparative politics. His research centers on political…
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 Ellen Eskenazi at japan@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
HLS26 | The Washington Prison History Project: Counter-Archives and Local Histories | Dan Berger
Prison is more than a place of punishment. It is also an archive. Yet the official story found in sentencing reports and conduct reviews is only part of the story. Incarcerated people generate a parallel counter-archive of resistance and transformation. The Washington Prison History Project is a multimedia digital effort to document this counter-archive at a local level. Across a series of publications, programs, and protests, incarcerated people have shown prison to be a central feature in the development of Washington and the country. An examination of this archive tells a different history of our state—and its possible futures.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 130. Accessibility Contact: histmain@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Marie Huber | Postcolonial Skies: How African airlines shaped global mobilities
At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.
The ability to move around the world by plane is one we take for granted today. Yet, most of the world's population has never set foot on a plane. The tension between opportunity and constraint sits at the very core of the history of civil aviation: opening up the world for some, but barring or downgrading many from full connection. The book project "The Problem of Flying" takes on the history of mass air travel from one of its margins and explores how, after decolonisation, African airlines managed (or failed to) to break into a global market that was not designed for them to begin with. Based on several years of archival research in European, African and US-American archives, as well as a wide range of grey literature and published sources (trade journals, newspapers, memoirs etc.), I argue that my findings do not only fill gaps on Africa in aviation history, and gaps on aviation in A…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/K-eg432BRRiB96ICasZptA. Accessibility Contact: sameerai@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM.
Organic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Eleftheria Roumeli
"Advances in Sustainable Materials Using Biomatter: From Strong and Stiff Plastics to Tunable Soft Hydrogels."
Associate Professor Eleftheria Roumeli - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Host: Alshakim Nelson
The development of sustainable materials from biological matter (biomatter) offers a transformative pathway to address global environmental challenges while enabling innovation in sectors such as biomedicine, packaging, and structural materials. This talk presents recent advances in biomatter-based materials, focusing on bacterial cellulose–based multicomponent hydrogels and fully biobased thermoplastic solids derived from raw algal biomass.
In the soft materials regime, we engineer structurally tunable hydrogel networks by synergistically combining bacterial cellulose with agar and xanthan gum. By systematically varying component ratios and crosslinking conditions, we probe how hydrogen bonding, ionic interactions, and phase continuity control network mechanics,…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
For more info visit faculty.washington.edu. UW Communication Leadership Program Information Session
Open to Public | Online
Register via our Eventbrite page!
Thinking about graduate school in communication, content strategy, digital media, or marketing? Join us for an upcoming Communication Leadership Program Info Session from the University of Washington to explore how our degrees can help you reach your career goals.
Whether you’re just starting to explore your options or preparing your application, we’re here to support you. These sessions are designed to help you determine if one of our flexible, forward-thinking degrees is the right fit for you—and to set you up for success in the application process.
What you can expect:
✅ A comprehensive overview of our MA in Communication Leadership degrees
✅ Insight into our curriculum, learning experience, and career outcomes
✅ Tips on how to submit a strong application
✅ Q&A opportunities with members of our community
Timeline: December 3rd, 12 - 1 pm PST , January 21st, 5 - 6 pm PST , February 26th, 12 - 1 pm PST , March 18th, 12 - 1 pm PST, Zoom…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uw-communication-leadership-program-information-session-tickets-1976943909451. Accessibility Contact: commlead@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Event Series: Study & Struggle - Shannon Cram and Melanie Malone
Study & Struggle brings together thinkers who address key sites of study and struggle related to race, gender, and labor in the context of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and the climate and other crises they have generated. Please register to receive the Zoom invite for the event: https://bit.ly/LSQuwb2026
Series events will take place from 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM PST on the following dates:
Dean Spade, Thursday, Jan. 22
Leigh Patel – Thursday, Jan. 29
Nick Mitchell – Thursday, Feb. 5
Julie Sze, Thursday, Feb. 12
Shannon Cram and Melanie Malone, Thursday, Feb. 26
Yasser Munif and Maryam Griffin, Thursday, March 5
The culminating event of Study & Struggle at UW Bothell on Thursday, April 30 (TBD) will feature Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor as part of her visit to UW for the Danz Lecture presented by the Office of Public Lectures and Seattle Town Hall.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGhiBSOte1mhj5w_C655ZVvNKXPVv7_gAAXCRZIbiFALDcow/viewform. Accessibility Contact: jmurr@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Open to all UW students, faculty, and staff.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit uwbstudystruggle.cargo.site. Public Lecture: Seeing Like a Merchant – Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule
Join us for a talk with Paris Papamichos Chronakis on his new book The Business of Transition – Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek Rule.
This event is co-sponsored by UW's Hellenic Studies Program.
How did the cosmopolitan bourgeoisie of the Eastern Mediterranean navigate the transition from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century? In this talk, Paris Papamichos Chronakis shows how the Jewish and Greek merchants of Salonica (present-day Thessaloniki) skillfully managed the tumultuous shift from Ottoman to Greek rule amidst rising ethnic tensions and heightened class conflict. Bringing their once powerful voices back into the historical narrative, he traces their entangled trajectories as businessmen, community members, and civic leaders to illustrate how the self-reinvention of a Jewish-led bourgeoisie made a city Greek. Salonica’s merchants were present in their own—and their city’s—remaking.
Paris Papamichos Chronakis is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Modern…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB 145. Accessibility Contact: jewishst@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Open to the public. Registration Required.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Picturing the Heavens: Étienne-Leopold Trouvelot’s Astronomical Drawings
Please save the date for the 2026 Kollar Lecture with Dr. Rachael Ziady DeLue, Christopher Binyon Sarofim ’86 Professor in American Art at Princeton University. The lecture is on February 26, 6:00 pm at the Husky Union Building's Lyceum.
In this talk, Rachael Z. DeLue will share insights from her current research and teaching on the relationship between art and science in nineteenth-century Europe and North America, focusing on a suite of extraordinary chromolithographs created in the 1880s by the astronomer and illustrator Étienne-Leopold Trouvelot. Based on his work at the Harvard Observatory and the United States Naval Observatory, the chromolithographs represent the cross-pollination of art and science in an attempt to generate knowledge about astronomical phenomena that eluded perception and resisted visualization. Prof. DeLue will consider Trouvelot’s prints in relation to other such attempts on the part of fine artists and scientific illustrators to picture the celestial sphere at a time when technol…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 160: Lyceum. Accessibility Contact: Benny Shell at lbshell@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
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: 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. RSVP to Lunch Workshop Series with Yulenni Venegas-Lopez
Yulenni Venegas-Lopez, UW Political Science
Our Lunch Workshare Series (formerly known as our Brown Bag Series) consists of discussions of work in progress by University of Washington graduate students and faculty.
The paper and RSVP link will be circulated in advance.
Questions? Reach out to
yvenegas@uw.edu.
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, February 27, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. TALK | Trump in the World 2.0: What Was Intelligence What Was Intelligence and What Comes Next?
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on What Was Intelligence What Was Intelligence and What Comes Next? as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Winter Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. RSVP here for the online link, Featured speakers: Ambassador (ret.) Jeff Hovenier and Kelly McGannon
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
This event is free and open to the public. At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Questions? Email jsisevents@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/Trump-in-World-2026. Campus room: Online. Accessibility Contact: jsisevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Monday, March 2, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
For more info visit bit.ly. Campus, Concert, and University Bands
The Campus Band (Solomon Encina, conductor), Concert Band (Yuman Wu, conductor), and University Band (Corey Jahlas, conductor) present their Winter Quarter concert.
$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, March 2, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Chamber Singers and University Chorale: "ComPassion: Considering Matthew Shepherd"
Chamber Singers and University Chorale collaborate with Seattle University Choirs (Leann Conley-Holcom, director) in performing "Considering Matthew Shepard," a profound tale of discrimination, cruelty, death, yet with themes of hope.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Gerlich Theater. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 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, March 4, 2026, 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
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Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Event Series: Study & Struggle - Yasser Munif and Maryam Griffin
Study & Struggle brings together thinkers who address key sites of study and struggle related to race, gender, and labor in the context of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and the climate and other crises they have generated. Please register to receive the Zoom invite for the event: https://bit.ly/LSQuwb2026
Series events will take place from 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM PST on the following dates:
Dean Spade, Thursday, Jan. 22
Leigh Patel – Thursday, Jan. 29
Nick Mitchell – Thursday, Feb. 5
Julie Sze, Thursday, Feb. 12
Shannon Cram and Melanie Malone, Thursday, Feb. 26
Yasser Munif and Maryam Griffin, Thursday, March 5
The culminating event of Study & Struggle at UW Bothell on Thursday, April 30 (TBD) will feature Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor as part of her visit to UW for the Danz Lecture presented by the Office of Public Lectures and Seattle Town Hall.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGhiBSOte1mhj5w_C655ZVvNKXPVv7_gAAXCRZIbiFALDcow/viewform. Accessibility Contact: jmurr@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Open to all UW students, faculty, and staff.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 3:45 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit uwbstudystruggle.cargo.site. Guest Pianist Recital: Jonathan Shames
Guest pianist Jonathan Shames of the University of Oklahoma performs music by Schubert, Janacek, Szymanowski, and Chopin in his solo piano recital.
Program
Schubert: Sonata in c minor
Janacek: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
Szymanowski: Schéhérazade from Masques
Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Partition & Solidarity: Anticolonial Struggles in the Colonial Present Symposium
Over the past five centuries, empires have used partition and division to justify and advance colonialialism. We can see that ongoing history of colonial rule and racial violence exploding around the world today—from Palestine to Minnesota and beyond.
How might we forge diasporic imaginaries and solidarity movements to contest that colonial world order toward collective liberation?
Join us on this one-day symposium where scholars and activists will gather to engage in conversations about anticolonial struggles of the past and the present.
RSVP here: https://events.uw.edu/partition-solidarity.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB Lyceum. Accessibility Contact: hbcls@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit events.uw.edu. “New Directions for International Law of the Sea”
Elizabeth Mendelhall
Associate Professor, Joint appointment
Department of Marine Affairs; Political Science
University of Rhode Island.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: Olsen Room (GWN 1A). Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
LECTURE | Palestine to Iraq with Adam Hanieh
While World War I is often framed as a European conflict, its most far-reaching consequences were profoundly felt far beyond Europe’s borders. In the Middle East, the war sparked a sweeping political crisis that ultimately led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In its wake, the European victors imposed new borders and mandates, carving the region into fragmented zones of imperial control and influence. Moving beyond frameworks centered solely on empire, the talk examines how anti-colonial actors envisioned their futures within a rapidly transforming global system—even as new hierarchies of race, empire, and capital were being redefined. Registration to receive the livestream link opens December 10, 2025. Free and open to all. About the speaker
Adam Hanieh is Professor of Political Economy and Global Development, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter, Joint Chair in Area Studies (Middle East), IAIS (Exeter) and IIAS (Tsinghua), Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Livestream. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Nicholas McLeod | Raising The Black Star: West Indian Pan-Africanists and The Politics Of Nation Building In Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana | Global Africa Transcontinental Seminar Series
At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.
Dr. McLeod’s forthcoming text, Raising The Black Star: West Indians, Pan-Africanism, and Nation Building In Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana, will be released by UNC Press. This text positions Ghana’s independence as a continuation of the Pan-African movement by assessing the influence of West Indian intellectual-activists on Kwame Nkrumah and Ghana’s first republic. Among these West Indians were notable Pan-Africanists like George Padmore, T. Ras Makonnen, and W. Arthur Lewis. In addition to examining the contributions and reception of these West Indian Pan-Africanists in Ghana, Raising The Black Star raises questions about how contrasting notions of Pan-Africanism, race, diaspora, and ethnic identity shaped Ghanaian politics as the nation strove for rapid development and modernization following independence. Raising The Black Star charts a new path within the literature on Black internationalism…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/_s7-nrVtRDqicjnqsETCTg. Accessibility Contact: sameerai@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Input Factors’ and Human Beings: Labor and Life for Mexican, Malawian, and Spanish migrant workers, 1942-75
Free and open to all. At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.
As part of the ongoing LACS "Dangerous Subjects" workshop series, University of Oregon Professor Julie Weise will present her draft chapter, which forms part of a larger manuscript, Guest Worker: Lives across Borders in an Age of Prosperity, 1919-75, under contract with UNC Press. The project explores the histories of “temporary” labor migration policies and the people whose lives they shaped, grounded in one case study each from Europe, southern Africa, and North America. The chapter utilizes oral history interviews and archival evidence to examine the physical experiences of labor, life, and leisure for migrant workers in the United States, South Africa, and France, as well as the ways that the organization of work, food, and housing could foment specific constellations of relationships with political implications.
This colloquium series is designed to provide…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: THO 317. Accessibility Contact: vfreije@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
UW International Security Colloquium presenting Jessica Stanton
Jessica Stanton
Associate Professor of Political Science, Temple University.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A. Accessibility Contact: jihyeonc@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit sites.uw.edu. Composition Studio
Emerging and established composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes in this concert of music by students, faculty, alumni, and guests of the UW Composition program.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Saturday, March 7, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. TALK| Trump in the World 2.0: The China Question(s)
Join us for a free livestream talk and discussion on The China Question(s) as part of our Trump in the World 2.0 Winter Lecture Series on the international impact of the second Trump presidency. RSVP here for the online link, Featured speakers: David Bachman, Tabitha Grace Mallory and Susan H. Whiting
Moderator: Danny Hoffman, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
This event is free and open to the public.At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Questions? Email jsisevents@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/Trump-in-World-2026. Campus room: Online. Accessibility Contact: jsisevents@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Monday, March 9, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM.
For more info visit bit.ly. Studio Jazz Ensemble, Modern Band
The Studio Jazz Ensemble performs big band arrangements and repertory selections. The Modern Band performs innovative arrangements of jazz standards, selections from the outer limits of the genre, and new original compositions.
$10 all tickets.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Gerlich Theater. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Monday, March 9, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Chamber Music Showcase
Students of John Popham present a chamber music showcase.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 2:00 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Liberation Book Club: Movie Night
This program is part of the Liberation Book Club at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. This year-long program series hopes to honor our commitment to social justice and to gather our community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops. Unlike your traditional book club all the reading and study happens together, so no need to prepare. Join us monthly as we approach the topic of liberation from a number of perspectives. We look forward to being in community with you.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Book Launch - Sasha Senderovich - In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union
Please join the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies in celebrating a new book edited and translated by SCJS faculty member Sasha Senderovich, In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union.
The short fiction collected in In the Shadow of the Holocaust, translated by Senderovich and Harriet Murav, recovers a range of compelling voices that had been scarcely known or translated, with particular emphasis on the work of women writers. Jewish authors from Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, and Belarus—some writing in Yiddish and others in Russian—tell stories of ordinary people living on after the massive devastation of the Holocaust on Soviet territory, depicting memory, conflict, love, and loss. Writers in this collection offer especially powerful perspectives on survival in the aftermath of genocide. These are not stories only about how people died, but about how they continued to live and make meaning.
Senderovich will be joined by Stroum Center faculty and iSchool professor Ben…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: Walker Ames Room, Kane 225. Accessibility Contact: jewishst@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Open to public. Registration required.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Modern Music Ensemble
The Modern Music Ensemble (Cristina Valdés, director) performs music from the mid-20th century and beyond, including world premieres of works by living composers.
Tickets: $10.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Kathryn Alvord Gerlich Theater. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. WISIR and PT Colloqium Present Dr. Cristina Beltrán
Dr. Cristina Beltrán
Associate Professor at New York University.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A. Accessibility Contact: yvenegas@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. Digital/Data Humanities Lecture: Tonia Sutherland, "Resurrecting the Black Body: Race and the Digital Afterlife"
In this talk, Resurrecting the Black Body, Sutherland examines the consequences of digitally raising the dead. Attending to the violent deaths of Black Americans–and the records that document them–from slavery through the present, Sutherland explores media evidence, digital acts of remembering, and the rights and desires of humans to be forgotten.
Tonia Sutherland is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Resurrecting the Black Body: Race and the Digital Afterlife (University of California Press, 2023). In addition to being the Founder and Director of PENDULUM and The Black Memory Collective. She also serves as Co-Director of the Community Archives Lab at UCLA and Co-Founder and Co-Director of AfterLab at the University of Washington Information School.
Event made possible by the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. This event is free and open to the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Henry Art Gallery (HAG). Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band: "Mystic Threads"
The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band (Erin Bodnar, director) presents Mystic Threads, featuring music by Victoriano Valencia, Jodie Blackshaw, Reena Esmail, Florent Schmitt, Luigi Zaninelli, and others. With guest composer Simon Alami.
Tickets: $10.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. UW Symphony with Rachel Lee Priday, violin
David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of music by Mieczyslaw Karlowicz and Sergei Prokofiev. Faculty violinist Rachel Lee Priday is featured soloist with the orchestra for Karlowicz's Violin Concerto in A major, op. 8.
Program
Mieczyslaw Karłowicz: Violin Concerto in A major, op.8
Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, op.100
Tickets: $10.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, March 13, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Friday, March 13, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Sunday, March 15, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. UW Communication Leadership Program Information Session
Open to Public | Online
Register via our Eventbrite page!
Thinking about graduate school in communication, content strategy, digital media, or marketing? Join us for an upcoming Communication Leadership Program Info Session from the University of Washington to explore how our degrees can help you reach your career goals.
Whether you’re just starting to explore your options or preparing your application, we’re here to support you. These sessions are designed to help you determine if one of our flexible, forward-thinking degrees is the right fit for you—and to set you up for success in the application process.
What you can expect:
✅ A comprehensive overview of our MA in Communication Leadership degrees
✅ Insight into our curriculum, learning experience, and career outcomes
✅ Tips on how to submit a strong application
✅ Q&A opportunities with members of our community
Timeline: December 3rd, 12 - 1 pm PST , January 21st, 5 - 6 pm PST , February 26th, 12 - 1 pm PST , March 18th, 12 - 1 pm PST, Zoom…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uw-communication-leadership-program-information-session-tickets-1976943920484. Accessibility Contact: commlead@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Distinguished Alumni Lecture with Professor Cynthia Berg, Ph.D., University of Utah
The event will conclude with a Q&A session followed by a reception.This lecture is made possible in part by a generous endowment from Professor Allen L. Edwards.
Faculty host: Sheri Mizumori
RSVP required-- link coming soon!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Campus room: 155. Accessibility Contact: chairpsy@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Faculty, students, staff.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.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/92985892517
Meeting ID: 929 8589 2517
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Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. MS in Technology Innovation Info Session
Attend a virtual information session to learn more about the full-time Master of Science in Technology Innovation. Join us to learn about the program, projects, and curriculum, as well as how to apply, application requirements, and best practices.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://engrwashington.event451.sites.451.io/event/1064635. Accessibility Contact: msti@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective Graduate Students.
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM.
For more info visit www.gix.uw.edu. Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Friday, March 20, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. Bunny
For most of Sorrel’s high school career, she was friendless and quietly weird. She didn’t even seem to fit in with the geeky kids. When she turned seventeen, and late puberty produced a supermodel physique, she became seen as a “hot dork”. Bunny spans twenty years of Sorrel’s life. Unencumbered by the burden of shame, she journeys through the complex social expectations surrounding female sexuality. MFA student, Ren, directs this intimate and thought-provoking play.
For tickets, go to artsevents.washington.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (PHT). Accessibility Contact: ticket@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances.
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit drama.washington.edu. UW Communication Leadership Program Student Ambassador Q&A Session
Public | Online
Register via our Eventbrite! Curious about what it’s really like to be a student in the UW Communication Leadership Master’s Program?
Join our Student Ambassador Q&A Session to hear directly from current students representing our diverse community. Ambassadors from each of our three tracks will share their personal experiences, including what it’s like to study at UW, balance mid-career goals, and navigate the program as an international student.
This is a casual, open space to ask your questions and get honest insights.
What you can expect: Firsthand perspectives on each of the three Comm Lead tracks. , Stories about student life, career transitions, and campus culture. , Experiences from international and mid-career students. , Plenty of time for Q&A with our ambassadors. Timeline: October 9th, 12-1 pm: Introduce Three Degree Tracks. , December 12th, 5-6 pm: International Student Experience. , February 10th, 12-1 pm: MCCN and MCCL. , March 25th, 5-6 pm: Mid-career Student Experience. …
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uw-communication-leadership-program-student-ambassador-qa-session-tickets-1976776373346. Accessibility Contact: commlead@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
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, April 1, 2026, 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/98341973783
Meeting ID: 983 4197 3783
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Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, April 2, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. “Making Better Decisions about Sustainability”
Thomas Dietz
Michigan State University
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy
Founding Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: Olsen Room (GWN 1A). Accessibility Contact: polisci@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Guest Artist Concert: Seattle Modern Orchestra, "Entangled Sounds"
Seattle’s contemporary music orchestra performs György Ligeti's piano concerto, featuring faculty pianist and SMO member Cristina Valdés, alongside new works for sinfonietta by graduate student composers and faculty members, including Seattle newcomer and recently appointed UW composition professor William Dougherty. SMO is joined onstage by select graduate-student members of the UW Modern Music Ensemble in this large-ensemble format.
Tickets: $20 general; $15 UW affiliate; $10 students/seniors).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). 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: Performances. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UWMusic.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Guest Pianist Master Class: Spencer Myer
Spencer Myer, associate professor of music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, leads a master class with UW piano students.
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Monday, April 13, 2026, 4:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Faculty Concert: Carrie Shaw with Wind Up Vocal Project
Faculty soprano Carrie Shaw’s new Seattle-based group Wind Up Vocal Project performs musical puzzles of the past and present, including Ming Tsao’s “DAS WASSERGEWORDENE KANONBUCH.”
Tickets: $20 general; $15 UW affiliate; $10 students/seniors).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). 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: Performances. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UWMusic.
Monday, April 13, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Guest Pianist Recital: Spencer Myer
The School of Music keyboard program presents a solo piano recital by Spencer Myer, associate professor of music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, performing works by Haydn, Ravel, Liszt, and Carl Vine.
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PROGRAM, Fantasia in C Major, Hob. XVII: 4: Franz Josef Haydn, Miroirs (1904-05): Maurice Ravel
Noctuelles
Oiseaux tristes
Une barque sur l’océan
Alborada del gracioso
La vallée des cloches
Intermission
Tre Sonetti del Petrarca: Franz Liszt
Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1990): Carl Vine
FREE admission.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Monday, April 13, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Liberation Book Club: Community, Collaboration, and Conflict
Our question to consider: We are all in this together, so, how do we actually do this work together?
This program is part of the Liberation Book Club at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. This year-long program series hopes to honor our commitment to social justice and to gather our community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops. Unlike your traditional book club all the reading and study happens together, so no need to prepare. Join us monthly as we approach the topic of liberation from a number of perspectives. We look forward to being in community with you.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Literary Translator Colloquium: Tiffany Tsao, "The Art of Reviewing Translations"
RSVP Required: https://simpsoncenter.org/form/tsao-colloquium
The past several years have seen an increase in the literary world’s appetite and appreciation for translated works. But what progress has been made when it comes to reviewing translations as translations? Speaking from both her current position as Deputy Editor at the Sydney Review of Books and as a literary translator who follows with great interest how translations are reviewed, Tiffany Tsao will discuss various patterns (and pitfalls) that reviewers of translated works tend to fall into, and share some ideas for how a reviewer might better engage with a translator’s labor and the “translatedness” of a text. Tiffany Tsao’s translations of Indonesian literature have received the PEN Translation Prize, the Republic of Consciousness Prize, and a longlisting for the International Booker Prize. She is also the author of The Majesties (2018) and But Won’t I Miss Me (2026), and Deputy Editor at the Sydney Review of Books.
*author photo by Joy Mei…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 202. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, humanities@uw.edu, 206.543.3920. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit simpsoncenter.org. 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/92985892517
Meeting ID: 929 8589 2517
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Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Guest Artist Concert: Harmonia with UW Piano Students
Seattle orchestra Harmonia (William White, conductor) performs concerto excerpts with UW piano students.
This performance is made possible with support from the Willard Schultz Piano Fund in the School of Music.
Tickets: $20 general; $15 UW Affiliate (employee, retiree, UWAA member); $10 students and seniors.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Theater. 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: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, April 17, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST)
The School of Music and the student-run Improvised Music Project present IMPFest, featuring UW Jazz Studies students and faculty Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, and Steve Rodby performing with guest artists of international renown.
IMPFEST is made possible through generous support from Seattle's Raynier Foundation.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Studio Theater. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or e-mail at dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Friday, April 24, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST)
The School of Music and the student-run Improvised Music Project present IMPFest, featuring UW Jazz Studies students and faculty Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, and Steve Rodby performing with guest artists of international renown.
IMPFEST is made possible through generous support from Seattle's Raynier Foundation.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Meany Hall (MNY). Campus room: Meany Studio Theater. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or e-mail at dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Performances. Facebook: http://facebook.com/UWMusic.
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 7:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. 2026 BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Art Building (ART). Campus room: Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Accessibility Contact: jacoblawrencegallery@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 – Friday, June 5, 2026.