An Afternoon with Senegalese Rap Artist Xuman!
Please join us for an afternoon with Senegalese Rap Artist and Activist Xuman in CMU 120 on Friday April 26 at 3:30pm.
Xuman, part of the duo that created the Journal Télévisé Rappé a wildly popular rapped news program in both French and Wolof, will talk about his work as an artist, political commentator, and climate activist in Senegal and the social-ecological solidarities that a visit like his to UW can create across racial, social, and geographical lines.
Check out Xuman's work here.
Co-sponsored by French and Italian Studies, The Simpson Center for the Humanities, African Studies, The Jackson School, Comparative History of Ideas, the Arts Division, the CAS EJI Co-Sponsorship Fund, the Alliance Française, and the Xel Xeeli Academy.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: CMU 120. Accessibility Contact: Maya Smith, mayass@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Friday, April 26, 2024, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
French & Italian Studies General Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: PDL C-242. Accessibility Contact: Sariah Burdett. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty of FIS.
Friday, May 3, 2024, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Under the Weight of Feathers
A dance performance by Compagnie Pyramid, a France-based dance and hip-hop group.
The Alliance Française de Seattle is delighted to host the US tour of Compagnie Pyramid’s dance and theater show Under the Weight of Feathers (Sous le poids des plumes), a lively piece of poetry, storytelling and burlesque play. Throughout their choreography and playful acting, four dancers embark on a poetic journey and offer us glimpses of everyday life, tender, humorous, and a bit mischievous.
This will be the only performance in Seattle. Also part of the US tour are Théatre Raymond Kabbaz in Los Angeles and FIAF in New York!
Open to all audiences • Ages 6+ • 1 hour
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024
6:30pm Doors Open
7pm Performance
8pm Q&A
Ethnic Cultural Theater, University of Washington
3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC1). Campus room: UW Ethnic Cultural Theatre. Accessibility Contact: Alliance Francaise of Seattle. Event Types: Performances. Special Events.
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
For more info visit www.afseattle.org. Yannick Wey, “Alpine Vibes” – Callings and Echoes of the Alps A Performance-Lecture on Swiss Alphorn Music
A simple musical instrument of the Alpine shepherds, the alphorn became a source of fascination for travelers in the 19th century. As a result, it became a symbol of musical tradition in Switzerland. Thanks to its soothing sound and the unique visual appearance of the instrument, alphorn music is enjoying growing popularity, interestingly also in the Seattle region. We demonstrate historical and new alphorn music and get to the bottom of questions such as: What music can be played on a wind instrument that has no valves, finger holes or keys? What function does the alphorn have in the rituals, customs and traditions of the Alpine region? How is its musical history connected to the natural environment of the Alpine region and to the purely vocal call of the Swiss yodel? The themes will be richly illustrated with live music from four centuries.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: CMU 120. Accessibility Contact: uwgerman@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Performances. Special Events.
Friday, May 17, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
TALK | The Politics of Social In/Exclusion in Europe with Markus Thiel
Markus Thiel is a professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University, Miami and director of FIU’s Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. Dr. Thiel’s research interests are the political sociology of the EU and European (Union) Politics more generally, as well as Human Rights and Identity Politics. He graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Miami in 2005 and has published several EU-related articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of European Integration, the Journal of Common Market Studies and others. In addition, his research on the political sociology of the EU produced the monographs ‘The Limits of Transnationalism’ (Palgrave, 2011) and ‘EU Civil Society and Human Rights Advocacy’ (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017), as well as 5 co-edited volumes on: ‘Diversity and the European Union’ (with Lisa Pruegl, Palgrave, 2009), ‘Identity Politics in the Age of Globalization (with Roger Coate, Lynne Rienner/First Forum Pr…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: 261. Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, May 20, 2024, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
TALK | Rethinking Equality in the Realm of Neoliberalism: Parity and Diversity "French Style” with Réjane Sénac
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: 261. Accessibility Contact: cweseuc@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
French & Italian Studies General Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: PDL C-242. Accessibility Contact: Sariah Burdett. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Faculty of FIS.
Friday, May 31, 2024, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.