Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign Spaces
Since the mid-20th century, health activism has become increasingly central to expressions of Indigenous sovereignty and survivance. In this innovative comparative study, Maria John assesses urban Indigenous health activism in the United States and Australia and how it has sought to counter the medical mistreatment and neglect that Indigenous people have historically faced in these nations. John illustrates how Indigenous community-controlled health clinics have also created a new kind of political space where Indigenous people from different tribal nations and geographies can develop and practice new ideas of nonterritorial sovereignty and pan-Indigenous solidarities across regions and nations.
Maria John is an associate professor of history and the director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies program at UMass Boston. She received her PhD in history from Columbia University and was an Indigenous Studies Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the American Studies Department at Wesleyan University. Her resea…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Petersen Room. Accessibility Contact: cspn@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, November 3, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Katz Distinguished Lecture: Michael Rothberg, "Comparison Controversies: Historical Analogy and the Politics of Holocaust Memory"
Comparison Controversies: Historical Analogy and the Politics of Holocaust Memory, Why do we turn to the past in order to confront the crises of the present? Michael Rothberg approaches this question from the perspective of “comparison controversies,” which occur when impassioned public debates emerge from provocative historical comparisons. Since October 7, 2023, political speeches, protests, magazine articles, and social media posts have generated controversy by connecting recent events in Israel and Gaza to the Holocaust. In this talk, Rothberg will consider post-October 7 examples in relation to a larger context of comparison controversies and a longer trajectory of Holocaust memory to reflect more generally on the possibilities and pitfalls of historical analogy. Michael Rothberg (1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies and Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles) researches the social and cultural implications of political violence and its…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 210. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, humanities@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Katz Colloquium: Michael Rothberg, "Restitution, Repair, and Implication: Afterlives of Colonialism and the Holocaust in the Humboldt Forum"
Registration requested: bit.ly/michael-rothberg
What does it mean for individuals and institutions to be ‘implicated’ in past violence? This is an urgent question across nations and continents, but it has a particular force in Germany. In recent years, the German public sphere has been agitated by debates that concern the relationship between the Holocaust and colonialism, antisemitism and racism, and Holocaust memory and violence in Israel/Palestine. These debates have intersected with a longer-standing dispute about colonial legacies that has centered on the reconstruction of Berlin’s imperial palace and the creation of the Humboldt Forum. The Humboldt Forum debate involves the afterlives of colonial structures, stolen artifacts, and human remains. In this lecture, Michael Rothberg will address the stakes of these different debates. Much of the controversy about the relationship between the Holocaust and colonialism concerns the past, but Rothberg’s approach also foregrounds what it means to live in the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 120. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
"Ten Thousand Things" at the Wing Luke Museum
Registration required: bit.ly/ShinYuPai
Join curator Shin Yu Pai at the Wing Luke Museum’s Ten Thousand Things exhibit. The exhibit is an exploration of the objects that shape identities, histories, and cultural narratives. Inspired by her experience cataloging artifacts at the Wing Luke Museum as a Museology graduate student, Pai has long been fascinated by the way objects function as vessels of memory, meaning, and storytelling. This exhibition expands upon Pai’s acclaimed public radio podcast Ten Thousand Things. Through four seasons of storytelling, Pai has explored the intimate connections people have with everyday and extraordinary items—objects that hold deep personal significance, evoke generational ties, or serve as cultural touchstones.
Shin Yu Pai is an award-winning writer, photographer, podcast host and editor based in the Pacific Northwest. She is author of numerous collections of poetry, including No Neutral (Empty Bowl Press, 2023), and was Seattle’s 2023-2024 Civic Poet. Her literary papers…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Wing Luke Museum, 719 S. King Street.
Geography Virtual Drop-In Advising
Do you have a quick question about your classes, registration, academic concerns or anything else that’s on your mind? You are very welcome to join us for virtual Drop-In Advising on Zoom! Please visit this Zoom link to access Drop-In Advising. One you log into the Zoom session, there will be a link to a Google Form you must complete to sign-in. If this time doesn’t work for you, you can request an advising appointment or email us at geogadv@uw.edu!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online on Zoom. Accessibility Contact: For access needs accommodation, please contact Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Geography Colloquium: Desiree Fields, University of California Berkeley
Captive futures: Retail investors and financial subjectivities under platform logic
Fields examines how financial subjectivities develop through investment platforms and the construction of online financial communities. This presentation advances the concept of platform financial subjectivity and argues the interaction of Fundrise and Reddit co-creates financial subjectivity: this "digital-financial terrain" (Chua, 2024) is where individuals allocate capital and enact their investment decisions (Fundrise) and engage in sharing information and debating and questioning investment decisions (Reddit).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 305. Accessibility Contact: Ellie Cleasby, cleasbye@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students. Alumni. Faculty. Staff.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Veterans Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Geography Virtual Drop-In Advising
Do you have a quick question about your classes, registration, academic concerns or anything else that’s on your mind? You are very welcome to join us for virtual Drop-In Advising on Zoom! Please visit this Zoom link to access Drop-In Advising. One you log into the Zoom session, there will be a link to a Google Form you must complete to sign-in. If this time doesn’t work for you, you can request an advising appointment or email us at geogadv@uw.edu!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online on Zoom. Accessibility Contact: For access needs accommodation, please contact Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students.
Friday, November 14, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Digital & Data Humanities Meet & Greet
RSVP Encouraged: bit.ly/dhmg
The Simpson Center invites current UW faculty, students, and staff working in the digital and data humanities, broadly defined, to a fall meet-and-greet to make connections and learn about upcoming events, workshops, and ongoing projects. RSVP encouraged. Refreshments provided. Featured Projects & Resources, Black Digital Studies in the Age of Techno-Fascism, Cultural Analytics Praxis, Digital Humanities Reading & Research Cluster, Graduate Certificate in Textual and Digital Studies, Humanities Data Lab , Minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, Society + Technology at UW, Free and open to UW faculty, students, and staff; RSVP encouraged. Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by November 4, 2025 to the Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu.
Generously made possible by the Digital Humanities Commons Endowed Fund.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 204 (enter through CMU 206). Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW Faculty, Students, & Staff.
Friday, November 14, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Panel: Pathways to Faculty Positions in Two-Year Colleges
This panel will feature the voices of two-year college faculty from the Seattle District Colleges who will describe their paths to these teaching-intensive institutions and offer advice to graduate students who are considering community college careers. Panelists will discuss effective approaches to the job search and application materials, the classroom experience, service expectations, and the unique rewards of working in this critically important part of the higher education sector. Panelist remarks will be followed by Q&A with the audience.
Panelists
Deepa Bhandaru, PhD (Humanities, North Seattle College)
Cristóbal A. Borges, PhD (History, North Seattle College)
Steph Hankinson, PhD (Humanities, Drama, & English, South Seattle College)
Free and open to graduate students. Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by November 9 to the Simpson Center: 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu.
Generously made possible by the Walter Chapin Simpson Center Endowment for the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Allen Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Smith Hall Watch Party: Geographers in Practice
Join us in Smith Hall to watch the online Geographers in Practice panel discussion! Meet up with students, faculty and staff in the Department of Geography for pizza & snacks - and get ready to submit your questions to our alum panelists during the audience Q&A!
Find more information about Geographers in Practice and sign up now to request your pizza preferences!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 411. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Screenings. Special Events. Student Activities. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Geographers in Practice
Join the Department of Geography community for our annual event featuring three alumni sharing their experiences as geographers in practice! From inspiration to impact, these stories highlight their ongoing professional activities, public service and activism.
This event is virtual via Zoom and registration is required. Register Now!
Geographers in Practice Panel Discussion Archive.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students. Alumni. Faculty. Staff.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Online via Zoom.
Geography Virtual Drop-In Advising
Do you have a quick question about your classes, registration, academic concerns or anything else that’s on your mind? You are very welcome to join us for virtual Drop-In Advising on Zoom! Please visit this Zoom link to access Drop-In Advising. One you log into the Zoom session, there will be a link to a Google Form you must complete to sign-in. If this time doesn’t work for you, you can request an advising appointment or email us at geogadv@uw.edu!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online on Zoom. Accessibility Contact: For access needs accommodation, please contact Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series
The Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington hosts an annual literary and storytelling series. Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft at the beautiful wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House on the UW Seattle campus. Storytelling offers a spiritual connection, a sharing of sacred breath. Literature, similarly, preserves human experience and ideals. Both forms are durable and transmit power that teaches us how to live. Both storytelling and reading aloud can impact audiences through the power of presence, allowing for the experience of the transfer of sacred breath as audiences are immersed in the experience of being inside stories and works of literature.
As the days grow shorter, we gather in for a gathering with friends, family, and community to appreciate some long-form storytelling.
3:00pm Weaving Workshop
4:00pm Storytelling Session 1 with Roger Fernandes and youth storytellers
5:00pm Dinner served
6:00pm Storytelling Session 2 with a special…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Campus room: Gathering Hall. Accessibility Contact: jedge18@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Special Events.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit ais.washington.edu. Thanksgiving Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 27, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Native American Heritage Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, November 28, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Geography Virtual Drop-In Advising
Do you have a quick question about your classes, registration, academic concerns or anything else that’s on your mind? You are very welcome to join us for virtual Drop-In Advising on Zoom! Please visit this Zoom link to access Drop-In Advising. One you log into the Zoom session, there will be a link to a Google Form you must complete to sign-in. If this time doesn’t work for you, you can request an advising appointment or email us at geogadv@uw.edu!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online on Zoom. Accessibility Contact: For access needs accommodation, please contact Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students.
Friday, November 28, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Geography Virtual Drop-In Advising
Do you have a quick question about your classes, registration, academic concerns or anything else that’s on your mind? You are very welcome to join us for virtual Drop-In Advising on Zoom! Please visit this Zoom link to access Drop-In Advising. One you log into the Zoom session, there will be a link to a Google Form you must complete to sign-in. If this time doesn’t work for you, you can request an advising appointment or email us at geogadv@uw.edu!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online on Zoom. Accessibility Contact: For access needs accommodation, please contact Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students.
Friday, December 5, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Geography Virtual Drop-In Advising
Do you have a quick question about your classes, registration, academic concerns or anything else that’s on your mind? You are very welcome to join us for virtual Drop-In Advising on Zoom! Please visit this Zoom link to access Drop-In Advising. One you log into the Zoom session, there will be a link to a Google Form you must complete to sign-in. If this time doesn’t work for you, you can request an advising appointment or email us at geogadv@uw.edu!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online on Zoom. Accessibility Contact: For access needs accommodation, please contact Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students.
Friday, December 12, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Geography Virtual Drop-In Advising
Do you have a quick question about your classes, registration, academic concerns or anything else that’s on your mind? You are very welcome to join us for virtual Drop-In Advising on Zoom! Please visit this Zoom link to access Drop-In Advising. One you log into the Zoom session, there will be a link to a Google Form you must complete to sign-in. If this time doesn’t work for you, you can request an advising appointment or email us at geogadv@uw.edu!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online on Zoom. Accessibility Contact: For access needs accommodation, please contact Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students.
Friday, December 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Christmas 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.
Thursday, December 25, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. New Year's 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.
Thursday, January 1, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Martin Luther King Jr. 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, January 19, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Geography Major Information Session
Join us virtually via Zoom to learn about opportunities and resources in the Department of Geography and how to declare the major! This information session will discuss the general geography major and the geography data science option.
Register for this session!
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students.
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Geography Major Information Session
Join us virtually via Zoom to learn about opportunities and resources in the Department of Geography and how to declare the major! This information session will discuss the general geography major and the geography data science option.
Register for this session!
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students.
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us.