The Future that Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism, Featuring Durba Mitra
Feminist historian Durba Mitra (Harvard University) offers in The Future That Was A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton, 2026) a pathbreaking account of how women in the 1970s, from former colonies in South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond, wrote Third World feminism into being, catalyzing a momentous expansion of knowledge about women, gender, and sexuality that transformed emancipatory politics across the globe. Women gathered at international conferences, wrote reports on the dangers facing women, and took to the streets in protest, building a world of knowledge that contested the devastating effects of patriarchy and colonialism. Yet, despite hundreds of laws, institutions, and publications created through the efforts of these women, the future they imagined was never fully realized. The Future That Was transforms the story of decolonization and its aftermath through the history and ideas of women. By excavating these vital pasts, Mitra shows how we might envision a…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: gwss@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Geography Career Support Workshops
Join recent graduates and students nearing graduation for a series of career support workshops this spring! If you are seeking support for your job applications, we are here for you. This is an informal, drop-in space for mutual support and we'll guide our conversations based on your needs!
Career Support on the following Tuesdays: April 23 , May 7 , May 21 , June 4.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Memorial 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: Spring. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, May 25, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Indigenous Studies Research Symposium
Join us at the Annual Spring Indigenous Studies Research Symposium. Hear from graduate and undergraduate students and Indigenous Knowledge Families as they present their original research in the field of Indigenous Studies.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Campus room: Gathering Hall. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Special Events. Conferences.
Friday, May 29, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Geography Colloquium: Jessi Quizar, University of Washington Tacoma
Settler Colonialism, Anti-Blackness, and Policing for Land Transfer in Detroit
This talk focuses on the example of a gentrifying Detroit to examine ways that policing has long been used as a tool towards white-settler occupation of land. The talk will consider two Detroit police programs—the Greenlight Surveillance Program and Operation Restore Order—that emerged in the context of massive transfer of land in the city from Black to white hands from 2010-2025. It examines these as rooted in both anti-Black legacies of militarized policing and settler legacies of militarized policing, which have been wielded to displace, remove, and make places hostile for ‘undesirable’ people, to then prepare those places for resettlement.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 304. Accessibility Contact: Erin McElroy, erinmcel@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students. Faculty. Staff. Alumni.
Friday, May 29, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Geography Career Support Workshops
Join recent graduates and students nearing graduation for a series of career support workshops this spring! If you are seeking support for your job applications, we are here for you. This is an informal, drop-in space for mutual support and we'll guide our conversations based on your needs!
Career Support on the following Tuesdays: April 23 , May 7 , May 21 , June 4.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 409. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students.
Thursday, June 4, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium
Each year, the Department of Geography features outstanding undergraduate research projects in the Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium. We look forward to welcoming our student participants as well as audience members from our department community!
Student Participants May Register Here!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 404. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Student Activities.
Friday, June 5, 2026, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit geography.washington.edu. Juneteenth
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Summer. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, June 19, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Independence Day (Observed)
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Summer. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, July 3, 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 as well as the geography data science option. Open to current UW students, newly admitted students, and prospective students!
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, July 9, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:00 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 as well as the geography data science option. Open to current UW students, newly admitted students, and prospective students!
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, July 16, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us.