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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. Digital Scholarship Project Help Office Hours
Open Scholarship
Learn about getting started with digital projects at UW. We offer consultations for research and course related projects. Examples include support for digital publishing, building digital exhibits, and more! We can help you find the right tools, resources and instruction whether you’re just getting started or are working on an on-going project. Come ask us about the Libraries digital scholarship infrastructure tools (Manifold, Omeka, etc.). This service is available only to current UW faculty, students, and staff.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Group Work Space B. Accessibility Contact: oscstaff@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: UW students, faculty, staff, post-docs.
Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
EXHIBIT: Sentinels of the Sea: Pacific Northwest Lighthouses
Special Collections
Washington State's lighthouses, from the historic Cape Disappointment (first lit in 1856) to the iconic Point No Point and Mukilteo, are vital historical markers guiding ships through rugged coasts, foggy channels like the Puget Sound entrance, and treacherous river mouths. Several lighthouses have been automated and are still active today. Stories of these beacons of light can be found throughout Special Collections. Stop by and check out Sentinels of the Sea, featuring selections from Special Collections offering a glimpse into the Pacific Northwest's rich maritime history.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Allen Library North Mezzazine. Accessibility Contact: Lisa Oberg. Event Types: Exhibits.
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 – Monday, March 2, 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, January 7, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. EXHIBIT TALK: Out of Scope: Textiles in Special Collections
Special Collections
Explore unexpected artifacts that have made their way into Special Collections! Out of Scope highlights unique and intriguing items found in Special Collections.
Join us for an exhibit talk with Libraries Conservation Textile Specialist Kate Clive-Powell as she discusses the conservation concerns behind some of the textile objects on display and shares some additional textile items not included in the exhibit.
All are welcome! Please, no food or drink in Special Collections.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Special Collections Reading Room. Accessibility Contact: Lisa Oberg. Event Types: Exhibits.
Thursday, January 8, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
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. Tateuchi East Asia Library New Year Celebration: A Showcase of East Asian & Global Cultures
Tateuchi East Asia Library
You’re Invited to Celebrate the New Year at the Tateuchi East Asia Library!
Join us for a festive New Year celebration featuring East Asian cultural performances along with presentations from other international traditions. Enjoy light refreshments as we ring in the new year and honor the rich cultural heritage of East Asia.
Program details will be announced soon. We look forward to celebrating with you!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: Tateuchi East Asia Library (Gowen 3rd). Accessibility Contact: hkyi@uw.edu. Event Types: Performances. Special Events. Student Activities.
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Digital Scholarship Project Help Office Hours
Open Scholarship
Learn about getting started with digital projects at UW. We offer consultations for research and course related projects. Examples include support for digital publishing, building digital exhibits, and more! We can help you find the right tools, resources and instruction whether you’re just getting started or are working on an on-going project. Come ask us about the Libraries digital scholarship infrastructure tools (Manifold, Omeka, etc.). This service is available only to current UW faculty, students, and staff.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Group Work Space B. Accessibility Contact: oscstaff@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: UW students, faculty, staff, post-docs.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 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, February 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. Katz Distinguished Lecture: Emily M. Bender, "Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities"
Open Scholarship
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.
TEAL Digital Scholarship Series 2025-26: Detecting Shifts in Linguistic Register in Late Imperial Chinese Fiction
Tateuchi East Asia Library
The Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL) is proud to present the 2025-2026 TEAL Digital Scholarship Series, a dynamic program showcasing cutting-edge research by scholars in the fields of Chinese, Japanese and Korean studies. This series highlights how innovative digital tools and methodologies are transforming East Asian scholarship, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, and broadening the impact of research within and beyond academia.
Detecting shifts in linguistic register in late imperial Chinese fiction: Fine-tuning language models to detect fictionalized memorials to the emperor
Paul Vierthaler, Assistant Professor at the Princeton University
Abstract: It is common in late imperial Chinese literature for novels to appropriate the voice of officialdom for a variety of purposes, often as a means of bolstering historical credibility. While this appropriation can manifest in a variety of ways, it often comes in the form of verbatim quotations from memorials that officials wrote to the emperor. Some such…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: Tateuchi East Asia Library (Gowen 3rd) Seminar Room. Accessibility Contact: hkyi@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Workshops.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
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. EXHIBIT TALK: Out of Scope: PNW Artifacts in Special Collections
Special Collections
Explore unexpected artifacts that have made their way into Special Collections! Out of Scope highlights unique and intriguing items found in Special Collections.
Join us for an exhibit talk with Curator of the Pacific Northwest Collection, Anne Jenner, as she discusses some of the objects on display and shares additional items not included in the exhibit.
All are welcome! Please, no food or drink in Special Collections.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Special Collections Reading Room. Accessibility Contact: Lisa Oberg. Event Types: Exhibits.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Digital Scholarship Project Help Office Hours
Open Scholarship
Learn about getting started with digital projects at UW. We offer consultations for research and course related projects. Examples include support for digital publishing, building digital exhibits, and more! We can help you find the right tools, resources and instruction whether you’re just getting started or are working on an on-going project. Come ask us about the Libraries digital scholarship infrastructure tools (Manifold, Omeka, etc.). This service is available only to current UW faculty, students, and staff.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Group Work Space B. Accessibility Contact: oscstaff@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: UW students, faculty, staff, post-docs.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 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, March 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit music.washington.edu. EXHIBIT TALK: Out of Scope: UW Artifacts in Special Collections
Special Collections
Explore unexpected artifacts that have made their way into Special Collections! Out of Scope highlights unique and intriguing items found in Special Collections.
Join us for an exhibit talk with University Archivist John Bolcer, as he discusses some of the objects on display related to the University of Washington's history and the student experience, and shares additional items not included in the exhibit.
All are welcome! Please, no food or drink in Special Collections.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Special Collections Reading Room. Accessibility Contact: Lisa Oberg. Event Types: Exhibits.
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.