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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.  We will feature performances by UW student groups as well as community members, including: UW Taiko Kai , UW HCCA Chinese Bamboo Flute , 杵藤会 (Kotōkai) Nihon Buyo (Japanese Traditional Dance) , Taiwanese Indigenous Culture , Mariachi Quinto Sol en UW , Jin Korean Dance Company's Taepyeongmu (Korean Traditional Court Dance), And many more...   Traditional clothing/elements are welcome in the library as always. 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. Event sponsors: Tateuchi East Asia Library. Thursday, January 29, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Computing With Classics 2: Computer Science & History

Open Scholarship Computing With Classics is a returning five-workshop series exploring how computing has affected classical scholarship. In the second workshop, we will learn about the intertwined history of computer science and digital classics. No prior experience expected or required! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: students, faculty, staff. Friday, January 30, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 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. Event sponsors: UW Libraries Open Scholarship Commons & Learning Technologies. Target Audience: UW students, faculty, staff, post-docs. Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

Celebrating Sandra Kroupa

Special Collections Join colleagues and friends of the Book Arts and Rare Books Curator Sandra Kroupa as we celebrate her 57 years of service to the UW Libraries and her remarkable career. Brief remarks will begin at 2:15 p.m: Simon Neame, Dean of University Libraries , Geoff Turnovsky, Professor, French and Italian Studies , Mare Blocker, Seattle Book Artist, letterpress printer, and educator , Kathryn Leonard, Conservation Manager and long-time Books Arts collaborator, All are welcome. Light appetizers and sweet treats will be served. To assist with planning, please register by January 27, 2026. For anyone wishing to make a gift in honor of Sandra, please consider supporting the Library Book Arts Gift Fund. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: Walker-Ames Room. Accessibility Contact: Lisa Oberg. Event Types: Special Events. Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 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. Event sponsors: UW School of Music and UW Libraries. 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. Event sponsors: Tateuchi East Asia Library. Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon

Open Scholarship Douglass Day is an annual transcribe-a-thon program that marks the birth of Frederick Douglass. Each year, sites across the country gather thousands of people to help create new & freely available resources for learning about Black history. A transcribe-a-thon is an event in which a group of people work together to transcribe a collection of digitized historical materials. The primary goal of a transcribe-a-thon is to make the materials more easily accessible, but these events also serve to promote awareness of parts of Black history – and especially Black women’s history – that remain too-little-known.  Douglass Day invites people from all backgrounds to join in this effort to make these histories more widely accessible and searchable.  No previous experience with transcription is required to join us. During this event, we will stream national Douglass Day celebrations including speakers, songs, and more. The experience of taking part in a transcribe-a-thon can transform us from consumers of history into kn… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Event sponsors: This event is co-sponsored by the UW Libraries and the Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums, and Archives (CALMA). Target Audience: students, faculty, researcher, community. Friday, February 13, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Computing With Classics 3: Languages

Open Scholarship Computing With Classics is a returning five-workshop series exploring how computing has affected classical scholarship. In the third workshop, we will investigate design values and philosophy behind programming languages, and the similarities and differences between programming and ancient language instruction. No prior experience expected or required! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: students, faculty, staff. Friday, February 13, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 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.

Pressbooks Accessibility Office Hours

Drop in at any time during our office hours to get help checking and resolving accessibility issues on your UW Libraries Pressbooks project. The UW Libraries provides access to the Accessibility Authoring Tool. Get help with this tool and ask questions about accessibility in your Pressbook! Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/zEMRH-FSQAyG_bYMkJmMIQ. Accessibility Contact: Lauren Ray, olray@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Event sponsors: UW Libraries https://lib.uw.edu/ Lauren Ray, olray@uw.edu. Target Audience: UW Libraries Pressbooks Authors and Administrators. Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

ORCID 101: The ORCID iD and Record (Online)

Open Scholarship Are you applying for a grant? Submitting a manuscript for publication? Want to make your professional activities and contributions visible? With research organizations increasingly requiring and using ORCID, knowing how to get and use your free ORCID iD and ORCID record will help you save time and get recognition for your work and contributions. Register to Attend, In this webinar, we will cover: - What is ORCID and the Benefits of ORCID for Users, - How to populate your ORCID record, - How to keep your ORCID record up-to-date, No prior experience with ORCID necessary. The session recording will be sent to all who register. See you there! Please note that this workshop is provided and led by the ORCID community. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: UW faculty, staff, students. Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

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.

Computing With Classics 4: Humanistic Computing

Open Scholarship Computing With Classics is a returning five-workshop series exploring how computing has affected classical scholarship. In the fourth workshop, we will discuss the role of humanities in computing, digital sustainability, and responsible computing. No prior experience expected or required! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: students, faculty, staff. Friday, February 27, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 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. Event sponsors: UW Libraries Open Scholarship Commons & Learning Technologies. 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. Event sponsors: UW School of Music and UW Libraries. Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit music.washington.edu.

Scholars’ Studio: Virtual Edition

Research Commons Are you a grad student who wants to perfect your presentation skills for a general audience?    Submit a proposal to give a 5-min. low stakes and fun lightning talk about your capstone, research, or pedagogy! Scholars’ Studio is an opportunity to practice communicating your work in front of a supportive general audience — without using a lot of technical or academic jargon. The winter online event is on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 3 – 4 p.m. Send questions to mundtm@uw.edu.     Learn more & submit a proposal   Proposals due: 01.29.26 by 5 p.m. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mundtm@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Student Activities. Event sponsors: UW Libraries UW Graduate School. Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.

Computing With Classics 5: DICES Case Study

Open Scholarship Computing With Classics is a returning five-workshop series exploring how computing has affected classical scholarship. In the fifth and final workshop, we will engage in a hands-on activity involving programming and working with the Digital Initiative for Classics: Epic Speeches (DICES) database. No prior experience expected or required! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Suzzallo Library (SUZ). Campus room: Open Scholarship Commons, Presentation Space. Accessibility Contact: osctech@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: students, faculty, staff. Friday, March 13, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

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.

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. Event sponsors: UW School of Music and UW Libraries. Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit music.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. Event sponsors: UW Libraries Open Scholarship Commons & Learning Technologies. Target Audience: UW students, faculty, staff, post-docs. Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

EXHIBIT TALK: Out of Scope: Analog Recordings 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 Moving Image and Sound Recording Archivist, who will discuss some of the analog sound recordings in Special Collections and the special efforts required to make them accessible into the future.  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, April 14, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.