First Monday STSS Reading Group [Online]
First Monday STSS is a monthly, participant-led, interdisciplinary reading group for the STSS community. Email organizer at mmjones@uw.edu to be added to the group.
Learn more: https://depts.washington.edu/stsst/first-monday/.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Workshops.
Monday, November 3, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:25 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.
Race, Disability & Technology Initiative: Annual convening
Spark new ideas | Collaborate | Discuss future work
We invite researchers and community partners to our annual convening of the Race, Disability, and Technology Initiative. Current and past grantees will discuss their research and community partnerships, and together we’ll brainstorm possible new topics and avenues of research. There will also be a short overview of RDT grant opportunities.
Register by October 28 so we have enough food for all.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2). Campus room: 371. Accessibility Contact: create-contact@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Information Sessions. Meetings. Special Events. Target Audience: UW faculty, students, staff investigating the intersection of race, disability, and technology.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit create.uw.edu. Signals & Society - Discussion Series with Jevin Hudson
Ballard Old Stove Brewery | 1550 NW 49th St, Seattle, WA 98107
Join us for an evening of lively discussion on technology, policy, and ethics! Mingle with privacy professors, academics, and the intellectually curious as we delve into the social and societal impacts of augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and quantum.
Come for the discussion - stay to mingle, connect, and unwind!
Signals & Society is traveling venue that explores how technology shapes and is shaped by society. Through informal gatherings, expert insights, and public dialogue, we unpack the ethical, political, and cultural dimensions of emerging tech.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: rcalo@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Special Events. Target Audience: Anyone interested in conversations on technology, policy, and ethics in relation to online dating.
Monday, November 10, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
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.
STSS Encounters | Fall 2025 Research Mixer
The interdisciplinary STSS community at UW is both unfunded and robust. This fall meeting brings together faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and staff who are curious about and committed to the critical, cultural, historical, and philosophical study of science and technology. The convening is designed to foreground encounters: it will be a space to share what we’re encountering from our various vantage points across UW, with reports from 4S, the First Monday STSS reading group, the certificate, and the undergraduate major. We’ll introduce new students and end with a game to spark discussion of emerging research.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 202. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Workshops. Target Audience: STSS faculty, staff, and students from UW Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
First Monday STSS Reading Group [Online]
First Monday STSS is a monthly, participant-led, interdisciplinary reading group for the STSS community. Email organizer at mmjones@uw.edu to be added to the group.
Learn more: https://depts.washington.edu/stsst/first-monday/.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Workshops.
Monday, December 1, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:25 PM.
Salon | At the Bioethics Table with Implantable Technologies
Join us at the Bioethics Table for a conversation on implantable technologies. Hosted at the Department of Bioethics & Humanities, this Society + Technology at UW salon brings together scholars and students from philosophy, law, science and technology studies, neuroscience, and clinical practice to discuss the stakes, opportunities, and challenges posed by technologies implanted in the body.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center A (HSA). Campus room: A-204. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Improving Accessibility in Computing Courses: Open office hours
Drop-in (online via Zoom) office hours for computing instructors to talk through, co-design, or evaluate efforts to make computing course resources more accessible. Potential topics include broad overviews on digital accessibility, discuss auditing and remediation strategies for specific types of content (e.g. PDFs, websites, videos, math, diagrams), or co-develop a plan for implementing accessibility (for example, making a checklist, planning TA or staff trainings, or evaluating automated tools and their shortcomings).
Join the Zoom session during these times:
Thu, Sept 18 at 10 a.m. - Noon
Mon, Oct 6 at 9 - 11 a.m.
Thu, Oct 16 at 10 a.m. - Noon
Mon, Nov 3 at 9 - 11 a.m.
Thu, Nov 20 at 10 a.m. - Noon
Mon, Dec 1 at 9 - 11 a.m.
Thu, Dec 18 at 10 a.m. - Noon
Consultants: Kevin Lin and Matt Wang, Kevin Lin and Matt Wang are both teaching professors at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. They have prior experience in and are happy to consult about web…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98992837185. Accessibility Contact: doit@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Information Sessions. Special Events. Academics. Target Audience: Computing instructors.
Thursday, December 18, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us.