During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities听to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.听
Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 糖心少女faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听
In case you missed it: Reimagining the Humanities
Recorded event |听
What can Homer’s Odyssey teach STEM students? What new journeys can you take during a pandemic? Are the Humanities in a time of crisis or innovation? Hear from 糖心少女 humanities professors and first-year students as they examine these questions and more, drawing on experience from a compelling new course called听鈥�.
Panelists included:
- Brian Reed | Divisional Dean of the Humanities
- Sarah Stroup | Professor of Classics, Humanities First Program Director
- Shawn Wong | Professor of English and Cinema & Media Studies
- Dawn Mai | Computer Sciences student
- Tyler Turnam | pre-Humanities student
- Jaedalyn Faamausili | pre-Social Science student
Free |听
Patty Hayes 鈥� The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impacts of Systemic Racism
February 9, 6:30 PM |听Online
In this lecture sponsored by the Office of Public Lectures, Patty Hayes, Director of Public Health 鈥� Seattle & King County,听will discuss systemic inequities and how King County has been listening to and working with BIPOC communities to address COVID-19 inequities and longer-term systemic changes.
Free | Register and More Info
History Lecture Series:听Digital Discontents, from the Age of the Mainframe to the Era of Big Tech
February 10, 6:00 – 7:00 PM |听
In this talk, Professor of History Margaret O’Mara听will tackle the unexpectedly long history of today鈥檚 worries about invasions of data privacy, untrammeled artificial intelligence, and the power of large tech platforms.
Free |
Protest, Race and Citizenship across African Worlds: Rethinking Israeli Citizenship: The Case of Ethiopian Jews Between 1955-1975
February 10, 9:00 – 10:30 AM |听
The story of Ethiopian Jewish immigration to Israel typically begins after 1975.听 But foregrounding the pre-1975 years offers a unique case study for understanding the Israeli-Jewish citizenship regime and immigrants who do not conform to the normative and racialized national character of citizenship. This talk, given by听Efrat听Yerday of听Tel Aviv University is sponsored by the Jackson School for International Studies and the听Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.
Next in the series:
- March 3, 12:00 – 1:30 PM: Policing Somali Refugees: Somali Refugee Resistance to State Violence
- March 17, 12:00 – 1:30 PM:听Ethiopia in Theory, Theory as Memoir
Free |
2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series: Ariel Ren茅 Jackson
February 12, 2:30 PM |听
The 2021 Critical Issues Lecture Series is presented by the School of Art + Art History + Design in collaboration with the Henry Art Gallery.听On February 12th, the lecture will be presented by听Ariel Ren茅 Jackson, whose film-based multidisciplinary practice considers land and landscape as sites of internal representation.听
Next in the series:
- February 19, 12pm:听Eva Barto
- February 26, 12pm: Divya Mehra
Free |
BOOK LAUNCH: Union by Law: Filipino American Labor Activists, Rights Radicalism, and Racial Capitalism
February 11, 5:00 – 7:00 PM |听
Join authors Michael McCann and George Lovell (Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences) and a panel of special guests to celebrate the release of their new book,听Union by Law: Filipino American Labor Activists, Rights Radicalism, and Racial Capitalism听(University of Chicago Press, 2020). Other speakers include Megan Ming Francis (糖心少女Political Science) and labor activists Cindy Domingo, Nemesio Domingo, and Terri Mast.
Free |
ONLINE 鈥� Simone Dinnerstein: A Character of Quiet
February 12 – 19 |听
Meany Center is thrilled to present听pianist Simone Dinnerstein in a听special听virtual performance听of music from her听highly acclaimed new album,听A Character of Quiet.听In this intimate recital video, filmed at her piano in her Brooklyn home, we are welcomed into the space听where the album was recorded during quarantine, when the sounds of the streets quieted for a brief time as New Yorkers were confined to their homes. Adam Abeshouse, who produced the recording, filmed Dinnerstein performing Etudes No. 16 and No. 2 by Philip Glass, and the monumental Sonata in B-flat, D. 960, by Franz Schubert.听
Free |
Looking for more?
Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.