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 UW faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听
Lecture: From Ours to Alien: The Journey of Polish OBCY
September 9, 7:00 – 8:30 PM |
Join the Polish Studies Endowment for a lecture by Slavic Professor and Chair, Dr. Kat Dziwirek.听Her presentation will trace the history of the Polish word听obcy. Originally meaning common, joint, mutual, societal, collective, communal, or public, its meaning has changed over time and now signifies alien, foreign, or strange, despite the word retaining its original meaning in other Slavic languages. The lecture will introduce a hypothesis that the semantic shift of听辞产肠测听was motivated by the emergence of the听蝉锄濒补肠丑迟补听(noble) social class and its ethos of听蝉辞产颈别辫补艅蝉迟飞辞听(self-mastery), which shifted Polish society from collectivist to (partially) individualistic.
Free |
Coexisting with COVID-19: Are We There Yet?
September 10, 6:30 PM | Online
Welcome back! It鈥檚 been almost three months since the听Office of Public Lectures’ last livestream and there鈥檚 been plenty of news about the global pandemic. In this episode, we鈥檒l catch up with some of UW鈥檚 top experts who will update us on relevant advances and discoveries that may help us realize there is, in fact, a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Featuring moderator Hanson Hosein and faculty guests Christopher Murray and Helen Chu.
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Performance: MELTED RIOT: RGB
September 12, 7:00 – 8:00 PM |
Fox Whitney鈥檚 ongoing interdisciplinary performance and research project, MELTED RIOT, moves to the online photography and print collection of the Henry Art Gallery. RGB is the culmination of a weeklong investigation into works in the Henry鈥檚 collection, and the first of three live-streamed MELTED RIOT performances with the Henry. RGB is modeled after the RGB color process, by which colors are rendered on screen using combinations of red, blue, and green. The artworks selected for investigation and dialogue are inspired by this process, which will be actively contemplated during the event.
Free |
Transforming Silence into Action: An Anti-Racism Learning Series for Communication & Marketing Professionals
September 8 – 22 |
We are in the midst of a national reckoning with institutionalized anti-black racism in healthcare, policing, and industry. Across the country, politicians, business leaders, and everyday people are asking what it means to stand for Black lives. To do so requires committing ourselves beyond surface-level diversity and inclusion practices and digging deeper into what anti-racism can actually look like in our professional lives.听The 鈥淭ransforming Silence into Action鈥� learning series is produced by the听听graduate program and听听in collaboration with听.
In this series, experts will share their insights and tactics for creating an anti-racist workplace in three areas:
- Navigating racial microaggressions at work听(Tuesday, September 8)
- Building anti-racist practices in recruitment, hiring, and retention听(Tuesday, September 15)
- Building an anti-racist toolkit in marketing and communications听(Tuesday, September 22)
Free |
Strange Coupling
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Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair
August – September |
In an innovative show of collective effort, a group of over 40 Seattle art galleries, nonprofits, and art institutions have come together to reconstruct the traditional art fair with a community-led effort. Alum听Greg Kucera, who听sparked the idea for SDAF, and his colleagues did this not just for the support of our small businesses, but also for the artists in the community who have worked hard to create artwork for the official Seattle Art Fair that was canceled due to the pandemic. Its closure left a palpable void in the visual arts world, one which the听Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair听is filling.
To Hell Creek and Back: The Story of the Tufts-Love T. rex
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A world of blistering heat and dirt, a biosphere where 20-foot-tall dinosaurs roamed. Home to cretaceous creatures that could rip apart their prey with 6-inch serrated teeth! Venture into this landscape to learn how a group of researchers and school teachers tracked down the elusive Tyrannosaurus Rex in the sweltering badlands on Montana. In this podcast collaboration between the Burke Musuem and Dig Field School, you鈥檒l be on the ground in an active paleontological field research site examining fossils from millions of years ago. You鈥檒l even discover out what it takes to bring a prized scientific discovery into the forefront of research.
Looking for more?
Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.