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
Lessons (Not) Learned From the Holocaust | “A Reply to Screamers”: How Americans Responded to the Holocaust听
November 10, 4:00 PM |
Free |
Round Table Discussion 2: What Documents Constrain, Narrate, or Liberate Subjecthood?
November 11, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |
Free |
Katz Lecture: Abderrahmane Sissako, “In Conversation: African Worlds / World Films”
November 12, 12:00 PM |
Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, Abderrahmane听Sissako joins scholars of film and African Studies for a conversation on world cinema, post-colonialism, thinking 鈥楢frica鈥� beyond the confines of the continent, and in particular his 2014 film听Timbuktu. The conversation will be in French and English.
Free |
Global Month: A Conversation with Leela Fernandes
November 12, 5:30 – 6:30 PM |
Students and researchers are partnering across traditional boundaries to create a more equitable world. Join new Jackson School Director听Leela Fernandes听and听Akhtar Badshah听as they explore the essential role of area studies and international engagement in building a brighter future for all.
Free |
Global Challenges Discussion
November 12, 6:00 – 7:30 PM PM |
Hosted by the Honors Program, Director of UW Honors听Dr. Vicky Lawson听will moderate a robust conversation between three UW teachers and thought leaders whose work interacts with this topic. Part-time Lecturer in the departments of Comparative History of Ideas and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies听Jeanette Bushnell,听Professor of Public Health听Clarence Spigner, and Research Associate Professor of Earth and Space Sciences听Michelle Koutnik bring perspectives from glaciology, indigenous philosophy, public health, and so much more to the first online Global Challenges/Interdisciplinary Answers event.
Free |
Jacob Dlamini: 鈥淪afari Nation: A Social History of the Kruger National Park鈥�
November 12, 4:00 – 5:00 PM |
Jacob Dlamini‘s听Safari Nation听opens new lines of inquiry in the study of national parks in Africa and the rest of the world.听Safari Nation听details the ways in which Black people devoted energies to conservation and to the park over the course of the twentieth century. In this book talk sponsored by the听Department of History and the听Jackson School of International Studies, the author will discuss how听Safari Nation听engages both with African historiography and with ongoing debates about the 鈥渓and question,鈥� democracy, and citizenship in South Africa.
Free |
ONLINE: Jeremy Denk
November 13, 12:00 PM – November 20 11:59 PM |
Jeremy Denk 鈥� one of today鈥檚 most virtuosic and imaginative pianists, a MacArthur Fellow and Avery Fisher grantee, and a thoughtful and engaging writer about music and more 鈥� will delight Meany Center audiences with a performance that highlights and reflects on three leaders of the Romantic movement: Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. The program features Missy Mazzoli鈥檚听Bolts of Loving Thunder, composed in 2013 and inspired by what she calls the 鈥渞omantic and stormy idea of Brahms.鈥澨�
Free |
Book Talk: State Formation in China and Taiwan with Julia Strauss
November 13, 1:00 – 2:30 PM |
University of London Professor Julia Strauss will be giving a book talk sponsored by the Taiwan Studies Program of her newly published work,听State Formation in China and Taiwan: Bureaucracy, Campaign, and Performance. This book is a comparative study of regime consolidation in the 鈥榬evolutionary鈥� People鈥檚 Republic of China and the 鈥榗onservative鈥� Republic of China (Taiwan) in the years following the communist victory against the nationalists on the Chinese mainland in 1949.
Free |
KNKX presents: A Studio Session with the Marc Seales Group
November 14, 7:00 PM |
KNKX is proud to present this studio session with the Marc Seales Group, livestreamed from The Forum. Hosted by KNKX jazz ambassador Abe Beeson, the event kicks off with Abe and Marc in conversation, at which point Marc will be joined by bassist Steve Rodby, guitarist Jesse Seales, and drummer Alek Gayton for a long music set.
Marc Seales,听Professor of Music in the Jazz Studies Program, is a noted pianist, composer, and leading figure in the Northwest jazz scene and has shared stages with many of the great players of the last two decades including Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, and Benny Carter, as well as the late Northwest saxophonist Don Lanphere, and saxophonist/trumpeter Floyd Standifer, whom he names as his mentors. Seales has won numerous Earshot Golden Ear Awards including Instrumentalist of the Year and Acoustic Jazz Group, and he was inducted into the Northwest Jazz Hall of Fame in 2009. The musicians he admires most鈥攊n addition to Lanphere and Standifer鈥攁re Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker, John Lewis, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Wynton Kelly.
Steve Rodby (bass), Artist in Residence at the UW,听is known for his long-time association with guitarist Pat Metheny, and he鈥檚 performed with other jazz greats like Lyle Mays, Eliane Elias, Michael Brecker, and Ramsey Lewis.
Free |
Looking for more?
Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.