Baltic Studies Program – 91̽News /news Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:08:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 ArtSci Roundup: 2022 Awards of Excellence recipients, Undergraduate Composers Concert /news/2022/06/02/artsci-roundup-2022-awards-of-excellence-recipients-undergraduate-composers-concert/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:08:49 +0000 /news/?p=78704 Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 91̽community every week!

2022 Awards of Excellence recipients

June 9, 3:30 – 5:30 PM | Meany Hall

This year’sAwards of Excellence recipients are being recognized for achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support.

The winners will be honored from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on June 9 at theMeany Hall for the Performing Arts. The 91̽community and the general public are encouraged to attend. The program includes a one-hour ceremony hosted by President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Mark Richards, followed by a reception with hors d’oeuvres, desserts, a photo booth and a chance to connect and celebrate with your team members and the rest of the 91̽community.

Free | More info

Undergraduate Design Show

June 8 -18 |

Join theSchool of Art + Art History + Design for a Graduation Exhibition for students receiving Bachelor of Arts degrees in Design.

Free |

Undergraduate Composers Concert

June 7, 6:30 PM |

Undergraduate composers at the 91̽explore new sonic landscapes in this concert of original music by Arshia Ashari, Jon Balsley,Ryan Baker,Sophie Ma, and Freya Salsbury.

Free |

Crossing North Podcast

View at your leisure |

Crossing Northis a podcast about Nordic and Baltic society and culture. Episodes feature interviews with authors, performers, and leaders from Scandinavia and the Baltic, as well as discussions with faculty in the Scandinavian Studies Department and Baltic Studies Program.Crossing Northis produced and hosted by Colin Gioia Connors, lecturer of Scandinavian Studies, with Kristian Næsby, visiting lecturer of Danish.

(Re)Defining American Labor Lecture Archive

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ճUWT Labor Solidarity Projectpresents recordings of a past weekly seminar that adopted an intersectional approach while exploring the recent histories of the regional, national, and global labor movements. Each recording features a presentation and discussion facilitated by a leading voice in mapping the trajectory of labor activism and scholarship.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Joff Hanauer Honors Lecture Series, Museums on a Mission?, and More /news/2021/03/17/artsci-roundup-joff-hanauer-honors-lecture-series-museums-on-a-mission-and-more/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:53:35 +0000 /news/?p=73304 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91̽faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Joff Hanauer Honors Lecture Series:Seattle/PNW History

March 23, 5:00 – 6:00 PM |

Daniel Bessner, Associate Professor in the Jackson School of International Studies invites us to learn more about the history of the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Bessner will convene a group of local historians to give multiple five-minute presentations on the region, helping Seattleites (and “transplants”) get grounded in unexpected facts and stories about our culture.

Free |

Museums on a Mission?

March 25, 10:30 AM |

This talk, sponsored by the School of Art + Art History + Design, will explore the personal journey of Dr. Straussman-Pflanzer, Curator and Head of Italian and Spanish Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, as a caretaker for Old Master art in a range of museums in the United States — from the civic to the academic and back again. Foregrounded will be efforts to diversify these collections through acquisitions and exhibitions. Two case studies of exhibitions, one focusing on early modern Italian women artists and the other on early modern race will be considered.Her talkwill be followed by a Q&A session.

Free |

Exhibit:Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline

Through May 2 |

Be prepared to look at the world in a whole new way—through the eyes of a walrus- and ammonite-obsessed scientist and an artist with a fondness for cheeseburgers, ratfish and trilobites—in this exhibition on West Coast fossils with highlights from Washington state and the remarkable stories that fossils reveal.

Uncover the diverse fossil bouquets of Republic, Seattle’s ice age make-over, and more. Curated by paleontologist Kirk Johnson and artist Ray Troll,Cruisin’features life-size sculptures and models, imagesof prehistoric creatures and real fossils along with paintings, drawings and a light and audio installation. Step into a world where fossils come to life.

Free |

Crossing North Podcast

Crossing Northis a podcast about Nordic and Baltic society and culture. Episodes feature interviews with authors, performers, and leaders from Scandinavia and the Baltic, as well as discussions with faculty in the Scandinavian Studies Department and Baltic Studies Program.Crossing Northis produced and hosted by Assistant Teaching Professor of Scandinavian Studies Colin Gioia Connors, with Visiting Lecturer of DanishKristian Næsby.

Free |

Plural Possibilities & the Female Body

Through May 9 |

This exhibition explores the gendered construction and deconstruction of the female body and its representation. Across painting, photography, and sculpture and a range of artistic strategies from abstraction to documentary, the exhibition aims to create a counterpoint to persistent myths and reductive ideas about femininity and gender norms. The artworks included wrestle with questions of power and self-possession in relation to pleasure, desire, and acts of looking, as well as challenge traditional Western conceptions of beauty and a fixed gender binary.

Free |

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]]> ArtSci Roundup: Set in Motion, Drop-in Meditation Session, and More /news/2020/12/14/artsci-roundup-set-in-motion-drop-in-meditation-session-and-more/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:50:32 +0000 /news/?p=71956 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91̽faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Set in Motion: A Public Art Exhibition

December 2020 – February 2021 | Throughout Seattle

The Henry Art Gallery is pleased to presentSet in Motion, the museum’s first city-wide public art exhibition.The work of ten artists from the Pacific Northwest and beyond will be presented on public buses throughout the Seattle area. The title,Set in Motion, while in part referring literally to the mobile and transitory aspect of the exhibition format, also provided a loose thematic framework for artists to consider. Through their work, artists were able to respond to the rapidly changing social, political, economic, and environmental climates in which we find ourselves, interpreted through their different perspectives, aesthetic/conceptual approaches, and personal narratives.

Free |

Drop-in Meditation Session: Atención Plena y Compasión Para Cerrar el Año

December 21, 6:00 – 7:00 PM |

The Center for Child and Family Well-Being will be hosting a drop-in Spanish language meditation session hosted byAngelica Zapata,a facilitator for the CCFW’s professional and parent well-being training programs.

Esta sesión está basada en la práctica de la atención plena, la compasión y la bondad. Estos son los mejores regalos que podemos darnos a nosotros mismos y a los demás en estos días festivos.

Free |

Public Opinion and Polls in the 2020 Presidential Election

Recorded event |

While polls and public opinion research are essential components of a healthy democracy, they also have come under attack in recent years, particularly for “miscalling” various elections. In October, the Department of Communication hosted a virtual conversation with Kate Kenski (University of Arizona) and Lydia Saad (Gallup) to discuss polling and public opinion today – and their implications for the health of American politics beyond 2020. The event was organized by the 91̽’s Center for Journalism, Media and Democracy.

Free |

KNKX’s Virtual Studio Session with the Marc Seales Group at Town Hall

Recorded event |

KNKX presented an exclusive live streamed Studio Session with the Marc Seales Group from The Forum at Town Hall Seattle on November 14, hosted by KNKX jazz ambassador Abe Beeson. Marc Seales,Professor of Music in the Jazz Studies Program, was joined by bassist Steve Rodby, guitarist Jesse Seales (Marc’s brother), and drummer Alek Gayton. The show began with Abe’s Q&A with Marc, followed by a nearly 75-minute music set ending with the quartet’s spirited rendition of The Doobie Brothers’ “Takin’ It To The Streets.”

Free |

Crossing North Podcast

Ongoing |

Crossing Northis a podcast about Nordic and Baltic society and culture. Episodes feature interviews with authors, performers, and leaders from Scandinavia and the Baltic, as well as discussions with faculty in the Scandinavian Studies Department and Baltic Studies Program.Crossing Northis produced and hosted by Colin Gioia Connors, Assistant Teaching Professor of Scandinavian Studies, with Kristian Næsby, Visiting Lecturer of Danish.

Free |

Looking for more?

Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page formore digital engagement opportunities.

]]> ArtSci Roundup: Re/frame: All Together Now, This Is Beethoven, and More /news/2020/12/07/artsci-roundup-reframe-all-together-now-this-is-beethoven-and-more/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:11:20 +0000 /news/?p=71871 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91̽faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Re/frame: All Together Now

December 17, 12:00 – 1:00 PM and 6:30-7:30 PM |

Join Ann Poulson, the Henry Art Gallery’s Associate Curator of Collections, for an interactive online session to take a closer look at objects in the museum’s collection.
The cozy winter nights of the festive season are traditionally a time for gathering with those you love. For most of us, 2020 has been a year unlike any in living memory. While some have enjoyed/endured intense family time, many others have experienced prolonged isolation and separation. Whatever your experience, you will probably look on these images of families, friends, and colleagues gathered together with changed eyes.

Free |

This Is Beethoven

December 16 – 19 |

This is Beethoven is a collaboration uniting seventeen multi-disciplinary arts organizations, including theDepartment of Dance and Schools of Music and Drama, in a city-wide festival demonstrating the power of arts to articulate our society’s moment in time. Centered around the 250th birthday anniversary of the revolutionary composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, this festival symbolically pays homage to the composer while making current the same pioneering spirit he represented during his time.

Free |

#BurkeFromHome Trivia Night

December 17, 8:00 PM |

Join the Burke Museum for #BurkeFromHome Trivia!The top three winners at the end of the game will each win a pair of free tickets to the Burke Museum so you can come visit the museum when it reopens.The first place player also wins a gift card toOptimism Brewing.

Free |

Free Them All: Portraits from La Resistencia

Fall 2020 – Winter 2021 | Henry Art Gallery Front Entrance

This installation is presented by the Henry Art Galleryin partnership withLa Resistenciaand 91̽ faculty organizers ofArt at the Borders of the Political.

La Resistencia’s #FreeThemAll campaign shares visual and narrative portraits of people detained within the Tacoma ICE Processing Center. The Henry presents a selection of screen-printed portraits from #FreeThemAll in the museum’s front windows and along the adjacent exterior wall. The four portraits reproduced on paper represent individuals currently detained inside the Tacoma ICE Processing Center who are working with La Resistencia to highlight the urgency of their cases and the terrible conditions at the detention center.

Free |

‘Neither Free Nor Fair’ Podcast

Ongoing |

Associate Professor of Political Science James Long has started a podcastfocused on election security, “Neither Free Nor Fair?”, featuring experts from the 91̽and elsewhere, and building on the audience of the 91̽Political Economy Forum’s podcast. In the most recent episode, Sara Curran, Professor of International Studies, joins Long for thisepisode“Census: Counting Folks & Counting Votes.” They discuss what a census is and its importance to elections and democracy; why the Framers wrote the census into the Constitution; how censuses work in the US and other countries (including Malaysia, Kenya, and Myanmar); why censuses often become so politicized; and the importance of counting people to respond to the Covid crisis.

Free |

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]]> ArtSci Roundup: Meany Center sets the stage, Henry Art Gallery’s Viewpoints closes soon, and more /news/2020/06/18/artsci-roundup-meany-center-sets-the-stage-henry-art-gallerys-viewpoints-closes-soon-and-more/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:00:23 +0000 /news/?p=69032 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91̽faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Drop-in Session: Cultivating Gratitude in Challenging Time

June 22, 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Zoom

Noticing what we are grateful for and cultivating practices of gratitude can ease anxiety and increase our feelings of connection. This session, hosted by Becca Calhoun, MPH,will include a guided gratitude meditation, a discussion of the benefits of gratitude and an introduction of several gratitude practices that can be used throughout our daily lives.

Free|

 

Henry Art Gallery Viewpoints: A Dialogue Between Jean-François Millet and Jeanne Dunning

Live until June 28 |

Viewpointsis a rotating series that highlights works from the Henry’s, paired with commentary and insights from 91̽ faculty.

This iteration features representations of women and domestic labor in nineteenth-century prints by Jean-François Millet (France, 1814-1875) and the videoIcing(1996) by Jeanne Dunning (U.S., born 1960). Faculty contributions include professors Juliet McMains in the Department of Dance, and Priti Ramamurthy in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies. Visit the before it closes on Sunday, June 28th.

#BurkeFromHome Trivia Night

Every Friday, 7:00 PM|Virtual Event

Join the Burke Museum online on Fridays at 7 PM for #BurkeFromHome Trivia. The popular Burke Trivia Night is back—this time online to practice social distancing while having loads of fun! Get your nerd on with natural history and culture-themed trivia.

BYOB, snacks, and slippers!

Free, please register for access|

Meany Center – Grupo Corpo Strike Timelapse

View at your leisure |

Have you wondered what the work looks like in setting the stage for Meany performances? Check out this timelapse from April when the Grupo Corpo tech team and Meany Center Tech team took out and loaded the truck so Grupo Corpo could do to their next venue.

The Ellison Center’s Podcast Archive

View at your leisure |

Did you know the The Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies has an archive of podcasts covering interviews and lectures over the last several years? The center’s goal is to promote in-depth interdisciplinary study of all major post-communist subregions – Eastern and Central Europe, the Baltic region, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and Russia – in order to understand the legacies of the imperial and communist past as well as to analyze the emerging institutions and identities that will shape Eurasia’s future.

Podcast: The Hell Creek and Back; The Story of the Tufts-Love T. rex

View at your leisure |

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. Follow how the last-minute discovery of a small protrusion of ribs led to the extraction of the savage toothed king! You’ll be on the ground in an active paleontological field research site examining fossils from millions of years ago. You’ll even discover out what it takes to bring a prized scientific discovery into the forefront of research.

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]]> ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Ask Your Farmer, and more /news/2020/04/15/artsci-roundup-earth-day-with-the-department-of-history-colloquia-series-lecture-returns-online-ask-your-farmer-and-more/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:57:56 +0000 /news/?p=67480 During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and greater community, together online.

Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91̽faculty, staff, and students have access to.

Earth Day 50th Anniversary: Gaia Has a Fever

April 22, 2:00 PM| Livestream

Join the Department of History, College of the Environmentand 91̽Earth Day in celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.Dr. Jennifer Thomson will give a talkuntangling the history of oil corporations, climate justice, and environmentalgovernance. Beginning with physicist James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis, she’ll discuss the involvement of oil corporations in climate research, and explore a trulyliberatory environmental politics.

Free, please register for access|

COURSE:Introduction to Basic Plant Morphology – Learning the Parts of the Plant

April 22 and April 23, 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Online Classroom

Celebrate Earth Day by expanding your plant vocabulary!David Giblin, Collections Manager of the 91̽Herbarium,teaches this two-part class. Learning the basic vegetative and reproductive parts of vascular plants that we know from our gardens, kitchens, and walks in nature, provides an opportunity to improve plant identification skills.

This class is offered online. Viewing instructions will be sent before the start of the class.

Cost is $20|Register & More Info

After the Blast The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens: Webinar with Dr. Eric Wagner

April 22, 10:00 – 11:30 AM | Zoom Webinar

In anticipation of the 40th Anniversary of the major Mount St. Helens eruption, 91̽Libraries and 91̽Press are proud to host a zoom webinar featuring Eric Wagner, Ph.D., author of After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens.

Since it’s eruption in 1980,Mount St. Helens has been surprising ecologists and in After the Blast,Wagner takes readers on a fascinating journey through the blast area and beyond. From fireweed to elk, the plants and animals forest scientists saw would not just change how ecologists approached the eruption and its landscape, but also prompt them to think in new ways about how life responds in the face of seemingly total devastation.

Free, please register for access|Register & More Info

Ask Your Farmer!

April 23, 11:00 AM |

The 91̽Farm is still producing food, but under restricted operations and without the usual dedicated crew of student volunteers. Farm manager Perry Acworth will host this Instagram Live session, showing the work that’s happening on the 91̽Farm and answering questions about the Farm and our food systems. If anyone has questions on how they can grow food for themselves, this is your moment!

Livestream takes place on and will begin at 11 AM.

Free|More Info

Virtual Poetry Café for Poetry Month

Month of April | Online engagement

Since launching in April 1996,National Poetry Monthhas given people an annual occasion to celebrate the importance of poets and poetry in our culture. This April feels like an especially great time to explore the power of poetry and how it can be used to craft connection and celebrate the things that mean most to us!

Join Whole U this April for a virtual 91̽Poetry Caféto share the poems we love, write some of our own, and connect with our wider community over the written word.To help get your creativity flowing, The Whole U devised UW-themed poetry prompts to try on your own or with colleagues and friends.

Pick the prompt that resonates most with you then share your favorite poems or original compositions with us by sending them towholeu@uw.eduor by tagging them#UWPoetryMonthon social media.

Free|

Crossing North Podcast

Ongoing | Online

Crossing Northis a podcast about Nordic and Baltic society and culture. Episodes feature interviews with authors, performers, and leaders from Scandinavia and the Baltic, as well as discussions with faculty in the Scandinavian Studies Department and Baltic Studies Program.

In the most recent episode, released April 15, Colin Gioia Connors interviews author Nora Ikstena andassistant professor Liina-Ly Roos. Learn why Ikstena’s novelSoviet Milk about Soviet-occupied Latvia was so popular that libraries had to create a special loan policy for the book.

Missing the Henry? View the online collection!

Ongoing |

From photography to textiles, the Henry Art Gallery’s permanent collection contains more than 27,00 objects from around the world. The collection originated with the gift of nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings donated to the 91̽ byHorace C. Henryin 1926. It has grown over the years through acquisitions from exhibitions and through the generosity of art collectors, artists, and donors.

Luckily for those looking to reconnect with art while working remote, the Henry has an extensivethe online collection database. Learn more and .

Looking for more ways to engage? The Henry is also sharing content across their social media platforms daily!

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#BurkeFromHome Trivia Night

Every Friday, 8:00 PM|Virtual Event

Join the Burke Museum online on Fridays at 8 PM for #BurkeFromHome Trivia. The popular Burke Trivia Night is back—this time online to practice social distancing while having loads of fun! Get your nerd on with natural history and culture-themed trivia.

BYOB, snacks, and slippers! Check out for a preview!

Free, please register for access|

Staying home? Here’s what to watch

Ongoing | Your favorite streaming service

Looking for ways to stay entertained while staying at home?If you’ve already binged all the shows in your Netflix queue, fear not. Faculty in the Department of Cinema & Media Studieshave gathered television and film recommendations to fit every mood.

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]]> Faculty/staff honors: Lithuanian state decoration; National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute award; Google research awards /news/2020/03/16/faculty-staff-honors-lithuanian-state-decoration-national-heart-lung-blood-institute-award-google-research-awards/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 20:50:03 +0000 /news/?p=66818 Recent honors to 91̽ faculty and staff have come from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Republic of Lithuania and Google.

Karin Bornfeldt receives Outstanding Investigator Award from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Karin Bornfeldt, a professor of medicine and pathology, has received an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The award will total more than $7.2 million for up to seven years, with about $1 million in the first year.
Karin Bornfeldt

, a professor of medicine and pathology, has received an from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The award will total more than $7.2 million for up to seven years, with about $1 million in the first year.

The award is under the institute’s R35 Program, which promotes scientific productivity by giving principal investigators with multiple projects the freedom to conduct research that breaks new ground or extend previous discoveries in heart, lung, blood and sleep research.

Bornfeldt’s research project is titled “Identifying New Strategies for Prevention of Cardiovascular Complications of Diabetes.”

Bornfeldt is director of the , deputy director of the and associate director for research of the . She serves as associate editor of the journals Circulation Research, Diabetes, and the Journal of Lipid Research.

Read more at the Department of Medicine .

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Guntis Šmidchens of Scandinavian studies honored by Republic of Lithuania

Guntis Šmidchens, 91̽associate professor of Scandinavian studies and Baltic studies, has received a state decoration from the Republic of Lithuania.
Guntis Šmidchens

, 91̽associate professor of Scandinavian studies and Baltic studies, has received a state decoration from the Republic of Lithuania.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda presented Šmidchens the in a celebration on Feb. 16, which since 1918 has been Lithuanian Independence Day. The award notes Šmidchens’ “active promotion of Lithuanian language, history and culture in the United States.”

Šmidchens is the UW’s Kazickas Family Endowed Professor of Baltic Studies. He is the author of the 2014 book “The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Culture in the Baltic Singing Revolution,” about a nonviolent resistance movement in the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Order for Merits to Lithuania is one of four types of orders bestowed, and the Cross of the Knight one of five of Insignia of the Orders.

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10 91̽engineering professors receive Google Faculty Research Awards

Ten 91̽College of Engineering faculty have been named recipients of . The grants, among Google recently , support world-class technical research in computer science, engineering and related fields. Each award provides funding to support one graduate student for a year.

The recipients are , , , , and of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; and of the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering; of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering; and of both the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Department of Bioengineering.

The is “to identify and strengthen long-term collaborative relationships with faculty working on problems that will impact how future generations use technology,” according to Google.

91̽Notebook is a section of the 91̽News site dedicated to telling stories of the good work done by faculty and staff at the 91̽. Read all posts here.

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