Center for South Asian Studies – 91̽News /news Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:59:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 ArtSci Roundup: Frontiers of Physics Lecture, Film Screening, Washin Kai Lecture and more /news/2024/10/17/artsci-roundup-frontiers-of-physics-lecture-film-screening-washin-kai-lecture-and-more/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:59:41 +0000 /news/?p=86534 This week,attend the Frontiers of Physics lecture, join the South Asia Center for a film screening, head to Kane Hall for a Washin Kai lecture, and more.

Election & Democracy Events

October 22 | , Online

What is the current level of trust in our electoral system? What do Washingtonians see as the top priorities for their elected officials? How do they view candidates running for state and federal office? The Seattle Times’ Claire Withycombe joins Danielle Lee Tomson from the 91̽Center for an Informed Public to analyze key findings from the WA Poll.

October 24 | , Online

In recent years, American democracy has bent but not broken. What are the threats facing American democracy, and what are its sources of resilience? In this talk, Dr. Jake Grumbach will investigate trends in three areas of American democracy: the rule of law, majority rule, and political equality.

November 7 | , Town Hall Seattle & Livestream

Shortly after the General Election, three Washington Secretaries of State discuss the history and evolution of voting in our state—from the various systems in place to the complex and polarized climate we now operate in.

November 12 | , Kane Hall

After the 2024 election, hear from Jessica Beyer (Jackson School of International Studies), Victor Menaldo (Political Science), and Scott Lemieux (Political Science) for a discussion on what happened and what happens next as part of the Democracy Discussions Series.

December 3 | , Kane Hall

In this talk, James Gregory, professor of history at the UW, will explore the history of West Coast radicalism and factors that have made it influential beyond what is common in other regions, including those with blue state traditions.

October – November |

Listen back on KEXP’s October 14 Indigenous People’s Day program hosted by Sounds of Survivance co-hosts Tory J (American Indian Studies Lecturer and Native American Studies Ph.D. Candidate) and Kevin Sur, along with more KEXP DJs and special guests. Check out the .

Free |

October 21, 3:00 – 5:00 pm | , Allen Library

Join the South Asia Center for a screening of the film Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Now and Then. Through the discerning lens of a Bahujan feminist filmmaker operating within the upper-caste Indian film industry, the film delves deep into critical themes of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion, and marginalized representation.

Free |

October 22, 7:30 pm | , Kane Hall

In this Frontiers of Physics Public Lecture, Katherine Freese will recount the stories of the dark matter puzzle, starting with the discoveries of visionary scientists from the 1930s who first proposed its existence, to Vera Rubin in the 1970s whose observations conclusively showed its dominance in galaxies, to the deluge of data today. Freese will provide an overview of this cosmic cocktail, including the evidence for the existence of dark matter in galaxies. She will also talk about Dark Stars, early stars powered by dark matter, that may have already been discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Free |

October 23, 6:00 – 7:30 pm | , Kane Hall

Join Washin Kai on a journey exploring how knowledge of the Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) collection spread among the commoner class in Japan’s early modern Edo period (1600-1868) to become the foundation of popular literary literacy through the booming print culture. A distinctly vernacular interpretative tradition will be revealed, one that heavily influenced the earliest English translations of these poems.

Free |

October 23, 7:30 pm | , Meany Hall

Pianist Cristina Valdés performs Charles Ives’ monumental Concord Sonata and Arnold Schoenberg’s Three Pieces Op. 11 and his Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 in observance of the 150th birthday of these two iconic composers.

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October 24, 3:30 – 5:30 pm | ,Allen Library

Centered around Lyle Pearson’s private collection of film memorabilia accumulated over five decades of travels through South Asian film festivals, this conversion with Pearson himself will launch a symposium featuring invited scholars of South Asian cinema who reflect on the collection’s research value for South Asian film history, film archives, and visual culture. The symposium is accompanied by an exhibition of the memorabilia in the Allen Library North Lobby.

Free |

October 25, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | , Denny Hall & Online

Classical Athens is widely known for being the birthplace of democracy, a political system in which any free male could participate in the governing of the city-state. Yet this democratic system excluded a range of individuals from citizenship, including women, slaves, and immigrants. This talk will explore the archaeological evidence for one of these groups: immigrants, including both Greeks from other city-states and non-Greeks such as Phoenicians or Egyptians.

Free |

October 25, 1:00 – 2:00 pm | , Allen Library

In the fall of 1889, two of Denmark’s leading intellectuals engaged in a spirited public debate over a then still obscure German philosopher, effectively inaugurating the long vogue of Friedrich Nietzsche. By the time the debate wound down in 1890, its two participants, the literary critic Georg Brandes and the philosopher Harald Høffding, had each outlined dramatically opposed visions for the future. This lecture traces the long afterlife of this seminal “Nietzsche debate,” demonstrating its continued relevance for the world we inhabit today.

Free |

October 25, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | , Communications Building

In this talk, Usha Iyer considers the implications of her use of film ephemera like song booklets—on account of the absence of the films themselves—to write a history of women’s participation in Indian cinema in the 1930s and 1940s, specifically in the area of film dance. Mapping relationships between the artifact and figures like the film historian, the spectator-collector, the flea market scavenger, and the fan blogger illuminates the role of ephemera in producing varied histories of the moving image.

Free |

October 26, 2:00 – 3:30 pm | , Denny Hall & Livestream

Nearly 300 years before the establishment of Alexandria, Egypt was home to communities of Greeks, as well as Carians, Cypriots, and Phoenicians, who settled in the Nile Delta. This talk explores these communities at sites where these migrants lived, traded, worshipped, and buried their dead. The archaeological evidence reveals how individuals from different cultures around the Mediterranean fused seemingly different traditions and practices to negotiate these multicultural spaces.

Free |

October 26, 8:00 pm | , Meany Center

Powerhouse Indigenous artists Pura Fé and Charly Lowry come together to share their artistry, activism, and passion for building community. Pura Fé is an elder and heir to the Tuscarora Indian Nation, and has won a Native American Music Award for Best Female Artist and an L’académie Charles Cros Award for Best World Album. Charly Lowry of the Lumbee/Tuscarora tribes follows in the footsteps of her mentor Pura Fé, performing on hand drum and guitar. Together their music honors their ancestral roots and lives vibrantly in the present.

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Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Kathrine Braseth (kbraseth@uw.edu).

]]> ArtSci Roundup: War in the Middle East Lecture Series, Dance Majors Concert, Borden Lecture in Theoretical Chemistry, and more /news/2024/02/22/artsci-roundup-war-in-the-middle-east-lecture-series-dance-majors-concert-borden-lecture-in-theoretical-chemistry-and-more/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:34:16 +0000 /news/?p=84536 This week, attend the War in the Middle East Lecture Series, check out the Dance Majors Concert, listen to the Weston and Sheila Borden Endowed Lecture in Theoretical Chemistry, and more.

February 26, 7:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium

The 91̽Baroque Ensemble, led by director Tekla Cunningham, will perform works by Telemann and Couperin, including two of Telemann’s Paris quartets, the orchestral suite La Bizarreand François Couperin’s L’apothéose de Corelli.

Free |

February 27, 2:00 pm | Brechemin Auditorium

Student chamber groups, coached by 91̽Strings faculty, will perform an end-of-quarter recital.

Free |

February 27, 5:00 – 6:20 pm | Architecture Hall

 

Join the Jackson School of International Studies for a talk and discussion on Israel-Hamas: Will this be the Last War? The lecture features Daniel C. Kurtzer, retired Ambassador to Egypt and Israel and Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University.

This event is part ofWar in the Middle East, a series of talks and discussions on the aftermath of October 7, the war in Gaza, and responses worldwide.

Recordings of past lectures are available on the .

Free |

February 27, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

The 91̽Concert, Campus, and Symphonic Bands will present “Winds of the World,” performing music by Percy Grainger, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, Jan Van der Roost, Yasuhide Ito, John Mackey, and others.

Free |

February 28, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Parrington Hall

The Department of Sociology invites Dr. LaTonya Trotter, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities, to explore what it means to be a nurse in terms of crafting a nursing a career and balancing competing obligations in the pursuit of being “a good nurse.”

Free |

 

February 28, 4:00 – 5:00 pm | Johnson Hall

Professor Gred Voth is invited to the Weston and Sheila Borden Endowed Lecture in Theoretical Chemistry to speak about “Overcoming the Multiscale Challenge for Biomolecular Systems.”

Free |

February 29, 2:00 – 4:30 pm | Denny Hall

The Department of German Studies is hosting a film screening of The Nasty Girl for the Winter Film Series. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, it mischievously tells the story of a young woman who sets out to research the altruism of her Bavarian town and the Catholic Church during the war, and ends up deeply confused by what she finds out.

Free |

February 29 – March 3 | Meany Hall

The annual Dance Majors Concert will present 6 student-choreographed works in the styles of contemporary ballet, hip-hop, and modern dance. Exploring themes of femininity, self discovery, love, and forgiveness, the students conceive their own visions and then collaborate with lighting and costume designers to bring their pieces to life onstage. Come and experience the premieres of these creative original works.

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February 29, 7:00 – 8:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium

Join the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies for an enriching evening of songs and historical insights as Dr. Sumangala Damodaran, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence and Stice Lecturer, takes the stage. Drawing upon extensive research on the Indian People’s Theatre Association, a progressive group of artists integral to the anti-colonial struggle, she will present a musical journey with annotations.

Free |

February 29, 12:00 – 2:00 pm | SaveryHall

Professor Elizabeth Korver-Glenn is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research focuses on racial inequality within the urban community. Professor Korver-Glenn studies how contemporary cities and markets reproduce racial inequality as well as how public policy maintains or can mitigate such inequality. To date, her research has focused on urban housing and rental markets using qualitative research methods.

Free |

March 1, 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Gowen Hall

Join the Department of Political Science for the Duck Family Colloquium Series with Patricia Bromley, Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, on “Higher Education and Sustainability.”

Free |

March 1, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

In the first half of this program, the Chamber Singers (Geoffrey Boers, director) and singers from the 91̽Opera Workshop performMarc-Antoine Charpentier’sLes arts florissants.In the second half of the program, the Chamber Singers andUniversity Chorale (Giselle Wyers, director) present “Scatter, Gather,” acelebration of choral music traditions of the Pacific Rimand beyond.

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March 2, 3:00 pm | Meany Hall

The Campus Philharmonia will present its Winter Quarter concert. Daren Weissfisch and Ryan Farris conduct.

Free |

March 2, 7:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium

The 91̽Composition Program presentsa concert of worksby 91̽student and alumni composers.

Free |

Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Kathrine Braseth (kbraseth@uw.edu).

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