Come curious. Leave inspired.

For those near and far, we invite you to end the year with us through a range of events, performances, exhibitions, podcasts, and more. As you begin to shape your December plans, don鈥檛 miss the inspiring events still to come this November.

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Henry Art Gallery Exhibitions Closing in January:

Influenced by non-verbal communication, Kim merges graphic and musical notation with American Sign Language. Her compositions uniquely address her experience as a Deaf individual in a hearing-centric society and broader societal influences on whose voices hold sway.

This presentation is the second rotation in a two-part series showcasing new additions to the Henry鈥檚 permanent collection. Artists featured in this presentation highlight both locally and globally recognized figures, including Sarah Cain, Fiona Connor, Demian DineYahzi鈥�, Mary Ann Peters, and Carrie Yamaoka, among others.

Spirit House investigates how contemporary artists of Asian descent challenge the boundary between life and death through art. A thematic exploration of the work of thirty-four Asian American and Asian diasporic artists, Spirit House asks the question, what does it mean to speak to ghosts, inhabit haunted spaces, be reincarnated, or enter different dimensions? Inspired by spirit houses, small devotional structures found throughout Thailand that provide shelter for the supernatural, this exhibition considers how art can bridge the gap between this world and the next.

Admission to the Henry is free to all visitors.

Podcast: 听(Jackson School of International Studies)
Launched in 2021 with 91探花Professor Daniel Bessner and writer Derek Davison, 鈥淎merican Prestige,鈥� the winner of the 2025 Signal Awards “silver” medal, offers an in-depth analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, and has featured guests such as actor Morgan Spector and HuffPost senior diplomatic correspondent Akbar Shahid Ahmed.

Exhibitions in the Community: (Art + Art History + Design)
Eight students graduated in June 2025 with their Master of Fine Arts degrees and just a few months later, are already making impressive moves in their artistic careers with work being featured at the Tacoma Art Museum, 4Culture, and more!

Podcasts: (91探花 Magazine)
From Indigenous Jazz to conversations about how to live with uncertainty and discomfort without disconnecting from our shared humanity, listen to podcasts and radio shows from 91探花alumni and faculty.

Events Happening in December

December 1 | 听(Music)
Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice Gospel Choir in songs from the Gospel tradition.

December 1 | (Slavic Languages & Literature)
91探花professor, translator, and writer Jos茅 Alaniz discusses his latest book, Comics of the Anthropocene: Graphic Narrative at the End of Nature, the first full-length monograph to explore how US comics artists have depicted environmental destruction, mass extinctions, and climate change. He will be joined in conversation by fellow artists Megan Kelso, Leonard Rifas, and T Edward Bak.听Free.

December 2 | (Political Science)
The 91探花Political Science Department welcomes Hayko Ba臒dat to the stage with 91探花Professor Asli Cansunar for a discussion on minority rights, freedom of expression and belonging in Turkish politics today. Drawing on personal stories, they鈥檒l explore what it means to speak truth, to live in exile for that truth, and to carry both love and loss for a country from afar. Free.

December 2 | (Art + Art History + Design)
Our question to consider: What is the soundtrack to liberation? This year-long program series hopes to honor our commitment to social justice and to gather our community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops. Unlike your traditional book club all the reading and study happens together, so no need to prepare.

December 3 | 听(Music)
A free lunchtime performance featuring 91探花School of Music students in the North Allen Library lobby. Presented in partnership with 91探花Libraries.听Free.

December 4 | (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Part of Burke鈥檚 Free First Thursday series, the museum opens its collections spaces from 4:30 to 7:30鈥疨M. Visitors can explore behind鈥憈he-scenes labs and storage, and speak with researchers, staff, and volunteers about their work.听Free.

December 4 | (Simpson Center for the Humanities)
Over the past quarter-century, the Simpson Center has established itself as an internationally recognized model for leading-edge humanities research. Its work鈥攆rom scholarly gatherings to fellowship programs to publications鈥攈as been transformative for faculty, students, and staff at the 91探花. The new faculty director of the Simpson Center, Professor Lynn M. Thomas, invites you to celebrate the impact of the Center鈥檚 work and to raise a glass to honor Professor Kathleen Woodward鈥檚 legacy of leadership at the Simpson Center.听Free.

Online Option – December 4 | The Office of Public Lectures presents: Healthcare Where All Can Thrive: Advocating For Older LGBTQ Adults with Carey Candrian (Graduate School Public Lectures)
Healthcare can be challenging for anyone鈥攂ut for older LGBTQ individuals, the barriers are often deeper and more complex. This talk explores how thoughtful, inclusive communication can transform healthcare experiences, making every person feel truly seen, heard, and respected. Free.

December 4 | School of Music Performances
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December 5 – 13 | (Drama)
Part farce, part protest, this sharp and timely comedy explores Capitalism and economic survival with wild humor and a lot of heart. Directed by Bradley Wrenn, as part of our Producing Artists Laboratory, They Don鈥檛 Pay! We Won鈥檛 Pay! brings riotous laughter to a situation that feels all too close to home.

December 7 | 听(Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
Join Cantus for a reflection on the meaning and joy of the holiday season with a program that the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune deemed “as joyful a celebration of the season’s spirit as any caroling party you’re likely to attend this year.”

December 7 | (Music)
The 91探花 Modern Music Ensemble (Cristina Vald茅s, director) presents diverse and innovative programming from the mid-20th century to the present. Free.

December 8 | 听(Asian Languages & Literature)
In this talk, David Spafford, Associate Professor of Premodern Japanese History at the University of Pennsylvania, takes a closer look at the complexities of sixteenth-century Japan and unpacks why this particular moment in history matters so much 鈥� and how the hit Shogun series does (or doesn鈥檛) help us understand it. Free.

December 9 | (Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
Through a captivating multimedia performance, Feinstein breathes life into iconic songs, blending holiday classics and more. The concert includes a wide-ranging selection of favorites with melodies that promise an unforgettable evening celebrating the magic of the holiday season.

December 11 | (Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
Dianne Reeves 鈥� one of the pre-eminent jazz vocalists in the world today 鈥� brings her fresh interpretations of Christmas standards to Meany for a night of holiday magic. Her brilliant virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz flair are showcased in a set of music from her celebrated album, Christmas Time Is Here.

December 18 |

Read the book ahead of time, or join to learn more about the selection. The听December book is The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Polly Olsen, Burke Museum Tribal Liaison, will discuss The Serviceberry and illustrate the book鈥檚 core concept, the gift economy. After the conversation, explore the museum on your own and see examples of lessons from The Serviceberry in the galleries.

December 18 – 20 | (Dance)
From improvisation and playful experiments, to a soft collision with movement, each work has a distinct choreographic style. The evening asks us to consider different modes of relation: between artists, across decades, in conversation with lineage, and with embodied inquiry. In collaboration with 91探花Associate Professor Rachael Lincoln.

December 31 | (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Enjoy fossilized fun at five drop-in stations designed for young learners ages 3鈥�8. Hold fossils and casts at the touch table, make scientific discoveries in the dig pit, create a craft to take home, and collect a new stamp each month in your Fossil Finders Passport.

ArtSci Roundup goes monthly!

The ArtSci Roundup is your guide to connecting with the UW鈥攚hether in person, on campus, or on your couch.

Previously shared on a quarterly basis, those who sign up for the Roundup email will receive them monthly, delivering timely updates and engaging content wherever you are. Check the roundup regularly, as events are added throughout the month. Make sure to check out the ArtSci On Your Own Time section for everything from podcasts to videos to exhibitions that can be enjoyed when it works for you!

In addition, if you like the ArtSci Roundup, sign up to receive a monthly notice when it鈥檚 been published.听

Do you have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu).

Come curious. Leave inspired.

We welcome you to connect with us this autumn quarter through an incredible lineup of more than 30 events, exhibitions, podcasts, and more. From thought-provoking talks on monsters to boundary-pushing performances by Grammy-nominated Mariachi ensembles, it鈥檚 a celebration of bold ideas and creative energy.

ArtSci On Your Own Time

Exhibition: (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Journey through the seasonal cycle of weaving, from gathering materials and spinning wool to dyeing with natural ingredients and weaving intricate designs. Along the way, learn firsthand from weavers and gain insight into the deep cultural and scientific knowledge embedded in every strand. Free entry for UW faculty, staff, and students.

Closing September 28 | (Henry Art Gallery)
This focused exhibition features works from Passing On (2022), a series of collaged newspaper obituaries of influential feminist activists and organizers. The clippings, presented with Winant鈥檚 handwritten annotations, reflect on a lineage of non-biological inheritance and how language shapes memory and history. Free.

Closing October 4 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents Crossings, featuring new bricolage sculptures by Rob Rhee inspired by inosculated trees and experimental grafting processes. The exhibit includes work from his studio and ongoing developments at the 91探花Farm. Free.

Exhibitions: (91探花 Magazine)
Find art by 91探花alumni and faculty in solo exhibitions, group shows and art fairs across Seattle and beyond. Free.

Podcast: Ways of Knowing, Season 2
Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are facilitating critical conversations in the classroom and the sound booth! The second season of 鈥淲ays of Knowing,鈥� a podcast collaboration with The World According to Sound, spotlights eight Arts & Sciences faculty members whose research shapes our knowledge of the world in real time鈥攆rom digital humanities to mathematics to AI. Free.

Video: (Astronomy)
What will Rubin Observatory discover that no one鈥檚 expecting? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn and answer cosmic queries about the Vera Rubin Observatory, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), and our next big tool to uncover more about the universe with Zeljko Ivezic, Director of Rubin Observatory Construction. Free.

Book Club: 鈥淭he Four Winds鈥� by Kristin Hannah听( 91探花Alumni)
Readers鈥� Choice! Author (and 91探花alum – BA, Communication, 鈥�83 ) Kristin Hannah highlights the struggles of the working poor during the Great Depression in this novel. Elsa is an awkward wallflower who is raising her two children on the family farm. As the Dust Bowl hits, she must choose between weathering the climate catastrophe in Texas or moving her family west to follow rumors of jobs in California. Free.

Week of September 22

September 25 | (Department of Chemistry)
A seminar featuring Professor Matt Golder. Free.

September 25 | (Henry Art Gallery)
A two-part series of readings by local authors exploring ghosts, familial histories, and the porousness between life and death. Free.

September 26 | 听
From the best-selling author of These Truths comes We the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era.

Week of September 29

October 1 | (School of Music)
Students of the 91探花School of Music perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by 91探花Music and 91探花Libraries. Free.

October 3 | (Henry Art Gallery)
Celebrate fall at the Henry with an evening of bold, boundary鈥憄ushing art and vibrant community, featuring exhibitions like Rodney McMillian: Neighbors, Kameelah Janan Rasheed: we leak, we exceed, Spirit House, and Sculpture Court Mural 鈥� Charlene Liu: Scallion. Meet the artists, enjoy a no鈥慼ost bar, and a curated playlist. Free.

October 3 | (Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
Award-winning pianist and cultural ambassador Mahani Teave is a pioneering artist who bridges the creative world with education and environmental activism.

October 3 | (School of Music)
A performance featuring special guests Stomu Takeishi (bass), Lucia Pulido (voice), Cuong Vu (trumpet), and Ted Poor (drums), performing the music of Chilean composer Violeta Parra. Free.

October 4 | (Henry Art Gallery)
An in-depth conversation between artist Rodney McMillian and curator Anthony Elms about the artistic process, themes, and the

Week of October 6

October 7 | (Department of Economics)
Distinguished economist and 2024 Nobel Laureate James Robinson delivers the Milliman Lecture. Free.

October 8 | (Jackson School of International Studies)
A literary conversation between novelist and artist Gerardo S谩mano C贸rdova and 91探花professors Mar铆a Elena Garc铆a (CHID) and Vanessa Freije (JSIS/History), centered around S谩mano C贸rdova’s recent novel, Monstrilio, exploring the major themes of the book, including queerness, monstrosity, and grief. Free.

October 9 | (American Indian Studies)
A series to prepare for the Film Screening & 91探花Symphony Performance: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land on February 6, 2026 (). Free.

October 10 | (School of Music)
A performance featuring 91探花Jazz Studies students Jai Kobi Kaleo ‘Okalani, Coen Rios, and Ethan Horn. Free.

October 10 | (Jackson School of International Studies)
The South Asia Center and Tasveer Film Festival host a screening and discussion of Farming the Revolution (1hr 45min, India, 2024, Nishtha Jain). Free.

October 12 | (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
KEXP broadcasts live from the Burke Museum with music from Indigenous artists all day long! Visit the new special exhibition, Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving. While you’re here, say hello to Sammy the Sounder and celebrate the team’s new Salish Sea Kit, co-designed by local Coast Salish weavers. Enjoy free admission for all鈥攑lus, kids wearing any Sounders gear will receive a free soccer ball! Free.

Week of October 13

October 14 | (School of Music)
New 91探花strings faculty John Popham (cello) and Pala Garcia (violin) are joined by Mika Sasaki (piano) in a concert of contemporary works by their trio Longleash, including Nossas M茫os (Our Hands) by Igor Santos.

Online Option – October 14 | (Classics)
For three decades, the Centre d鈥櫭塼udes Alexandrines has reshaped our understanding of Alexandria, moving its history from ancient texts to a tangible reality. Terrestrial digs reveal the city’s daily life, while underwater excavations at the site of the legendary Lighthouse have yielded spectacular monumental discoveries. These integrated findings present a multi-layered city, allowing us to write a new history of Alexandria grounded in its material culture of adaptation and reuse. Free.

October 15 |听
President Jones will share his vision for advancing the UW鈥檚 public mission: expanding access to an excellent education for all students; strengthening connections with our communities; and accelerating research, discovery and innovation for the public good. Free.

October 15 | 听(Department of Mathematics)
Mathematics has its own language, which is used by all other sciences to describe our world. It is very important to use it correctly, and to appreciate how it changes with time. This importance is growing rapidly with the ever wider use of large language models. There is great potential here, but also many pitfalls, as discussed in this lecture. Free.

October 15 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
This Fall MFA exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery showcases emerging artists鈥� work. On view through November 8. Free.

October 16 | (American Indian Studies)
A series to prepare for the Film Screening & 91探花Symphony Performance: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land on February 6, 2026 (). Free.

October 16 | (Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies)
Connect with local legislators. John Traynor, the Government Affairs Director from the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, will facilitate the forum.

October 16 | (Simpson Center for the Humanities) Free.

October 17 | (Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
The Grammy-nominated ensemble puts their unique spin on traditional mariachi, creating an explosion of colors and sounds all their own.

October 17 | (Department of Political Science)
UC Berkeley鈥檚 David Vogel joins the 91探花Center for Environmental Politics for a special guest lecture. Free.

October 18 | (Henry Art Gallery)
A curated selection of works explore the significance of branded products, examining how their ubiquity shapes perception, influences identity, and reflects broader cultural values. On view through January 28, 2026. Free.

October 18 | (School of Music)
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Fritts-Richards organ with a concert featuring 91探花students and faculty. A reception follows. Free.

Week of October 20

Online Option – October 21 |听 The AI Con (Book Talk) with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna (Office of Public Lectures)
Emily Bender (Linguistics) and Alex Hanna expose corporate-driven AI hype and provide essential tools to identify it, break it down, and expose the underlying power plays it seeks to conceal. Pay what you will.

October 21 | (Meany Center for the Performing Arts)
Internationally acclaimed for their rich tone and precision, the Jerusalem Quartet brings a dynamic program featuring works by Haydn and Beethoven, plus Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 dramatic 鈥淜reutzer Sonata.

October 21 | (College of Arts & Sciences)
Staley is the author of Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education, which argues that too many innovations in education focus on delivery rather than transformative experience. Free.

October 22 | (Department of Chemistry)
Professor Wilfred van der Donk delivers this annual lecture in memory of Prof. Dauben, who helped shape modern organic chemistry. Free.

October 22 | (Jackson School of International Studies)
A forum discussing recent developments, diplomacy, and policy issues on the Korean Peninsula. Free.

October 23 | Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture – Beyond Status: Living Undocumented in Disruptive Times (Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity)
Dr. Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky is a sociologist in the Department of American Ethnic Studies at the 91探花, where she also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Sociology. Annual lecture honoring 91探花faculty focused on diversity and social justice. Free.

October 23 | (American Indian Studies)
A series to prepare for the Film Screening & 91探花Symphony Performance: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land on February 6, 2026 (). Free.

October 23 | 听(Education)
Filmmakers and College of Education (CoE) community members Dr. Edmundo Aguilar, Assistant Teaching Professor, and Tianna Mae Andresen, ECO alum and instructor of Filipinx American US History in SPS, bring us the story of 鈥渢he students, teachers, and community members in their fight to preserve cross community liberatory ethnic studies and watch them reclaim their humanity along the way.鈥� Free.

Online Option – October 24 | The Art of Refuge, Resistance and Regeneration with Peter Sellars (Office of Public Lectures)
Director Peter Sellars will share real-world examples drawn from a lifetime of cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary artistic collaborations around the globe鈥攄emonstrating how art responds to crisis and catalyzes social transformation in an era of profound stakes.听Pay what you will.

October 24 | (Department of Political Science)
Jessica Weeks joins the 91探花International Security Colloquium to present current research in global politics and international relations. Free.

October 24 |听 (Department of Political Science)
This event is jointly hosted by the 91探花Political Theory Colloquium and the Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR). Free.

October 25 | (Henry Art Gallery)
Explore new exhibitions, catch captivating performances, get hands-on with an all-ages art-making workshop and museum bingo, and discover rarely seen works from the Henry鈥檚 collection. Free.

October 26 | (School of Music)
Chamber winds from the 91探花Wind Ensemble perform works by Caroline Shaw, Richard Strauss, and more, under the direction of Erin Bodnar. Free.

Week of October 27

October 28 | (Department of Physics)
Nobel laureate David鈥疊aker discusses advanced protein design software and its use in developing molecules to address challenges in medicine, technology, and sustainability. Free.

October 28 | (School of Music)
Renowned pianist Santiago Rodriguez, from the Frost School of Music (Miami University), performs a solo recital presented by the keyboard program. Free.

October 30 | (American Indian Studies)
A series to prepare for the Film Screening & 91探花Symphony Performance: Healing Heart of the First People of This Land on February 6, 2026 (). Free.

October 31 | (Political Science)
Lecture by Egor Lazarev, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University. Sponsored by the Severyns Ravenholt endowment and The 91探花 International Security Colloquium (UWISC).

October 31 | (School of Music)
Dr. Stephen Price, 91探花Organ Studies students, and guests perform spooky organ works and Halloween-themed favorites in this festive concert. Free.

Curious about what’s ahead? Check out the November ArtSci Roundup.

ArtSci Roundup goes monthly!

The ArtSci Roundup is your guide to connecting with the UW鈥攚hether in person, on campus, or on your couch.

Previously shared on a quarterly basis, those who sign up for the Roundup email will receive them monthly, delivering timely updates and engaging content wherever you are. Check the roundup regularly, as events are added throughout the month. Make sure to check out the ArtSci On Your Own Time section for everything from podcasts to videos to exhibitions that can be enjoyed when it works for you!

In addition, if you like the ArtSci Roundup, sign up to receive a monthly notice when it’s been published.

Do you have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu).

From campus to wherever you call home, we welcome you to learn from and connect with the College of Arts & Sciences community through public events spanning the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. We hope to see you this May.

(Dena鈥檌na) had never heard powwow singing before attending an Indigenous music conference in Toronto in 2008.

She was born north of Anchorage, Alaska, where powwows just started appearing in the last 25 years. At the conference, she was drawn to the singing voice of (Mescalero Apache, Irish, Chicano, German). The pair discovered they had a lot in common, eventually marrying in 2009.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a beautiful thing, how I鈥檝e learned about powwows through participating with John-Carlos over the years,鈥� Bissett Perea said. 鈥淲e have invitational dance forms in Alaska. But as more of a newcomer who doesn鈥檛 know all the things about powwows, it鈥檚 been good for me to be able to ask questions to John-Carlos.鈥�

The pair recently joined the faculty at the 91探花: Bissett Perea is an associate professor of American Indian Studies and an adjunct associate professor of music history and Comparative History of Ideas; Perea is associate professor and interim head of ethnomusicology, adjunct associate professor of American Indian Studies and Comparative History of Ideas. This quarter, they are co-teaching a new iteration of 鈥淧owwow Cultures in Native North America.鈥�

While a powwow course existed in the past, this is the first time it鈥檚 an interdisciplinary offering between American Indian Studies and the School of Music. The course will cover historic and contemporary powwow practices through a variety of activities, including participation in the annual 听and interactions with powwow musicians, dancers and organizers.

鈥淭he class changes from instructor to instructor,鈥� Perea said. 鈥淓verybody鈥檚 going to have their own take on it. We鈥檙e looking forward to entering that discussion, especially considering we are still new to town. We want to use this not just to talk about how we鈥檝e experienced powwow music and events, but also to take the opportunity to be able to learn more about how these events have functioned in the Seattle area.鈥�

The class will cover musical elements and style as well as history and context. Both instructors are trained in music 鈥� Perea in ethnomusicology and Bissett Perea in music history 鈥� and are jazz musicians. Being affiliated with the School of Music at the 91探花is a milestone, Bissett Perea said, because 鈥渇or a long time, Native music wasn鈥檛 seen as music.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 important to us that we demonstrate Native ways of doing research and music history and ethnomusicology,鈥� Bissett Perea said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a different approach, with different kinds of attention paid to politics of citation and presence. It鈥檚 intellectual work, but it鈥檚 also physical. It鈥檚 emotional and it鈥檚 spiritual. It will be a tall order, but hopefully by introducing students to powwow 鈥� this beautiful structure that is always changing and always reinventing itself 鈥� they’ll want to ask more questions and take more classes and continue the conversation.鈥�

Whether the students come from Native American, Indigenous or other cultural backgrounds, Perea said, they鈥檙e taking the course because of a shared interest in music and dance. His goal is to foster an appreciation for powwow music, especially in those students who have yet to experience it. He once wrote a book chapter on the different ways people have called powwow noise. In his time as a powwow singer, he鈥檚 been yelled at and even had the cops called on him while teaching.

鈥淭hat speaks to a lot of fear in how people get socialized, not just around powwow music but a lot of Native music,鈥� Perea said. 鈥淚t’s not noise. Hang out with me for 10 weeks, and by the end of it, you’ll be surprised. I can show you that it’s as organized as anything else you’re listening to. But whose organization are we stressing out about? What is it that our ear needs to know? I want students to walk away not just knowing what a powwow is, but also having been changed through learning how they might relate to it.鈥�

When Perea attended the annual 91探花Powwow last year for the first time, he saw things he鈥檇 never witnessed before. That, he said, is part of the greatness of powwows: Something new can quickly become tradition. That鈥檚 why the class doesn鈥檛 have a textbook, and why it won鈥檛 look the same from year to year.

鈥淛ohn-Carlos and I share an endless curiosity,鈥� Bissett Perea said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e always learning. That鈥檚 one of things that keeps us in this profession.鈥�

Washington is rich with urban and rural Native communities, Bissett Perea said, and there are specific histories surrounding migration, urbanization, tribal law and federal policies that have impacted Native peoples. Giving attention to how powwow arrived in cities like Seattle is important, especially to Native students who might not know their history.

鈥淎 lot of these students are figuring out the specificities of who they are, who their peoples are and where they’re from,鈥� Bissett Perea said. 鈥淚t’s an invitation to dig deeper, to have permission to celebrate being Native. For non-Native students, it’s an invitation be in better relations with the original stewards of these lands.鈥�

Ahead of the course, the pair built a calendar of upcoming powwows in the area, which students will be able add to. They鈥檝e listed events within a 100-mile radius, finding more than a half dozen in April and May alone. They also plan to encourage students to participate, volunteer or attend the 91探花Powwow.

鈥淚 say to my students, 鈥業鈥檓 going to tell you this one way, but then you鈥檙e going to go to the powwow this weekend and somebody鈥檚 going to describe it a different way,鈥欌�� Perea said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 the point. It鈥檚 all the meanings together. It’s holding multiple, sometimes conflicting thoughts at the same time. That鈥檚 what it means to do this thing.鈥�

For more information, contact Jessica Bissett Perea at jbperea@uw.edu or John-Carlos Perea at jcperea@uw.edu.

October 12, 7:00 – 8:30pm | Husky Union Building

Rachel B. Gross, an expert on Judaism and American Jewish history, will open the conversation by addressing Yerushalmi鈥檚 influence on the field of Jewish Studies. Gross will give an overview of how and why she uses the term 鈥渘ostalgia鈥� to bridge what Yerushalmi sees as a division between Jewish history and memory.

This panel will be moderated by faculty member Nicolaas P. Barr (Comparative History of Ideas), who specializes in antisemitism, intellectual history, and modern Europe. Faculty member Jason Groves (German Studies), who specializes in memory studies in the context of ecology, will share his perspective as well.

Free |

October 12 – 15 | , Meany Hall

The Chamber Dance Company returns to the Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater stage in October 2023. This year鈥檚 program celebrates a broad sweep of contemporary dance performed by world class artists, including Robert Moses鈥� Kin celebrated work, Speaking Ill of the Dead, and two sections from Doug Varone’s dynamic and moving dance, Possession. Completing the program are new works created by second year MFA students, Noel Price-Bracey, and Beth Twigs, that will be performed by company members with guests from the Department of Dance and Seattle鈥檚 professional dance community.

$10-22 tickets |

October 13, 3:00 – 4:45pm | Allen Library

In conjunction with Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, the Film Screening of Tortoise Under the Earth explores the deeply intertwined connections between tribal communities and the forest that is their traditional home. Interweaving the vivid colors of their festivals, folk songs, and the sense of community that binds them together. The film utilizes a couple’s tragedy, expanding to reveal regional details, emphasizing the broader environmental crisis and human rights issues affecting the Santhal tribe, native people of India and Bangladesh who are threatened by uranium mining.

Free|

October 13, 7:30pm | Brechemin Auditorium

Faculty pianist Marc Seales is joined by 91探花colleagues Ted Poor, drums, and Steve Rodby, bass, for a concert of original works by Seales, a Wayne Shorter tribute, and more.

Marc Seales is a noted pianist, composer, and leading figure in the Northwest jazz scene. He has shared stages with many of the great players of the last two decades and played with nearly every visiting jazz celebrity.

Beginning October 13 | Readers鈥� Choice: 鈥淕ilead鈥� by Marilynne Robinson, Online

Marilynne Robinson, 鈥�77, is one of the world鈥檚 premiere fiction writers. In 2023, the 91探花awarded her the Alumni Summa Laude Dignata Award 鈥� the highest award an alum can earn. In this Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, an Iowan preacher with a terminal illness writes a letter to his young child, chronicling his own life and that of his forefathers. This tender, meditative tale explores the accumulation of wisdom and the precious bonds between fathers and sons.

Free | More info

October 13, 1:30 鈥� 2:50pm | 听Zoom

As the first ethnography of its kind, Weighing the Future examines the implications of ongoing pregnancy trials in the U.S. and United Kingdom, illuminating how processes of scientific knowledge production are linked to racism, capitalism, surveillance, and environmental reproduction. This groundbreaking book makes the case that science, and how we translate it, is a reproductive project that requires feminist vigilance. Instead of fixating on a future at risk, this book brings attention to the present at stake.

Free |

October 16, 7:30pm | Brechemin Auditorium

Pianist Min Kwon shares selections from her ambitious America/Beautiful project, for which she commissioned variations on 鈥淎merica the Beautiful鈥� from 75 diverse American composers.

While some of us baked bread, sewed masks, or doom-scrolled through the latest 鈥淏reaking News,鈥� internationally-celebrated pianist, arts advocate and educator Min Kwon was busy Zooming with American composers, inviting them to come together and contribute their unique, individual talents鈥攖o create something altogether new.

Free |

October 16, 3:30 鈥� 5:00pm | ,听Communications Building

This event is part of the AI, Creativity, and the Humanities project. 91探花Professor Emily M. Bender is one of the leading voices in both public and academic conversations about large language models (LLMs). In this discussion with Anna Preus and Melanie Walsh, Bender will specifically address how LLMs intersect with the humanities and those who care about them. She will discuss how LLMs work, what labor underlies them, and why 鈥淎I鈥� is a bad term.

Free |

October 17, 6:30 鈥� 8:00pm |

In anticipation of the Reckoning with the Black Radical Tradition Conference in 2024 at the UW, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is hosting a reading group focused on the writings of Jack O’Dell.

Jack O鈥橠ell (1923-2019) was a visionary intellectual and an astute organizer who helped shape the course of the Black freedom movement in the second half of the twentieth century. Though driven out of the spotlight by anticommunism, O鈥橠ell worked creatively and tirelessly to advance the Black Radical Tradition through labor activism, piercing analysis, and political mobilization.

Free |

October 19-21, 8:00 pm | , Meany Hall

With energy to burn, the exhilarating Grupo Corpo combines classical technique with a modern take on popular Brazilian dance. The heart and soul of the company is the Pederneiras family, who produce powerful work of stunning physicality and rich visual finesse. Brazil鈥檚 leading contemporary dance company returns to Meany with two works. Gil Refazendo 鈥� set to a spirited soundtrack by one of the godfathers of Brazilian music, Gilberto Gil 鈥� features the spirit of renewing, rebuilding and remaking. With Gira, choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras delves into the religious traditions of his homeland with rich poetic imagery animated by gestures of praise and worship.

Please note: this performance contains partial nudity.

$10-79 tickets |

Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu).

May 27 – June 25 | 听Henry Art Gallery North Galleries

The Henry Art Gallery will present the UW’s School of Art + Art History + Design Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design thesis exhibition. Throughout their programs, fine arts and design students work with advisers and other artists to develop advanced techniques, expand concepts, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. Henry staff conduct two studio visits and work closely with the students to facilitate their projects and prepare them for exhibition at the museum. A digital publication is produced in conjunction with the exhibition to highlight the students鈥� artistic endeavors and the Henry鈥檚 commitment to this exciting and important step in the students’ development as practicing artists and designers.

Suggested Donation |

May 27 – July 29 | Reader鈥檚 Choice: 鈥淭he Overstory鈥� by Richard Powers, Online

May 30, 7:30 PM | , Meany Hall

The 91探花Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (Shaun Day, director) present their end-of-year concert, performing music by Marie A. Douglas, Jennifer Higdon, Nigel Hess, Paul Dukas, Augusta Read Thomas, and Michael Colgrass. With Carrie Shaw, soprano soloist on Augusta Read Thomas’ Of Being is a Bird.

$10 Tickets |

May 31, 4:00 – 6:00 PM | Allen Auditorium

All are welcome to listen in on this panel discussion with Peruvian artists Jorge Miyagui and Mauricio Delgado on the intersections of art and activism听in contemporary Peru.

Mauricio Delgado is an award-winning visual and performance artist, trained at the Institute of Visual Arts Edith Sachs. His work has been showcased internationally in Cuba, El Salvador, the United States and throughout Peru. He is active in public, collaborative and multi-media artistic collaborations like 鈥淧eruvian Art after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.鈥�

Jorge Miyagui is a celebrated visual artist, trained at the Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica del Per煤. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in Helsinki, Finland and various cities in Peru, and has been included in various collective exhibitions in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Germany, Spain, the United States.

Free |

June 1, 7:30 PM | Brechemin Auditorium

Student jazz ensembles coached by Cuong Vu, Marc Seales, Ted Poor, and Steve Rodby pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.

Free |

June 2,听 7:30 PM | , Meany Hall

The 91探花Symphony (David Alexander Rahbee, director) performs works by Stravinsky, Poulenc, and Faur茅 in this end-of year performance. The orchestra is joined by the combined University Choirs in a performance of Faur茅: Requiem, Op.48, with Giselle Wyers conducting. Special guest for this performance is actor Garret Dillahunt.

$10 Tickets |

June 3,听 7:30 PM | Brechemin Auditorium

Undergraduate composers at the 91探花School of Music explore new sonic landscapes in this year-end concert of original music.

Free|

Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu).

May 19, 5:00 – 6:30 PM | Gowen Hall

Join PhD Political Science Student Nela Mrchkovska for the 2022-2023 91探花 International Security Colloquium.

Free |

May 20, 3:00 PM | Meany Hall

Free |

May 22, 7:30 PM | Brechemin Auditorium

The 91探花Baroque Ensemble led by Director Tekla Cunningham presents its Spring Quarter concert.

Free |

May 23, 6:00 – 8:00 PM | w菨色菨b蕯altx史 Intellectual House

The Department of American Indian Studies at the 91探花hosts an annual literary and storytelling series. Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft at the beautiful w菨色菨b蕯altx史 Intellectual House on the 91探花Seattle campus. Storytelling offers a spiritual connection, a sharing of sacred breath. Literature, similarly, preserves human experience and ideals. Both forms are durable and transmit power that teaches us how to live. Both storytelling and reading aloud can impact audiences through the power of presence, allowing for the experience of the transfer of sacred breath as audiences are immersed in the experience of being inside stories and works of literature.

Free |

May 23, 4:00 PM | Brechemin Auditorium

Students of Thomas Harper and Carrie Shaw perform works from the vocal repertoire.

Thomas Harper is Associate Professor of Voice at the 91探花. In addition to voice instruction, he holds classes in Diction and Art-Song Repertoire. Carrie Henneman Shaw has been appointed an artist-in-residence in the Voice Program starting in Autumn 2020. As a singer, Carrie engages in a wide variety of musical projects, but she focuses on early and contemporary music.

Free |

May 23, 2:00 鈥� 6:00 PM | Communications Building

Join the Department of Comparative History and Ideas to celebrate the amazing work by CHID students on their undergraduate thesis projects. This student organized event will be a space for CHID seniors to present their work to friends, faculty, and their community at the UW. Light refreshments will听 be provided at this event.

Free |

May 24, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall

The 91探花Percussion Ensemble presents a year-end performance shared with the 91探花Steel Drum Band.

The Steel Drum Band will perform arrangements of calypso, salsa, reggae, soca, and other dance styles. The Percussion Ensemble will perform brand new music for percussion written by 91探花student composers and ensemble members.

$10 Tickets |

May 25, 5:00 PM | 听Brechemin Auditorium

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

Free |

May 25, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall

The University Singers, Treble Choir, and 91探花Glee Club present an eclectic program of music from around the world, folk tunes, and arrangements of popular music standards in their end-of-year performance.

$10 Tickets听 |

May 25, 7:30 PM | Brechemin Auditorium

Students from the 91探花Keyboard Program perform in this quarterly presentation of works from the piano repertoire. Craig Sheppard is Professor of Piano and Head of Keyboard at the School of Music of the 91探花 in Seattle.

Free |

May 25 – Jun 4, 7:30 PM or 2:30 PM | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse

$10 – $20 Tickets |

May 26, 7:30 PM |听Meany Hall

Cristina Vald茅s leads the 91探花Modern Music Ensemble in a program of works听by 91探花Composition students Joe Krycia, Yonatan Ron, Melissa Wang, Maxwell Williams, Sandesh Nagaraj, and Frederic Rzewski.

$10 Tickets |

May 26, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall

The Chamber Singers (Geoffrey Boers) and University Chorale (Giselle Wyers) present River of Time, a program of works by Eric Whitacre, Joni Mitchell, Dale Trumbore, Reena Esmail, and others. With Serena Chin and Amy Boers, piano; and Sarah Rommel, cello.

$10 Tickets |

Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu).

January 24, 7:30 PM |, Meany Hall

Since winning the London International Piano Competition in 2009, Behzod Abduraimov鈥檚 passionate and virtuosic performances have dazzled audiences around the world. His 鈥減rodigious technique and rhapsodic flair鈥� (The New York Times) have defined his career as a recording artist, recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with major orchestras worldwide. The Tashkent, Uzbekistan native presents a program specifically crafted for his Meany debut, featuring Uzbek composer Dilorom Saidaminova, along with works by Florence Price, Robert Schumann and Modest Mussorgsky.

$48- 60 tickets |

January 27, 6:30 PM | , Henry Art Gallery Auditorium

Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust is a powerful documentary film on the linked histories of Indigenous dispossession, Japanese American incarceration, and struggles over water in the desertified Owens Valley of California, lands once known as Payah眉眉nad眉鈥攖he place where the water always flows. Join us for a screening of the film and discussion with director Ann Kaneko. Ann will be in conversation with Dana Arviso, Sage Romero, and Alex Miranda. Dana is director of Unite:ED in the 91探花College of Education, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and grew up on the Bishop Paiute-Shoshone Indian Reservation in California. Sage was one of the film’s sound artists and a member of the Tovowahamatu Numu (Big Pine Paiute) and Tuah-Tahi (Taos Pueblo) Tribes. Alex Miranda, also a sound artist on the film, is a contemporary Pay贸mkawichum (Luiseno) artist from Southern California.

Free |

January 26, 4:30 PM | , Diverted, CMU 202

Composing a score for a film about the interrelation of Indigenous dispossession, Japanese American incarceration, and ecological catastrophe posed complex challenges, even before the Covid-19 pandemic upended typical modes of artistic collaboration. In this event, the composing team of Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (Lori Goldston, Alex Miranda and Steve Fisk), along with contributing sound artist Susie Kozawa, singer Sage Romero and filmmaker Ann Kaneko, gather to talk about the challenges of aurally representing intersecting histories of organizing and resistance on Native land, and the unique process of improvisation they developed while working remotely. This “dream team” of artists will reflect on questions of musical structure, community, authenticity, ethics and film practice, in developing an award-winning score that embodies the sounds of Payahuunad眉.

Free |

School of Music Concerts

January 25 |,听Meany Hall

January 28 – 29 | , Meany Hall

January 31 | , Brechemin Auditorium

January 18 – February 15, 7:30 PM |, Kane Hall

The medieval period has always occupied a paradoxical position in our cultural memory. An age of fantasy unimaginably distant from historical reality, it is also an era onto which writers and artists鈥攁nd now moviemakers and gamers鈥攈ave long projected their fears and desires. Why do cultures remake certain figures from the past鈥攂ut not others–in their own image?

Join Professor Emerita Robin Stacey for this five-lecture series where she looks at the present鈥檚 relationship with the past through the lens of the making and remaking of important historical figures鈥攕ome real, some fictional, and some the creatures of myth.

Free |

Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu).

Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions:听

October 27 – November 23 | , Art Building

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to host Seattle artist Miha Sarani. This exhibition is a broad survey of Sarani’s work, focusing on portraiture while also reflecting his Slovenian heritage.

November 6 – April 16 | , Burke Museum听(Free admission for 91探花students, faculty and staff)

Until January 8 | , Henry Art Gallery (Free admission for 91探花students, faculty and staff)

November 7, 6 PM | , online or HUB

Our annual public event draws from different stories and areas of knowledge to collaboratively consider a problem that鈥檚 keeping students up at night. Honors students, staff and faculty invite our broader community on campus and beyond to join our conversation on the power (and politics) of place.

With passionate speakers from public health, sociology, ethnic studies, geography, and history, we鈥檒l explore how communities respond to systems and events that disrupt relationships to place (like colonialism, war, climate change, or global pandemics); explore how people and communities sustain themselves in the face of such displacements through creative adaptation and collective care; and find opportunities to honor the radical placemaking work of vulnerable communities and coalitions who are leading the way.

Free |

Autumn Quarter:

The College of Arts & Sciences is launching its initiative by inviting students, faculty, and staff to join a campus-wide reading experience, followed by conversations about how we can enhance teaching and learning at the 91探花.

(in person or Zoom).

November 8, 7:30 PM |, Meany Center

Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent since he premiered at Meany in 2013. The Grammy-winning pianist was catapulted to international fame after winning medals in three prestigious competitions 鈥� Warsaw Chopin, Tel Aviv Rubinstein and Moscow Tchaikovsky 鈥� and has been named Artist of the Year by Musical America (2019) and Gramophone (2016). He inspires audiences with a combination of rare sensitivity, depth of expression and consummate technique. His return to Meany in a recital of Mozart, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Scriabin is a musical event not to be missed.

91探花Faculty, 91探花Staff, 91探花Retirees and 91探花Alumni Association (UWAA):听, subject to availability. A valid 91探花ID (e.g. Husky card or UWAA card) is required; limit of one ticket per valid ID听|听

November 8, 7:30 PM | ,听Kane Hall or online

By creating clean, ultra-low radioactivity laboratories deep underground to avoid cosmic rays, it is possible to study very fundamental questions about our Universe. These include studies of the tiniest fundamental particles called neutrinos and of Dark Matter, a very important but still mysterious component of the Universe. Dark Matter has only been revealed so far through gravitational effects but represents five times as much mass as the type of matter from which we are composed, It has had a strong influence on how the Universe has evolved since the Big Bang. Experiments to investigate these topics will be described, including the Nobel-Prize-Winning Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) experiment in which 91探花 scientists played a major role.

Free |

November 9, noon |Empires Strick Back: Football and Colonialism, online

In anticipation of the 2022 World Cup, the Department of History presents this panel discussion which will examine the connections between colonialism and the game of football/soccer.

Chris Tounsel, Associate Professor of History, 91探花(moderator)
Molly Yanity, Associate Professor of Journalism, Quinnipiac University
Anand Yang, Professor of History, UW

Free |

November 10, 5:30 PM| , Kane Hall or online

The Center for Korea Studies and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle will host the Korean Peninsula Forum 2022. This year鈥檚 forum will include two keynote speakers, Dr. Sang-hyun Lee of the Sejong Institute, and Mr. Scott Snyder of the Council on Foreign Relations. The two will discuss how the United States perceives of democracy in South Korea and vice-versa, the role of democracy in US-South Korean bilateral relations, and how US-South Korean relations are changing in light of geopolitical turmoil.

Professor Emeritus Kenneth B. Pyle (91探花) and Assistant Professor James Lin (91探花) will join Mr. Snyder and Professor Lee as discussants for the forum. Professor Yong-Chool Ha (91探花) will moderate the forum, adding his political science expertise to the discussion.

Free |

, online

What did it mean to be a Jewish minority in an Arab-Islamic society? How did Judaism shape Islam and vice versa? What is the future of Jewish-Arab relations?

Today, Jews and Arabs sometimes seem to be entrenched in a timeless conflict. But for centuries, over 90% of the world鈥檚 Jews lived, worked, and thrived (or sometimes floundered) in the Arab Near East.

In four talks from scholars drawing on their original research, this series will explore interactions between Jews and Arabs across fifteen hundred years of history.

• November 10, 3 PM | Coffeehouses, Parks, and Neighborhoods: Jews and Muslims
  in 20th-Century Cairo

Free |

November 10, 8 PM | , Meany Center

S艒 Percussion and Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw combine forces for a powerful new set of co-composed music in听Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part. Shaw鈥檚 faultless ear for melody and harmony, united with S艒鈥檚 rhythmic invention and compositional experimentation, create an imaginative world of sonic richness. It is a journey across the landscape of the soul, told through the medium of distinctly contemporary songs. Also on the program is Jason Treuting鈥檚 remarkably beautiful and ethereal work,听Amid the Noise.

91探花Faculty, 91探花Staff, 91探花Retirees and 91探花Alumni Association (UWAA):听, subject to availability. A valid 91探花ID (e.g. Husky card or UWAA card) is required; limit of one ticket per valid ID听|听

November 14, 5 PM | Online

Please join us a week after the general elections for a roundtable discussion of what the election results portend for national and state policymaking over the next two years, and for the 2024 Presidential election race. Speakers include Scott Lemieux, Becca Thorpe, and Mark Smith moderated by John Wilkerson.

Free |

Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions:听

October 27 – November 23 | / November 2, 5 – 8 PM: , Art Building

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to host Seattle artist Miha Sarani. This exhibition is a broad survey of Sarani’s work, focusing on portraiture while also reflecting his Slovenian heritage.

Until November 5 | , Koplin Del Rio (Georgetown, Seattle)

November 6 – April 16 | , Burke Museum听(Free admission for 91探花students, faculty and staff)

Until January 8 | , Henry Art Gallery (Free admission for 91探花students, faculty and staff)

November 1, 7:30 PM | , Meany Center

Faculty pianist Cristina Vald茅s performs music by Henri Dutilleux, Alexander Scriabin, Huck Hodge, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, and Gabriela Ortiz in this program of preludes and etudes. She is joined by Cuong Vu, trumpet, for the premiere of her work Sketches of an Anniversary Prelude, for trumpet and piano.

$20 tickets ($15 91探花Affiliate, $10 students and seniors). |

November 2, 12:30 PM | ,听Online Meany Hall – Studio Theatre

Join the Department of Dance to hear research presentations by second year MFA candidates in dance. This event is free and open to all 91探花and Seattle community members! Presentations will include:

Hip Hop Dance: A Multi-Referential Label with Controversial Considerations
Gary Champi, MFA Candidate 91探花Department of Dance

Party Environments and the Development of the Hustle: How Dance Party Spaces Foster Creativity and Community Connection Past and Present
Abdiel Jacobsen, MFA Candidate 91探花Department of Dance

Unlocking Creativity: Community Engaged Dance & Storytelling for Senior Adults
Jenn Pray, MFA Candidate 91探花Department of Dance

Free |

November 2, 6:30 PM| Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Part I, Kane Hall

Jake Grumbach is an associate professor of political science at the 91探花 who focuses on political economy of U.S. Democracy. In the first of a two- part series, he will discuss the current crisis in American democracy and how national conflicts of race, labor, and democracy are playing out in state governments.

Free | RSVP

, online

What did it mean to be a Jewish minority in an Arab-Islamic society? How did Judaism shape Islam and vice versa? What is the future of Jewish-Arab relations?

Today, Jews and Arabs sometimes seem to be entrenched in a timeless conflict. But for centuries, over 90% of the world鈥檚 Jews lived, worked, and thrived (or sometimes floundered) in the Arab Near East.

In four talks from scholars drawing on their original research, this series will explore interactions between Jews and Arabs across fifteen hundred years of history.

• November 2, 3 PM | Lecture 3. Jews and Muslims in Colonial Algeria: Between Intimacy and Resentment
• November 10, 3 PM | Coffeehouses, Parks, and Neighborhoods: Jews and Muslims
  in 20th-Century Cairo

Free |

November 3, 5:30 PM | , Thomson Hall听

Hafu (2013 Producer/Director/Videographer Megumi Nishikura) With an ever increasing movement of people between places in this transnational age, there is a mounting number of mixed-race people in Japan, some visible others not. 鈥淗afu鈥� is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experience in modern day Japan. The film follows the lives of five 鈥渉afus鈥濃�搕he Japanese term for people who are half-Japanese鈥揳s they explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that once proudly proclaimed itself as the mono-ethnic nation.

Each quarter during the academic year the 91探花Japan Studies Program will host a film to include discussion.

Free |

November 4, 2 PM |, HUB

Featuring:
Shaunak Sen听(Director,听All That Breathes)
Vivek Bald听and听Alaudin Ullah听(Directors,听In Search of Bengali Harlem)

In conversation with:
Anand Yang听(Professor of History and International Studies)
Alka Kurian听(Associate Teaching Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences)

Identities are in flux today. How do individuals and groups make sense of their lives and beliefs in an ever-changing world increasingly in the throes of socioeconomic and religious conflict and environmental crises? Come join us in a conversation with the award-winning directors of the films 鈥淎ll That Breathes鈥� and 鈥淚n Search of Bengali Harlem鈥� which highlight the choices people make to keep hopes alive.

This event is part of the听.

Free |

November 7, 6 PM | , online or HUB

Our annual public event draws from different stories and areas of knowledge to collaboratively consider a problem that鈥檚 keeping students up at night. Honors students, staff and faculty invite our broader community on campus and beyond to join our conversation on the power (and politics) of place.

With passionate speakers from public health, sociology, ethnic studies, geography, and history, we鈥檒l explore how communities respond to systems and events that disrupt relationships to place (like colonialism, war, climate change, or global pandemics); explore how people and communities sustain themselves in the face of such displacements through creative adaptation and collective care; and find opportunities to honor the radical placemaking work of vulnerable communities and coalitions who are leading the way.

Free |

Autumn Quarter:

The College of Arts & Sciences is launching its initiative by inviting students, faculty, and staff to join a campus-wide reading experience, followed by conversations about how we can enhance teaching and learning at the 91探花.

(in person or Zoom).