February 12, 3:30 – 5:00 pm | ��Smith Hall

As part of the History Colloquium, Professor La Tasha Levy will discuss “Black Soldiers and the Racial Debilitation of Slavery and the Civil War.” Levy is a Black Studies scholar who currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Ethnic Studies

The History Colloquium aims to encourage greater intellectual exchange within the 91̽��community by discussing works in progress from faculty members and graduate students.

Free |��

February 12, 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Thomson Hall

Join the Department of Asian Languages & Literature for a series of films exploring diversity and inclusion in Japanese society. “Whole” is a short drama created by Writer Usman Kawazoe and Director Bilal Kawazoe depicting Haruki, a biracial student who decides to quit college and travel to Japan, and Makoto, a construction worker raised in the projects of Kansai who is also biracial. Haruki and Makoto grow closer and begin their journey from “Half” to “Whole.”

The film is in Japanese with English subtitles and will be followed by a brief discussion.

Free |

February 12, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall

Dynamic duo Cuong Vu and Cristina Valdés straddle the worlds of contemporary classical music and free improvisation, premiering works for trumpet and piano by Oliver Schneller, Wang Lu, and Skúli Sverrisson, and performing music by Huck Hodge and Eva-Maria Houben.

Tickets |

February 13, 5:00 – 6:20 pm | Architecture Hall

Join the Jackson School of International Studies for a Middle East Lecture Series with Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University, on Regional Repercussions of the War.��

This event is part of��War 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 13, 6:30 pm | Building Scyborgs. An evening on decolonization, Town Hall Seattle & Livestream

Join scholar, organizer, and co-conspirator K. Wayne Yang as he shares stories about decolonizing endeavors from past, present, future, and speculative somewheres. Yang will discuss monsters, machines, mortals, and how people are the objects of colonization and agents of decolonization.

Free | More info & Registration

February 14 & 15, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm | Husky Union Building Street/Lyceum

February 15, 6:00 – 8:30 pm | Kane Hall

The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute is joined by the Departments of Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, and Statistics for the film screening of Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience.

The film, by George Csicsery, traces the cultural evolution of Black scholars, scientists, and educators. Follow the stories of prominent pioneers, and the challenges and accomplishments reflected in today’s working Black mathematicians. Their mathematical descendants are now present day college and K-12 students across the US, learning they belong in mathematics and STEM.

The screening will follow with a Q&A with Director George Csicsery.

Free |

February 15 – 17, 8:00 pm | Meany Hall

A symphony of acrobatics, sound, and light, Humans 2.0 is next level circus by the Australian contemporary circus group Circa. Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Created by circus visionary Yaron Lifschitz, with pulsing music by composer Ori Lichtik and dramatic lighting by Paul Jackson, Humans 2.0 is intimate, primal, and deeply engaged with the challenge of being human.

Tickets |

February 15, 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Thomson Hall

The 91̽��South Asia Center invites Elora Shehabuddin, professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Global Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, to present a unique and engaging history of feminism as a story of colonial and postcolonial interactions between Western and Muslim societies.

Stretching from the eighteenth-century Enlightenment era to the War on Terror present, Sisters in the Mirror shows how changes in women’s lives and feminist strategies have consistently reflected wider changes in national and global politics and economics.

Free |

February 15, 7:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium

Craig Sheppard, Robin McCabe, and Cristina Valdés lead students from the 91̽��piano studios to perform works from the piano repertoire.

Craig Sheppard is Professor of Piano and Head of Keyboard at the 91̽��School of Music. He is also Professor of the Advanced Innovation Center at the China Conservatory in Beijing.

Celebrated pianist Robin McCabe has established herself as one of America’s most communicative and persuasive artists. McCabe’s involvement and musical sensibilities have delighted audiences across the globe.

Pianist Cristina Valdés presents innovative concerts of standard and experimental repertoire, and is known to “play a mean piano.” A fierce advocate for new music, she has premiered countless works, including many written for her.

Free |

February 16, 3:00 pm | Brechemin Auditorium

91̽��Strings students perform concerto movements for outside judges, competing��for a chance to perform with the 91̽�� Symphony.

Free |

February 20, 1:00 pm | Husky Union Building South Ballroom

The College of Arts & Sciences welcomes the 91̽��community of faculty, staff, and students to participate in the second annual “Big Read.”

Tune into the conversation with Dr. Joy Buolamwini, founder of the Algorithmic Justice League and author of Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines and��Dr. Emily M. Bender, 91̽��Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Master’s Program in Computational Linguistics.

Free |

February 22, 4:00 pm | Climate Crisis: Our Response as Artivists, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall

Appearing onstage at the UW’s Meany Center in February, “Small Island Big Song” is an immersive concert experience that celebrates the seafaring cultures of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and features Indigenous musicians from the frontline of the climate crisis.

The UWAA and Meany Center are excited to gather a 91̽��College of the Environment alumna, a current student (Majoring in geography) and creators of “Small Island Big Song” to talk about issues of climate change, advocacy, art and culture. Our panelists each come to these topics from different vantage points and will share their reflections on how these topics all impact one another.

As the climate crisis quickly rises to the top of world concerns, different sectors — including artists — scramble to figure out ways to respond to its impending pressures. We all have a vital role to play. Join the conversation as we explore ways we can use our voices to push the needle on political, economic, social and cultural questions at the root of this global concern.

UWAA hosted reception to follow.

Free | More info & Registration

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

May 16 – 17, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM | , HUB Street/Lyceum/Lawn

Free |

May 16, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | ��Communications Building

Join the 91̽��Translation Studies Hub for two short talks and conversation:

“Against Translation as Metaphor: Sultanic Languages of Sovereignty in Late 19^th Century Morocco”
Sam Kigar (Islamic Studies, Department of Religion, University of Puget Sound) challenges a scholarly tradition of describing religions as languages that can be translated into one another. He examines the translation of two letters by Sultan Hassan I (r. 1873-1894) about his journeys to the Sūs region of southern Morocco. The Sultan was not translating forms of Islamic sovereignty into “foreign” territorial terms, instead, he was participating in the territorialization of the Sūs.

“Decentering French to re-center Wolof: Translation as a Nationalist Performance in Boubacar Boris Diop’s Work”
Rokiatou Soumaré (French and Francophone Studies, University of Puget Sound) proposes that Senegalese novelist Boubacar Boris Diop positions himself in his work as a nationalist linguistic activist by writing in Wolof instead of French, Senegal’s lingua franca. For Diop, translating these essential pieces initiated an ambitious political project that aligns with his nationalistic views, and his rejection of French hegemony.

Free |

May 17, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall

This project was born from a collaboration between Abigail Jara (choreographer and dancer) and Juan Pampin (sound artist and composer). The work was created during a residency of MUSSE DC at the Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the 91̽��Seattle campus in April 2022.

The performance is an exploration of the territory based on sound maps. The use of sensors enables the performers to carry out a space-time reconfiguration of the forest based on its sounds, which has the body as its axis, and movement and time as its organizing principle. In turn, the performers are part of an audiovisual ecosystem in which their bodies are captured by infrared cameras – similar to those used by scientists to investigate the presence of animals in the forest.

In each section of the work, the performers explore this interactive audiovisual space based on certain concepts related to the forest, such as the animal, the arborescent, the vegetal, the aviary, and the spectral.

Free |

May 17 – May 21 | ,��Meany Hall

Join the Department of Dance for their first-ever concert in the round. Six premieres by current graduate students, including one film, explore topics from Artificial Intelligence to the concept of Yin and Yang.

$10 Tickets |

May 17, 7:30 – 9:00 PM | ��Kane Hall

The Frontiers of Physics Lecture Series brings renowned scientists to the 91̽��to offer free lectures on exciting advances in physics with the goal of fostering an appreciation of science and technology in our community. This spring the Department of Physics is honored to welcome 2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Kip Thorne.

Free |

May 18, 4:00 – 5:30 PM | ��Communications Building

This lecture series and colloquium advance crucial conversations on world language and literature study on the 91̽��Seattle campus through an interdisciplinary, multi-departmental speaker series focused on issues of race, identity, colonialism, and migration within a broad European context. These approaches to national literatures offer effective frameworks for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty to grasp the intersectional complexity of power configurations in literary and visual cultures.

Free |

May 18, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall

Indian Classical vocalist, educator, and composer, Srivani Jade��presents “Ritu Chakra: Ragas of the Six Seasons of North India” in��the��culminating��recital of her artist residency at the 91̽��School of Music. She��is accompanied by Deepashri Joglekar (Harmonium), Ravi Albright (Tabla), Suchitra Iyer (Vocal Saath), and Tanpura. Her 91̽��students present a short opening act of Ragas and bandish compositions they learned during the quarter.

Srivani Jade identifies deeply with the Khayal and Thumri traditions of North India, and devotional repertoire from the Bhakti movement. Her performances have received critical acclaim in the 2014 Sawai Gandharva Festival and 2016 Earshot Jazz Festival, and she has many albums, film and musical scores to her credit.

$10 – $20 Tickets |

May 18, 7:30 PM | Kane Hall

Christopher Ozubko is a Canadian-American designer, educator, and former Director of the School of Art + Art History + Design at the 91̽��. He completed his BFA at the University of Alberta, and his MFA at the renowned Cranbrook Academy of Art, then under the direction of Katherine and Michael McCoy. After his appointment to the Design faculty at the 91̽��in 1981, Ozubko established his own atelier in Seattle, Studio Ozubko, which garnered numerous regional, national, and international design awards.

Ozubko’s poster designs are in the collections of the George Pompidou Museum, Paris; the US Library of Congress; the Museum of Applied Art, Helsinki; Dansk Plakatmuseum, Arhus, Denmark; and IPT Toyama, Japan.

As an educator, Ozubko developed and led the 91̽��summer “Design in Rome” program for more than a decade, which exposed students to photography, history, epigraphy, traditional craft, and industrial technology.

Free |

May 18, 7:30 PM | Husky Union Building

Come to the Husky Union Building and listen to Yevgenia Albats, Distinguished Journalist in Residence, Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, talk about Putin’s Wars. The speech is followed by a public Q&A.

Yevgenia Albats is a Russian investigative journalist, political scientist, author, and radio host. She has been Political Editor and then Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The New Times, a Moscow-based, Russian language independent political weekly, since 2007. On February 28, 2022, Vladimir Putin blocked its website, just days after Russia invaded Ukraine. Despite that, Albats continues to run the newtimes.ru, and she kept reporting from Russia until she had to leave the country in the last week of August 2022 after she was fined for her coverage of the war with Ukraine and pronounced a foreign agent. She graduated from Moscow State University and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University. Additionally, she was a full-time professor at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics.

Free with Registration |

May 19, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Undergraduate Research Symposium, Kane Hall

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an opportunity for undergraduates to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a larger audience. It is also a space for students, faculty, and the community to discuss cutting-edge research. This event is held on UW’s campus and is open to all students, faculty, and community members to attend.

The event includes poster, visual arts and design, performing arts, and oral presentations by students from all academic disciplines and all three 91̽��campuses, plus invited student presenters from peer institutions.

Free |

May 19, 5:00 – 6:30 PM | , Livestream

Join together with students – past and present – to celebrate and commemorate the 55th Anniversary of the Black Student Union (BSU).

This panel conversation is an opportunity for our campus community to hear from BSU founding members��James P. Garrett, Larry Gossett, Kathleen Haley, Carl Miller, and Leathia Stallworth-Krasucki, who demanded changes in how the 91̽��served students of color. From their 1968 occupation of the 91̽��administration building (now Gerberding Hall), to the myriad ways they have been leading voices in justice and equity over the years, these visionary leaders have shaped this university and our greater community.

The panel will be moderated by 91̽��alum and��former Black Student Union leader��Dr. Marc Arsell Robinson, Assistant Professor of History from California State University, San Bernardino.

Registration for in-person attendance is��at capacity��and is only open for the livestream.

Free |

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

As the 91̽��community returns to campus, consider taking advantage of campus perks available to 91̽��employees and students:

• Free admission to the and
• Discounted tickets to performances by Meany Center, School of Drama, Department of Dance, School of Music, and more

September 26 – October 7: , various locations

Shop thousands of posters at the HUB’s annual poster sale! Poster sale proceeds benefit the HUB Director’s Art Award, supporting 91̽��student artists by purchasing and displaying their work in the HUB Permanent Art Collection, and the HUB Scholarship, assisting students involved in ASUW, GPSS, RSOs, and HUB student employment in reaching their full potential as leaders, regardless of financial situation.

October 6, 7:30 PM: , Meany Center

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

October 6, 4 PM: , HUB

91̽��faculty member Sasha Senderovich (Slavic and Jackson School) will discuss his new book, “” (Harvard University Press, 2022). Senderovich offers a close reading of postrevolutionary Russian and Yiddish literature and film that recast the Soviet Jew as a novel cultural figure: not just a minority but an ambivalent character navigating between the Jewish past and Bolshevik modernity. Moderated by Aria Fani (Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures).��Book signing, champagne toasts and dessert��to follow.

Sponsored by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. Co-sponsored by Slavic Languages & Literatures; Simpson Center for the Humanities; Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies; and Elliott Bay Book Company.

Free |��

October 7, 8 PM: , Meany Center

Considered by��The New Yorker��to be “one of the finest, most searching songwriters of the day,” Gabriel Kahane reveals his most personal work in a decade. With his new album,��Magnificent Bird, Gabriel Kahane chronicles the final month of a year spent off the internet. Shuttling between the quotidian mundane and overlapping global crises, he sings of grief, nostalgia, shame��and salvation: a portrait of daily life in the roiling chaos of the 21st century.

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

October 6, 5 PM: , online

Explore the contemporary issues and challenges associated with free speech. , the 91̽��Alumni Association’s legislative advocacy program, will host this discussion. State Senator��David Frockt, media litigator��Caesar Kalinowski, ’17, and 91̽��political science professor��Victor Menaldo��will bring their insights and experience to the panel.

What parts of free speech are the least understood? What threats or rollbacks of this revered hallmark of American democracy might be on the horizon? Does the First Amendment create challenges in maintaining order during political or social unrest?

(No spoilers! You do not need to have read the book to participate.)

Free |

October 12, 3:30 PM: , online

Presented by: Dr. Ugo Edu, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at UCLA

This talk draws on different moments, fictitious and non-fictitious, to explore our commitments to the anti-racist work needed to move towards health equity. It asks for an interrogation of what is meant by “health” and how that definition or those definitions inform/s what can be envisioned as health equity. By asking whether we are sure we want health equity is to invite reflection on our commitments and willingness to sacrifice over performative gestures and statements that often contradict stated goals.

Free |

October 13 – 16: , Meany Hall – Studio Theatre

This year’s program, ()��performed in the intimate Meany Studio Theatre, celebrates��a broad sweep of��contemporary dance��styles. Guests from Seattle’s professional dance community join the��Chamber��Dance Company to perform excerpts from Crystal Pite’s��10 Duets on a Theme of Rescue, and David Roussève’s haunting��and tender��work,��Stardust. Completing the program are��new works��created by second year MFA students, Gary Champi, and Jenn Pray, that will be performed by company members with guests from the Department of Dance.

Discounts available to 91̽��employees and students |

The 91̽��celebrated the opening of the with a ribbon cutting ceremony April 18.

The facility features top-of-the-line computing power and premium gaming features, as well as a for the gaming community on the 91̽��campus. It’s housed in the Husky Union Building (HUB).

The esports facility is a full-service, state-of-the-art gaming center that supports both casual and competitive gaming and virtual reality. At the time of opening, the 91̽��is the largest public, higher education institution in the nation and the first university in the state of Washington to have a dedicated esports arena.

The 91̽��celebrated the opening of the����April 18 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The facility features top-of-the-line computing power and premium gaming features, as well as a designated place for the gaming community on the 91̽��campus. It’s housed in the Husky Union Building (HUB).

The esports facility is a full-service, state-of-the-art gaming center that supports both casual and competitive gaming and virtual reality. At the time of opening, the UW��is the largest public, higher education institution in the nation and the first university in the state of Washington to have a dedicated esports arena.

Read more about the facility .