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Written by Shahzoda Samarqandi and translated by Shelley Fairweather-Vega.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/book-launch-motherland/

Timothy Bourns on how medieval Icelanders wrote about the natural world.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/old-norse-ecocriticism-the-case-of-a-driftwood-assassin/

Visit the Henry for an illuminating tour of two exhibitions with Em Chan.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/meet-the-curator-of-overexposures-photographs-from-the-henry-collection/

A performance of works by Schubert, Borodin, Duparc and Smetana.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/campus-philharmonia-orchestras/

How does media in India use languages, cultures, and caste politics to gain audiences?

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/voice-video-and-vernacular-digital-media-and-the-politics-of-cultural-regions/

Enjoy a program of music by Malcom Arnold, Brian Balmages, Yukiko Nishimura and more.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/campus-and-concert-bands-colors-in-motion/

Shuxuan Zhou explores dualisms between humanity and nature with stories of labor and resistance.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/book-event-from-forest-farm-to-sawmill-stories-of-labor-gender-and-the-chinese-state/

Pianist Craig Sheppard performs, accompanied by violin, viola and cello.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/faculty-recital-craig-sheppard-faure-piano-quartets/

Students perform original tunes, homages to the greats and experiments in composing.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/jazz-innovations-ii/

Panel discussion with Asef Soltanzadeh, Shahzoda Samarqandi and Laura Catterson.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/panel-discussion-translating-persian-literature-problems-and-prospects/

Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/sacred-breath-indigenous-writing-and-storytelling-series-5/

Could concepts of kin and kinship spark a more inclusive approach to age-based change?

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/stephen-katz-from-demography-to-kinship-the-crisis-of-population-aging/

Anxiety, fear, and panic: learn how defensive behavior is organized into distinct modes.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/distinguished-alumni-lecture-with-professor-michael-fanselow-ph-d-ucla/

Students perform original tunes, homages to the greats and experiments in composing.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/jazz-innovations-i/

Join us to consider big, knotty topics in conversation with UW professors.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/the-role-of-public-research-universities/

Following the election, discuss what happened and what it means for the future.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/democracy-discussions-the-2024-election-what-just-happened-and-what-happens-next/

Enjoy Flute Celebration Day with a professor from China Conservatory of Music.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/guest-artist-concert-zhao-rong-peter-chen-flute/

Join your Idaho Husky community for an in-depth conversation about how artificial intelligence is transforming our government and society.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/ai-in-government-agencies-global-challenges/

The Washington Park Arboretum comes to light at this special event just for UWAA members.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/luminary-walk-arboretum-2024/

Join our after-hours event for UWAA members! 20% discount plus fun door prizes.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/uwaa-member-shopping-night-at-university-book-store-2024/

An interdisciplinary collective of artists and performers activates Meany Theater as a space in fugue and fluxus.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/dxarts-fall-concert-fictions-in-fugue/

An opportunity to examine materials from the Tateuchi East Asia Library.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/exploring-east-asias-cultural-heritage-through-illustrated-works/

Explore a 1,400-year-old Buddhist woodcarving legacy, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Yujiro Seki.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/carving-the-divine-buddhist-sculptors-of-japan/

This roundtable includes members of our UW community who are thinking about security in the Arctic.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/arctic-securities-competing-visions-in-the-north-america-arctic-and-beyond/

A group of modern-day actors come together with questions about justice in this retelling of the classic Chinese play.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/the-caucasian-chalk-circle/

Contemporary NW Native artists will share their current work and artistic journeys.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/bill-holm-center-20th-anniversary-symposium/

David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Akira Ifukube.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/uw-symphony-orchestra-with-bonnie-whiting/

Enjoy a concert of spooky organ classics and Halloween fun.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/halloween-organ-concert/

Michael Hong’s clay bodies express multifaceted cultural and immigrant experiences.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/oi-ee-moo-chim/

Maya Smith, co-author of the memoir "Reclaiming Venus," discusses the remarkable life and work of Alvenia Bridges.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/discussion-with-dr-maya-smith-for-reclaiming-venus-the-many-lives-of-alvenia-bridges/

Berkeley professor Erich Gruen addresses the roots of antisemitism in antiquity.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/erich-gruen-were-the-ancient-greeks-responsible-for-antisemitism/

Gather for a special screening of the critically acclaimed new documentary, followed by a panel discussion and reception.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/bad-river-screening-panel/

Artists and organizations consider the tools that build our collective future.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/opening-reception-shared-tools/

Enjoy works by Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, John McLeod, Chopin, Ravel and Lizst.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/guest-pianist-recital-murray-mclachlan/

The UW Wind Ensemble performs music by Anna Clyne, Paul Dukas, Felix Mendelsson and more.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/wind-ensemble-chamber-winds-2/

Powerhouse musicians share their artistry, activism and passion for building community.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/pura-fe-and-charly-lowry-indigenous-women/

Camille Reiko Acosta on how cultures around the Mediterranean negotiated multicultural spaces.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/merchants-and-mercenaries-greeks-in-egypt-in-the-late-period/

Usha Iyer on film ephemera and the history of women in Indian cinema.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/writing-film-history-without-films-song-booklets-and-an-archival-hermeneutic-of-speculation/

Trace the long afterlife of the "Nietzsche debate" and its continued relevance.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/radical-futures-aristocratic-or-democratic-nietzsche-brandes-hoffding-and-the-scandinavian-welfare-society/

Camille Reiko Acosta on the archaeological evidence of immigrants in Classical Athens.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/living-and-dying-as-an-immigrant-in-classical-athens/

Enjoy film memorabilia collected over five decades of travels through South Asia.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/from-film-festivals-to-songbooks-a-conversation-with-lyle-pearson/

Pianist Cristina Valdés performs works by Charles Ives and Arnold Schoenberg.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/faculty-recital-cristina-valdes-piano/

Katherine Freese will provide an overview of of the dark matter puzzle.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/frontiers-of-physics-the-mystery-of-dark-matter-in-the-universe/

Joshua Mostow explores how poetry spread in Japan’s early modern Edo period.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/washin-kai-the-popularization-of-the-hundred-poets-in-edo-period-japan/

Slava Mukhanov discusses recent progress in cosmology. Join online or at the Physics/Astronomy Auditorium.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/physics-colloquia-the-quantum-universe/

Explore the U.S. election from the perspective of China, India, Taiwan, the Middle East and beyond.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/u-s-elections-a-global-perspective/

A showcase of the works of eight students entering their second year in the MFA program.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/a-regular-profusion-of-certain-unidentified-roses-2024-fall-mfa-show/

Join the conversation on making movies, rapping, storytelling and activism.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/an-evening-with-raymond-boots-riley/

Learn more about the changing lives of orcas in the Puget Sound.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/hostile-waters-orcas-in-peril/

Reflect upon 4,200 cultural collections and archival materials from the Philippines.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/coming-to-terms-building-the-barangay/

Step into a realm where imagination knows no limits.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/pilobolus-recreation/

Celebrate the Henry's fall exhibitions, meet the artists and enjoy music by KEXP's DJ Abbie.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/public-opening-fall-exhibitions/

Iranian American artist Yasmeen Abedifard on her newly published comic collection.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/book-talk-and-qa-when-to-pick-a-pomegranate/

Two translators speak about translating poetry and share their translations.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/poetry-in-translation-for-the-wretched-of-academia/

Original art, Burke Museum collections and interactive experiences that tell stories of endangered species of flight.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/exhibition-rare-air-connecting-with-species-of-flight/

Three of the Henry’s current artists discuss their work.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/confronting-control-a-conversation-with-a-k-burns-lucy-kim-and-tala-madani-moderated-by-berette-macaulay/

Gather for a film screening and discussion that delves deep into critical themes of liberty, social justice, exclusion and more.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/dr-b-r-ambedkar-now-and-then/

Professors Mike Gelb and Jesse Zalatan will present on the topics of computational protein design and protein structure prediction and lead a Q&A.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/a-discussion-of-the-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2024/

Build community among new alums and rally support for current students.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/join-the-gold-alumni-council/

Join the gathering at the Medal of Honor Memorial on the UW’s campus in Seattle.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/veterans-day-ceremony-4/

Join us for a series of events that honor veterans across all three UW campuses.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/veterans-appreciation-events/

Join the University of Washington & UWAA for our annual veterans alumni reunion.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/veteran-alumni-reunion-4/

This lecture series by UW Medicine experts helps you wrap your head around brain health. Today’s session features Millie Forrester, MSW, LICSW.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/thriving-family-and-caregiver-support/

This lecture series by UW Medicine experts helps you wrap your head around brain health. Today’s session features Patrick Raue, Ph.D.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/thriving-promoting-mental-health-among-older-adults/

Christina Greer, Megan Ming Francis and Sophia Jordán Wallace discuss the 2024 election.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/the-2024-election-a-conversation-on-race-gender-and-democracy/

This lecture series by UW Medicine experts helps you wrap your head around brain health. Today’s session: Mental Health for Older Adults with Stephen Thielke, M.D., M.S., M.A.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/thriving-mental-health-for-older-adults/

This four-part online lecture series by UW Medicine experts helps you wrap your head around brain health. Today’s session: Brain Health 101 with Jürgen Unützer, M.D.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/thriving-brain-health-101/

Three Washington Secretaries of State discuss the history and evolution of voting in our state.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/trust-on-the-ballot-voting-in-washington/

Madhavi Murty of UC Santa Cruz discusses the Hindi film "Laal Singh Chaddha."

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/are-we-the-story-or-merely-a-character-in-it/

Dr. Nooshin Razani shares her insights on how spending time in nature can be a powerful treatment.

https://www.washington.edu/alumni/events/healthy-by-nature-how-connecting-with-the-environment-can-boost-your-well-being/