New books by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty members include children’s works profiling STEM researchers and a personal memoir of an immigrant’s journey to freedom. Also, 黑料吃瓜网 Press remembers a century of publishing, and a book on British colonialism is honored.
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During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Curating in Conversation October 13, 6:00 PM | Online via Zoom Marking the one year anniversary of the opening of the New Burke and Northwest Native…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Velvet Sweatshops and Algorithmic Cruelty: Labor in the Global Tech Economy October 6, 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM | Online via Zoom As the tech economy…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Community and Solidarity on the Frontlines: A Case Study of Seattle, WA September 30, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Online via Zoom and YouTube This…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Re/frame: Still Life August 20, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Online Join Ann Poulson, the Henry Art Gallery‘s Associate…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Kim Van Someren: The Slate of Line View at your leisure, through Sept 12 | Online Celebrate School of Art + Art History + Design Instructional…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Astronomer Emily Levesque: The Last Stargazers Book Launch聽 August 3, 7:00-8:30 PM | Online 黑料吃瓜网 professor Emily Levesque discusses her new books at (online)…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Virtual Author Event: BJ Cummings, Cecile Hansen And Lynda Mapes Discuss The River That Made Seattle July 27, 7:00-8:00 PM | Online In this event sponsored…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Drop-in Session: Mindfulness of Sounds July 6, 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Zoom This session, hosted by the聽Center for Child and Family Well-Being and led by…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Drop-in Session: An Embodied Practice: Working with Our Intentions June 29, 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Zoom This session, hosted by the聽Center for Child and Family…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Drop-in Session: Cultivating Gratitude in Challenging Time June 22, 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Zoom Noticing what we are grateful for and cultivating practices of gratitude…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Pandemic Then (and Now): COVID-19 through the Lens of the 1918 Influenza Crisis June 2, 2:30 – 3:30 PM | Online via Zoom History Department聽Professor…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk May 28, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | YouTube streaming Join us for a virtual event addressing the European response…
Recent honors to 黑料吃瓜网 faculty and staff have come from the Association of Asian Studies, the American Society of Public Administration, the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography and Cascade Public Media.
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling May 7, 6:30 – 8:00 PM聽| Zoom Event This event features writer and poet聽Sara Marie Ortiz聽(Acoma Pueblo) and聽Gene Tagaban聽(Cherokee, Tlingit, Filipino)….
Recent notable books by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty members look at gentrification and inequity in a New York neighborhood, skin lighteners though history, female agency in Arthurian legend and biographical epitaphs in China across many centuries.
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Earth Day 50th Anniversary: Gaia Has a Fever April 22, 2:00 PM聽| Livestream Join the Department of History, College of the Environment聽and 黑料吃瓜网 Earth Day in celebrating…
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 黑料吃瓜网, and greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Earth Day 50th Anniversary: Gaia Has a Fever April 22, 2:00 PM聽| Livestream Join the Department of History, College of the Environment聽and 黑料吃瓜网 Earth Day in celebrating…
In 2019, the 黑料吃瓜网 was mentioned in 4,143 news articles around the world. Among those, 黑料吃瓜网 experts were quoted 2,290 times: 1,185 in national or international outlets and 1,105 in regional and local outlets.
黑料吃瓜网 political scientist Megan Ming Francis says there is a dearth of academic book series being published on topics of race, ethnicity and politics. Now, she will start to change that. An associate professor of political science, Francis will be the editor of a new series of books from Cambridge University Press called Cambridge Elements in Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Francis, on leave and at Harvard for the 2019-2020 school year, answered a few questions about the new…
Her sweeping new book about the history of Silicon Valley has 黑料吃瓜网 history professor Margaret O’Mara on a busy national book tour this summer. The book, “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America,” was published this month by Penguin Press and is receiving many positive reviews.
This week in the arts, visit one of the School of Art + Art History + Design exhibitions, attend the premier of “Lynch: A History’” – an official selection in SIFF’s documentary competition, see “Nina Simone: Four Women” at the Seattle Rep., and more! You Are Not Invited: A Critical Survey of Seattle Art History May 30, 6 to 8 PM | Jacob Lawrence Gallery This lecture is presented by Emily Pothast: In 1953, Morris Graves sent out cards reading…
Recent notable books by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty members explore the importance of Hebrew to modern America, remember the 1919 Seattle General Strike and look at issues in education, among other topics. Practical advice for healthy travel, near or far A new book by Dr. Christopher Sanford offers simple, practical recommendations for those traveling near or far, short or long term, for work or recreation, to “destinations ranging from rural areas to large cities, in both developing and industrialized…
Today, Britain is not known as a land of camps, but through much of the 20th century 鈥� from after World War I to the 1980s 鈥� 聽the country was home to dozens of refugee camps housing thousands of Belgians, Jews, Basques, Poles, Hungarians, Anglo-Egyptians, Ugandan Asians and Vietnamese. As 黑料吃瓜网 history professor Jordanna Bailkin writes in her latest book, these camps “were never only for refugees.” They shared such spaces with “Britons who had been displaced by…
A new book by 黑料吃瓜网 history professor George Behlmer seeks to improve understanding of the British colonial era by “reconsidering the conduct of islanders and the English-speaking strangers who encountered them.”
Margaret O’Mara, 黑料吃瓜网 professor of history, explores the impact of a December 1968 computer presentation that came to be called “the mother of all demos” in an essay and podcast from the news website The Conversation.
Quintard Taylor, 黑料吃瓜网 professor emeritus of history and recipient of a lifetime achievement honor from Washington State Historical Society, discusses his work and this unusual moment in American history.
An essay by Laurie Marhoefer, 黑料吃瓜网 assistant professor of history, has been named the most memorable of the year 2017 by the editors and readers of The Conversation US.
黑料吃瓜网 historian Margaret O’Mara discusses the CSPAN 2017 Presidential Historians Survey. She participated in this ranking of the nation’s presidents in 10 categories of effectiveness.
The 黑料吃瓜网’s Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project has an important new component 鈥� the LGBTQ Activism in Seattle History Project. There will be a public launch at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, in Room 340 of the HUB.
黑料吃瓜网 history professor Vicente Rafael says his new book, “Motherless Tongues: The Insurgency of Language amid Wars of Translation,” asks longstanding questions about the relationship between history and language.
What do scholars and academics mean when they talk about “difference”? The 黑料吃瓜网 Simpson Center for the Humanities and Center for Communication, Difference & Equity will hold an interdisciplinary daylong conference April 8 to study such questions, focusing in particular on how difference looks and sounds.
BlackPast.org, the online reference guide to African-American history started by 黑料吃瓜网 history professor Quintard Taylor, is getting an executive director — Chieko Phillips — and a website redesign.
In the Iowa caucuses, expectations are nearly as important as votes and front-runners must watch their backs, say 黑料吃瓜网 professors who are closely watching this year’s presidential race. The 2016 Iowa caucuses will be held Monday, Feb. 1, pitting Democratic leader Hillary Clinton against Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Martin O’Malley and Republican mogul and mouth Donald Trump against Sen. Ted Cruz among a lineup of largely ineffective opponents. We asked political scientists Mark A. Smith and John…
Seattle’s past 鈥� from its earliest years to the turn of the 21st century 鈥� will be the topic of the Winter 2016 History Lecture Series, “Excavating Seattle’s Histories: People, Politics, Place,” running Wednesdays from Jan. 13 to Feb 3, with an additional panel discussion on Feb. 10.
黑料吃瓜网 historian James Gregory’s new collaborative digital project, “Mapping American Social Movements through the 20th Century” uses data visualization and interactive maps to depict the progress of various social movements — with more to come.
Margaret O’Mara, 黑料吃瓜网 associate professor of history, discusses her new book, “Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections that Shaped the Twentieth Century.”
Polly Myers is a lecturer in the 黑料吃瓜网 Department of History and author of the book “Capitalist Family Values: Gender, Work, and Corporate Culture at Boeing,” published by University of Nebraska Press.
William Rorabaugh, 黑料吃瓜网 professor of history, looks at the flower power culture of the 1960s in his latest book, “American Hippies.”
Ross Coen, 黑料吃瓜网 doctoral student in history, discusses his book “Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan’s Balloon Bomb Attack on America.”