The College of Arts and Sciences is excited to see such a strong lineup in this year’s University of Washington (UW) Public Lectures series. Thank you to the UW Public Lectures for creating space for important conversations and for including so many faculty voices from the College of Arts & Sciences. Check out these lectures below!
The AI Con with UW Linguistics Professor Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)
Sponsoring Departments: Communication Leadership Program, Department of Communication, The Graduate School
The Art of Refuge, Resistance and Regeneration with Peter Sellars
Friday, October 24, 2025 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle
Sponsoring Departments: Meany Center for the Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, The Graduate School
Becoming a Birder with Ed Yong
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)
Sponsoring Departments: Department of Psychology, Department of Biology, The Burke Museum, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Communication, The Graduate School
Primary: Alma Thomas, Sisterhood and the Revolutionary Quality of Light with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)
Sponsoring Departments: School of Nursing, School of Public Health, Department of Anthropology, Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health (ARCH), The Graduate School
Palestine to Iraq with Adam Hanieh
Friday, March 6, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Livestream
Sponsoring Departments: Department of History, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Department of American Ethnic Studies, The Graduate School
Unlocking Secrets: Interrogating the Epigenome to Reveal Pregnancy Risks in Moms with High Blood Pressure with Bertha Hidalgo
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)
Sponsoring Departments: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Communication, School of Public Health
Five Ways to Watch the World Cup with Ron Krabill
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)
Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell; Director, Global Sport Lab, Jackson School of International Studies, UW Seattle
What Does Law Mean in Crisis? How Crip Feminist Technoscience Will Save Us with Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown
Thursday, May 21, 2026 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle
Sponsoring Departments: Paul Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Law, Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT), School of Social Work, Disability Studies Program, Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE), The Graduate School
Is A River Alive? Exploring the lives, deaths and rights of rivers with Robert Macfarlane
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 @ 6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle, Livestream (Hybrid)
Sponsoring Departments: Department of English, Department of History, Department of Comparative History of Ideas (CHID), Department of German Studies, The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, The Graduate School