Perspectives Newsletter

April 11, 12:30 – 3:30 pm
Kane Hall, Room 225 (Walker-Ames Room)
Faculty from six Arts & Sciences departments — American Ethnic Studies; American Indian Studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies; History; Jewish Studies; and Middle East Studies — and the Law School come together for this “teach-in” to frame and understand the current moment. Open to the public, but registration is required.

Kane Hall, room 120, with Zoom option
The UW Astrobiology Program 25th anniversary lecture series features cutting-edge research in astrobiology. Two lectures are still upcoming, with RSVPs required for both in-person and Zoom attendance:

April 16:  Exploring Mars with the Perseverance Rover

April 23:  The Climatic Effects of the UWAB Program on the Habitability of My Environment

April 23, 7:00 pm
Kane Hall, room 110
The 17th Annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lectures presents an interdisciplinary panel of leading experts from psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and animal behavior to explore the biological, cognitive, and social foundations of altruistic behavior, with KUOW Host Bill Radke as moderator.

April 25-26, 7:30 pm
Meany Hall – Studio Theatre
The School of Music and the student-run Improvised Music Project (IMP) present IMPFest, featuring UW Jazz Studies students and faculty performing with special guests, including renowned guitarist Bill Frisell, saxophonist Josh Johnson, and bassist (and School of Music alum) Luke Bergman.  

May 3, 7:30 pm
Meany Hall – Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater
This Grammy-winning percussion quartet and composer collective creates exciting and unexpected performances that “push percussion in new directions, blurring musical boundaries and beguiling new listeners” (NPR). The ensemble will be joined by Jessie Montgomery in a program that showcases her excellence as a composer and violinist. Presented by Meany Center for the Performing Arts.

May 14 – 17, 7:30 pm
May 18, 2:00 pm
Meany Hall – Studio Theatre
Presented by the Department of Dance, this concert features original works by current MFA students who explore humanity from multiple angles — apocalyptic, hopeful, intimate, communal — using a variety of movement languages. Sixty undergraduate dancers, two graduate students, and one faculty member perform their works.

When Quintard Taylor, UW professor emeritus of history, launched the website BlackPast in 2007, he didn’t realize attacks on history would make the site as necessary as it has proved to be.

Christopher Tounsel, UW associate professor of history, explains what the war in Sudan has cost and where it could turn now.

Qudits, the multi-dimensional cousins of qubits, could make quantum computers more efficient and less prone to error. Martin Savage, UW professor of physics, is quoted.

"Songs are not mere entertainment if we consider the case of Japan. There, they can be the very essence of life itself," writes Davinder Bhowmik, UW associate professor of Asian languages and literature.