Perspectives Newsletter

Through April 4
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Building
This exhibition features 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident indira allegra, who presents a multimedia, meditative experience shaped by their research into doula work, death care, and the cyclical nature of bodies and environments. Drawing on the narrative rhythms and poetic repetition of sacred texts, The Book of Zero moves through the difficulty of endings with compassion, opening space for renewal.

February 18, 7:30 pm
Meany Hall – Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater
The Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) presents an evening of 3D music, showcasing world premieres and recent work of current DXARTS staff and graduate students, including compositions by Daniel Peterson, Wei Yang, and Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera.

February 18, 7:30 pm
Roethke Auditorium (130 Kane Hall)
Moon-Ho Jung, UW professor of history, will speak about the U.S. government’s incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans in 1942. By placing U.S. wartime policies and Japanese American responses in different historical contexts, Jung will interrogate the meanings of loyalty, democracy, and national security — during World War II and in our own time. This talk is part of the Department of History’s 2026 History Lecture Series. Registration required.

February 25, 5:00 pm
wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House
Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft. Both storytelling and reading aloud can impact audiences through the power of presence, allowing for the experience of the transfer of sacred breath as audiences are immersed in the experience of being inside stories and works of literature. At this February event, Oscar Hokeah (Cherokee Nation and Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma) will present his work. Presented by the Department of American Indian studies.

February 26 – 28, 7:30 pm
March 1, 2:00 pm
Meany Hall – Studio Theatre
The Department of Dance presents seven original works choreographed by students, providing them the opportunity to express their creative voices through choreography and costume design and to collaborate with lighting designers and mentors.

March 3, 7:30 pm
Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building
Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Ramón Gutierrez hails from Xalapa, Veracruz in Mexico and is leader of the music group Son de Madera. In this School of Music concert, Gutierrez will perform music from the Son Jarocho tradition with his UW students and special guests. 

Michael Blake, UW professor of philosophy and public policy and governance, addresses President Donald Trump’s recent threats to possibly use military action against Greenland. “As a political philosopher concerned with the moral analysis of international relations, I am deeply troubled by this vision of warfare — and by the moral justifications used to legitimize the making of war,” he writes.

In this radio interview, Mia Bennett, UW associate professor of geography, discusses Russia’s ambitions in the Arctic region, both military and economic — and where the U.S. fits into its geopolitical strategy.

How can we explain why some places in the world have become wealthy and others have not? A research team that includes Allison Demeritt, UW doctoral student in sociology, has been looking at how cultural mental models — the ways that different places and cultures frame information —  are a critical missing element in economics.