UW Office of Public Lectures
By bringing top minds from around the world to the University of Washington to teach and speak to the public, the UW Graduate School’s Office of Public Lectures takes big ideas and discoveries into the community and brings the community into scholarly life.
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Becoming a Birder with Ed Yong
The AI Con with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
Unpacking Legacy: From the Personal to the Systemic with Dr. Uché Blackstock
An Evening with Judge Joel Ngugi
Transnational Feminist Non-aligned Movement for Genuine Security and a Culture of Life
A Scheme to Forget, a Demand to Remember: Century-Long Battle Over the Memory of Tulsa Race Massacre
Gangstagrass in Concert
An Evening with Martha Gonzalez
Quetzal in Concert
American Democracy and the 2024 Election with Jacob Grumbach
Why AI matters for climate (in more ways than one) with Priya Donti
I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
An Evening with Raymond "Boots" Riley
We Keep Us Safe: Public Safety, Crime, and Elections with the ACLU of Washington
Rationality: What It Is. Why It Seems Scarce. Why It Matters. - Professor Steven Pinker
Building Scyborgs. An evening on decolonization with K. Wayne Yang
Is the US a democracy or a republic? with Anand Gopal
An Afternoon with Kate Raworth
Generative Misinformation with Professor Jevin West
The Disabled Gaze: Rethinking the Past, Remaking the Future with Dr. Jaipreet Verdi
Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Part II
Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections with Jacob Grumbach
Ann Morning: Reckoning with Race: Fluidity, Invention, and Reality
Angélica Cházaro: The Origins of Critical Race Theory and its Relevance Today
Edwin Lindo: The Resiliency of CRT: Surviving Through Truth
Megan Kennedy: Supporting Resilient Communities During Dual Pandemics
Amanda Cox: Visualizing Doubt
Fiamma Straneo: Ahoy! Glacier Ahead
Coexisting with COVID-19: The End?
Sexually Speaking: The Doctor Is In