6:30 p.m.
Democracy听蹿别别濒蝉听fragile in 2026, right?听UW’s Megan Ming Francis examines the tensions, frustrations, and fault lines that shaped the midterms 鈥� and what the outcomes tell us about where America goes from here.
Registration opens December 9, 2026.
6:30 p.m.
Who gets to invent 鈥� and who gets left behind? UW historian Margaret O’Mara traces 250 years of technological change to illuminate the power, inequality, and听possibility听defining our AI-powered future.听
Registration opens September 9, 2026.
6:30 p.m.
Climate change is threatening the crops that feed us all. UC Davis geneticist Pamela Ronald reveals how her discovery of flood-tolerant rice is helping millions of farmers adapt 鈥� and what plant science means for the future of food.
Registration opens September 9, 2026.
6:30 p.m.
How did immigration become America’s most polarizing issue? UW’s Sophia Jord谩n Wallace traces the rhetoric, policy shifts, and public responses defining this urgent and deeply human debate.
Registration opens September 9, 2026.
6:30 p.m.
Emmy-winning journalist Paola Ramos and UW’s Sophia Jord谩n Wallace explore Latino voter engagement, political power, and the demographic shifts quietly reshaping American elections.
Registration opens September 9, 2026.
7 p.m.
础滨听isn’t听magic听鈥斕�it’s听made of human choices. Join UW’s听VP for听AI, Noah Smith,听at UW Bothell to explore who controls AI, what it听optimizes听for, and why open infrastructure is essential for a smarter, more听equitable future.
Registration opens September 9, 2026.
6:30 p.m.
Flow into a radical reimagining of rivers鈥攁s sentient beings with rights. This global lecture blends activism, art, and law to reveal how river justice shapes our survival in a world where water is more than resource鈥攊t鈥檚 kin.
6:30 p.m.
In a world ablaze with crisis, this lecture explores crip feminist technoscience as a tool for survival and resistance鈥攐ffering disabled wisdom to reimagine justice, regulate AI, and challenge empire, white supremacy, and late-stage capitalism through a disability justice lens.
Registration opens March 10, 2026.
6:30 p.m.
Explore five provocative perspectives on the 2026 FIFA World Cup鈥檚 impact鈥攅conomic, cultural, and political. This talk examines what hosting the tournament means for Seattle and beyond, challenging assumptions and sparking fresh debate about global spectacle and local consequence.
Registration opens March 10, 2026.
3:30 p.m.
Lecture on the historiography of the term ‘antisemitism’ in the ancient past.