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Oct 13 & 27, 9am-1pm
Biotechnology & the Artistic Imagination
Phillip Thurtle (Comparative History of Ideas)
Related Event: Hug: Recent Work by Patricia Piccinini
Frye Art Museum, Oct 13, 2:30-3:30pm
Oct 20 & Nov 3, 9am-1pm
Representing Justice
Michael McCann (Political Science and Law, Societies, & Justice)
Related Event: To Kill a Mockingbird
INTIMAN Theatre, Oct 27, 7:30-10pm
Oct 27 & Nov 10, 10am-2pm
War & Society | Pictures & Words
Danny Hoffman (Anthropology)
Related Event: An-My Lê: Small Wars
Henry Art Gallery, Oct 27, 2-3pm
Nov 17 & Dec 8, 9am-1pm
Aliens & Citizens in U.S. History
Moon-Ho Jung (History)
Related Event: One Song, Many Voices
Wing Luke Asian Museum, Nov 17, 2-3pm
Dec 1 & 15, 10am-2pm
Environmental Aesthetics
Andrew Light (Philosophy)
Related Event: Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam
Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, Dec 15, 2-3pm
Jan 12 & 26, 10am-2pm
Latinos in U.S. Popular Music
Marisol Berríos-Miranda (Ethnomusicology and Latin American Studies)
Related Event: American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music
Experience Music Project, Jan 12, 2-3pm
Jan 19 & Feb 2, 9am-1pm
Staging Shakespeare Then & Now
Odai Johnson (Drama)
Related Event: Roméo et Juliette and interview with the choreographer
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Jan 30, 6-9:30pm
Jan 26 & Feb 9, 9am-1pm
Jane Austen: Satire & Sentiment
Thomas Lockwood (English)
Related Event: Persuasion
Book-It Repertory Theatre, Feb 7, 7:30-10pm
Feb 9 & Mar 1, 10am-2pm
Iran, Women, & Geopolitical Conflict
Arzoo Osanloo (Anthropology and Law, Societies, & Justice)
Related Event: Iranian Film Festival
screening TBA
Mar 1 & 15, 9am-1pm
Young People, New Technologies
Crispin Thurlow (Communication)
Apr 12 & 26, 10am-2pm
The Art of Roman Religion
Margaret Laird (Art History)
Related Event: Roman Art from the Louvre, Seattle Art Museum, Apr 26, 2-3pm
Saturdays, April 19 & May 3 , 9am-1pm
Coming of Age in Black Fiction
Habiba Ibrahim (English)
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Saturdays,
Oct 14 and 28
Decoding Ancient Manuscripts
Richard Salomon (Asian Languages & Literature)
Related Event: Dead Sea Scrolls, Pacific Science Center
Saturdays, Oct 21 and Nov 5
Black Radicals in the American Century
Nikhil Singh (History)
Related Event: Native Son, INTIMAN Theatre
Saturdays, Nov 18 and Dec 9
Loving/Hating/Reading: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Carolyn Allen (English)
Related Event: The Great Gatsby, Seattle Repertory Theatre
Saturdays, Jan 6 and Jan 20
Shakespeare's Comedies
John Webster (English)
Related Event: The Comedy of Errors, Seattle Shakespeare Company
Saturdays, January 20 and Feb 3
Seattle's Struggles for Racial Equality
James Gregory (History)
Related Event: Essential Seattle, Museum of History and Industry
Saturdays, Jan 27 and Feb 10
The Life and Paintings of Frida Kahlo
Cynthia Steele (Comparative Literature and International Studies)
Related Event: Frida Kahlo: Images of an Icon, Tacoma Art Museum
Saturdays, February 10 and Feb 24
Current Debates in Teaching Writing
Anis Bawarshi (English)
Saturdays, Feb 24 and Mar 10
The Graphic Novel
Caroline Simpson (English)
Related Event: Art Spiegelman, Seattle Arts & Lectures
Saturdays, Mar 3 and Mar 17
Performance, Difference, and Disability
Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren (Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences)
Related Event: Stories of Us, On the Boards
Saturdays, Mar 31 and Apr 14
The Jazz Age
Larry Starr (Music History)
Related Event: A Night at the Cotton Club, Seattle Symphony
Saturdays, Apr 14 and Apr 28
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Comes Home
Joel Migdal (International Studies)
Related Event: My Name Is Rachel Corrie, Seattle Repertory Theatre
Saturdays, April 21 and May 5
Ethics, Power, and Global Health
Janelle Taylor (Anthropology)
Related Event: BioQuest Tour, Seattle BioMedical Research Institute
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Saturdays,
Oct 15 and 29
American Radicalism Across Three Generations
James
Gregory (History)
Saturdays, Oct 22 and Nov 5
Manifest Destiny and Dispossession: Steinbeck,
Nation, and Migration
Sonnet
Retman (American Ethnic Studies)
Saturdays, Oct 29 and Nov 12
The Viet Nam War: Myths and Memories
Christoph
Giebel (International Studies and History)
Saturdays, Nov 19 and Dec 3
Living in Place: Literature and Environment
Gary
Handwerk (English and Comparative Literature)
Saturdays, January 15 and 29
Shakespeare's Richards
John
Webster (English)
Saturdays, Jan 28 and Feb 11
Apartheid Then and Now: South Africa and Beyond
Ron
Krabill (Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences)
Saturdays, February 4 and 18
West Coast Poetry
Brian Reed (English)
Saturdays, Mar 4 and 18
Constructing Childhood: An Economic, Historical,
and Literary Inquiry
Katharyne
Mitchell (Geography) and Frances McCue (poet and essayist)
Saturdays, Apr 1 and 15
Folklore Past and Present
Guntis
Smidchens (Scandinavian Studies)
Saturdays, Apr 8 and 22
Powwow: Tradition and Innovation
Tom
Colonnese (American Indian Studies)
Saturdays, Apr 22 and May 6
High Art vs. Mass Culture Since 1960
Patricia
Failing (Art History)
Saturdays, April 29 and May 13
Urban Youth and the Promise of Hip-Hop Culture
Michelle
Habell-Pallan (American Ethnic Studies)
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Saturdays, October 23 and November 6
Staging America
Barry
Witham (Drama)
Saturdays, October 30 and November 13
Civil Rights and Labor
James Gregory (History)
Saturdays, November 6 and 20
Irish History and Modern Irish Writing:
Yeats to the Present
Hazard Adams (Comparative Literature, Emeritus)
Saturdays, November 20 and December 4
Spain, Empire and the "New World"
Benjamin Schmidt (History)
Saturdays, January 15 and 29
Science and Religion: Darwin, Geology,
Evolution
Simon
Werrett (History)
Saturdays, February 5 and 19
The Blues: As Form, As Genre, As Feeling
Larry
Starr (Music History)
Saturdays, March 5 and 19
Contemporary Poetries in English
Brian
Reed (English)
Saturdays, March 12 and 26
Frankenstein: A Story of Modernity
Janelle
S. Taylor (Anthropology)
Saturdays, April 2 and 16
A Confluence of Cultures: Lewis & Clark
from a Native American Perspective
Tom
Colonnese (American Indian Studies)
Saturdays, April 9 and 23
A Story of U.S. Slavery: Questions,
Debates, Histories
Stephanie
M. H. Camp (History)
Saturdays, April 30 and May 14
Colonialism and Performance Art in Islamic
Asia
Laurie
J. Sears (History)
Saturdays, May 7 and 21
Chinese Painting and Cultural Encounters
Shih-shan
Susan Huang (Art History)
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Rituals of Remembering
James Green (Anthropology)
Reading U.S. Latina Writers: Remapping American
Literature and Theater
Michelle
Habell-Pallen (American Ethnic Studies)
Does Place Matter?
Contemporary Art on the West Coast
Patricia Failing (Art History)
Americans Abroad in the Jazz Age Novel
Ann Putnam (English, University
of Puget Sound)
Understanding Abstract Painting
Marek Wieczorek (Art History)
Shakespeare's Family Tragedies
John Webster (English)
U.S.
Poetry Today
Brian
Reed (English)
Euripides: Ancient Drama, Modern
Sensibilities
Michael
Halleran (Classics)
Flamenco: Roots and Wings
Anthony Geist (Spanish &
Portuguese Studies)
The Realm of the Buddhas: Art, Iconography,
and Ritual Space
Cynthea
Bogel (Art History)
Considering Pocahontas: A Case Study in Authenticity
and Historical Accuracy
Tom
Colonnese (American Indian Studies)
John Steinbeck's
America
James Gregory (History)
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Latin American Artists and the Spanish Civil War
Anthony Geist (Spanish & Portuguese Studies)
Myth, Art, and Metamorphoses
Catherine Connors (Classics)
Crossing Borders, Crossing Genres
Jeanne Heuving (Interdiscplinary Arts & Sciences, Bothell)
American Song
Larry Starr (Music)
Controversial Images: Telling the History of Modern Science
Andrea Woody (Philosophy)
Shostakovich and His Contemporaries: Early Soviet Art, Music, and Literature
Galya Diment (Slavic Languages & Literatures)
Native Voices
Tom Colonnese (American Indian Studies)
Shakespeare's Tragedies: Text, Interpretation, Production
John Webster (English)
The Great Migration
Stephanie Camp (History)
America: A Sentimental Adventure
Matthew Brogan (Seattle Arts & Lectures)
How American is Asian American Literature
Shawn Wong (English)
Modern Mexico in Art and Literature
Cynthia Steele (Comparative Literature)
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Poetry Today
Brian Reed (English)
Japanese American Cultural Landscapes
Gail Dubrow (Urban Design & Planning)
With Open Eyes: Contemporary African Literature
Sandra Chait (Program on Africa)
The Politics of Standard English
Anne Curzan (English)
Pacific Northwest History and Literature
John Findlay (History) and Dan Lamberton (Humanities Program, Walla Walla College)
Yeats and Joyce: Study in Contrasts
Hazard Adams (Comparative Literature)
Surrealism in Literature and Film
Cynthia Steele (Spanish & Portuguese Studies) and Steven Shaviro (English)
A Story of US Slavery: Questions, Debates, Histories
Stephanie Camp (History)
History and Memory in Twentieth-Century China
John Christopher Hamm (Asian Languages & Literature) and Yomi Braester (Comparative Literature)
Love and Power at the Courts of Europe, 1643-1796
Douglas Smith (History)
Art and Religion on The Silk Road
Daniel Waugh (History) and Cynthea Bogel (Art History)
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That's My Song! Popular Music and American Culture
Shannon Dudley (Music)
What is China?
Stevan Harrell (Anthropology), Jerome Silbergeld (Art History), Jay Xu (curator, Seattle Art Museum)
The Odyssey: History, Transmission, and Performance
James Clauss (Classics)
John Singer Sargent and the Triumph and Collapse of Portraiture
Martha Kingsbury (Art History)
Contemporary Women Writers and Stories of Emotion
Carolyn Allen (English)
Information, Anxiety, and the K-12 Classroom
Allison Carlyle (Information School), Mark Donovan (UWired), Mike Eisenberg (Information School)
Beowulf: Medieval Heroes and Monsters in the Modern World
Anne Curzan (English)
Love as Theatre: The Drama of Shakespeare's Sonnets
John Webster (English)
The Information Democracy
Stuart Sutton (Information School) and Phillip Thurtle (Communications)
More than Watching: Big Brother Today
Jerry Nelson and Stuart Sutton (Information School)
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