January 4, 2024
ArtSci Roundup: History Lecture Series, Dorothy Roberts Lecture, Gallery Exhibits, and more
Start the new year at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery for an exhibition, spend an evening listening to Dr. Dorothy Roberts’ lecture, attend the History Lecture Series, and more.
Henry Art Galleries Events
January 4, 5:30 – 7:00pm | Auditorium
January 11, 5:30 – 7:00 pm | ĚýAuditorium
January 12, 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Education Studio
January 13, 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Education Studio
Through January 14 | Upper Level Galleries
Through January 14 | Upper Level Galleries
January 9, 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Online
The Department of Comparative History of Ideas invites Alice Wong, disabled activist and writer, to address topics on raising the visibility of disabled people through her book: “Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life.”
Alice Wong (she/her) is a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant. She is the founder and director of theĚýDisability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture created in 2014.
Free |
January 9 – 27 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Here in the dark weeks, the School of Art + Art History + Design has invited a mix of artists to bring some light in. Through animation and lightbox, by mechanical means and historical exploration, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery will be hosting several beacons to visit with while the days start growing longer again.
Free |
January 9, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall
Faculty artist Ted Poor continues his exploration of the drum set with an evening of solo performances. This concert will show the drum’s versatility.
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January 10, 7:30 pm | ĚýHusky Union Building
The Simpson Center for the Humanities invites Dorothy Roberts to discuss the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.Ěý
Dorothy RobertsĚýis the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, with joint appointments in the Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology and the Law School, where she is the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. She is also founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society.
Free |
HISTORY LECTURE SERIES | Seattle and the Salish Sea: Building and BelongingĚý
January 10, 7:00 pm | Kane Hall
January 17, 7:00 pm | Kane Hall
January 24, 7:00 pm | ĚýKane Hall
January 31, 7:00 pm | Kane Hall
February 7, 7:00 pm | Kane Hall
All lectures will be recorded and made available in the
January 11, 3:00 – 6:00 pm | ĚýHusky Union Building Lyceum
Join the Center for Anti-Racism & Community Health for an interdisciplinary panel discussion with Professor Dorothy Roberts. Panelists will discuss the impacts of Roberts’ scholarship across law, public policy, medical ethics, nursing, and sociology.
Free |
January 12, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall 
Artist-in-Residence Tekla Cunningham and guest pianist Sheila Weidendorf presents “Between Heaven and Earth: A Year with Brahms,” a performance of the Brahms violin sonatas.Ěý
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January 13, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm | Husky Union Building
The one-day conference, consciously scheduled for the Saturday before MLK Day, will begin with a series of roundtables and panels featuring scholars and activists to present on and discuss the Black Radical Tradition in honor of Jack O’Dell’s life and work.
Jack O’Dell (1923-2019) was a visionary intellectual and an astute organizer who helped shape the course of the Black freedom movement in the second half of the twentieth century.
Free |
January 15, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | Northwest African American Museum
The Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity (CCDE) will host its first Interrupting Privilege Museum Exhibition featuring an immersive mixed-media exhibit. Attendees will learn the history and methodology of Interrupting Privilege and get the unique opportunity to listen to recorded dialogues from the Interrupting Privilege catalog to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Free |
Have an event that you would like to see featured in the ArtSci Roundup? Connect with Lauren Zondag (zondagld@uw.edu)
