Office of Public Lectures @ UW
Welcome to the UW Office of Public Lectures’ Lectures Library, where a selection of our past programming is available for revisiting, either in video or audio format. New lectures will be added on an on-going basis, so check back often!
Episodes
38 episodes
Louis Menand interview on KUOW's weekday in 2003
Louis Menand, an American critic, essayist, and professor who wrote the Pulitzer-winning book The Metaphysical Club, interviewed on KUOW's Weekday ahead of his University of Washington public lecture in 2003.
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George Coyne interview on KUOW's Weekday in 2003
George Coyne, American Jesuit priest and astronomer who directed the Vatican Observatory, was interviewed on KUOW's weekday ahead of his UW Public Lecture.
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William Cronon, an American environmental historian, interviewed on KUOW's Weekday in 2002
William Cronon, an American environmental historian, interviewed on KUOW's Weekday in 2002, ahead of giving his University of Washington Public lecture.
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Ronald Takaki on KUOW's Weekday in 2000
Ronald Takaki, historian, interviews on KUOW's Weekday in 2000 ahead of his public lecture at the University of Washington.
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Vandana Shiva, Indian activist and scholar, interview on KUOW's Weekday 2001
Vandana Shiva, Indian activist and scholar, interview on KUOW's Weekday with Steve Scher in 2001, ahead of the public lecture at the University of Washington.
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Manning Marable on KUOW's Weekday in 2021
Professor Manning Marable, Columbia University, interview with KUOW's Weekday hosted by Steve Scher in 2001.
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American Democracy and the 2024 Election with Jake Grumbach
In recent years, American democracy has bent but not broken. What are the threats facing American democracy, and what are its sources of resilience? In this talk, Dr. Jake Grumbach will investigate trends in three areas of American democracy: t...
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1:31:07
We Keep Us Safe: Public Safety, Crime, and Elections with ACLU of Washington
A panel discission on what keeps communities safe, among ACLU of Washington policy experts and experts in restorative justice and violence prevention who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system. For decades, Washin...
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1:11:10
Monica Guzman: I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
A moderated conversation between Senior Fellow for Public Practice at Braver Angels and author of “I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times“, Mónica Guzmán and writer, br...
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1:13:59
Priya Donti: Why AI matters for climate (in more ways than one)
In this talk, on October 28, 2024, Dr. Priya Donti, Assistant Professor and the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Professor at MIT EECS and LIDS, will explore AI’s multi-faceted relationship with climate change. This discussion will co...
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Jevin West: Generative Misinformation
The UW Office of Public Lectures presents Generative Misinformation with Professor Jevin West. Addressing misinformation is one of society’s grand challenges. In so doing, we might have a chance at the other grand challenges—preventing the next...
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1:32:11
Jaipreet Virdi: The Disabled Gaze: Rethinking the Past, Remaking the Future
Jaipreet Virdi, scholar activist and Associate Professor at the University of Delaware and author of “Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History” Dr. Virdi asks us to consider how being disabled changes the way people view the world and...
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1:27:03
Jake Grumbach: Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Part 1
Jake Grumbach is an associate professor of political science at the University of Washington who focuses on political economy of U.S. Democracy. In the first of a two- part series, he will discuss the current crisis in American democracy and ho...
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Ann Morning: Reckoning with Race: Fluidity, Invention, and Reality
The notion that race is a social construct, rather than an objective physical reality, is widely accepted – except in areas that include biomedical research, debates about transracial identities, and sports. In this talk, Ann Morning will disse...
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1:28:59
Diane Ravitch: Saving Public Education in the Trump-DeVos Era
In this talk, Diane Ravitch, Founder and President of the Network for Public Education, shares her thoughts on public education, including why schools should not operate like businesses and how citizens can organize to defend public schools aga...
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1:04:21
Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom: Spotting and Refuting Bullshit
Click here for lecture transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11KJoJca7QWFkk43ptKJ_VOJ1rthvquAH/view?usp=sharingThe worl...
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1:20:03
Pedro Noguera: Equity and Deeper Learning
Click here for lecture transcript:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kve1G9TeTfAVXjzXRMrAamE28ZBKbCak/view?usp=sharingWhile there ...
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Anthony Leiserowitz: Climate Change in the American Mind
Click here for lecture transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UvLb7rgOgTSnGmbusbPP8ZU4_0s0u8-i/view?usp=sharingClimate change ...
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Majora Carter: Department of HomeTown Security
Click here for lecture transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jm-sL-Zp0_qkFNgK58akqvI1lyIZjLj7/view?usp=sharingAs A...
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1:27:36
Angela Davis: Civil Rights and Human Rights: Future Trajectories
Click here for lecture transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oAecVC69hRImZK1uBTeIfuHpMqZojEmA/view?usp=sharingAngela Davi...
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Temple Grandin: Different Kinds of Minds
Click here for lecture transcript:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jHRSM1j2baTg0gUnIBlhS7P55qxkWx0Z/view?usp=sharingTemple Grand...
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1:11:15
David Orr: Design on the Edge: Climate Change, Posterity, and the Design Professions
Click here for lecture transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18GGXsx4LypdarVD4b1tNxHwIFCBA6aWN/view?usp=sharingIn this tal...
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Jill Cornell Tarter: SETI: Past, Present and Future — Finding Aliens and Finding Ourselves
Click here for lecture transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z6YpEAogBWehcWiDbMFg5yQnMCrKmTms/view?usp=sharingIn this lecture...
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1:38:56
Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility
Click here for lecture transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17B1qFZGVRrWuoe4Wtn6XSuYAytPZak61/view?usp=sharingIn this talk, R...
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1:35:17
Sheila Watt-Cloutier: The Right to Be Cold
In discussing the Arctic, we often only hear about the melting ice and challenged wildlife; in this talk, Canadian Inuit human rights activist Sheila Wall-Cloutier tells the potent human story about communities and their journey through rapid s...
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