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
32 episodes
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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1:36:01
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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1:21:12
Seyla Benhabib: Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem: Fifty Years Later
In this lecture, Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, will give an overview of the controversial book, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963). Although some of Arendt’s claims concerning Eichmann’...
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Misty Copeland: An Evening with Misty Copeland
In 2015, Misty Copeland became the first African American female principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre’s 75-year history. In this talk, hear from this artist, author, entrepreneur and humanitarian about how she broke barriers and her work...
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Bill T. Jones: Analogy/Form: Finding Meaning in Confusing Times
The Artistic Director, Choreographer, and Co-Founder of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, in this lecture, Bill T. Jones will discuss the four-year creation process of the Analogy Trilogy; examine the hidden unities, poetry and the universal co...
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Joy Williamson-Lott: New Hurdles, Same Territory: How History Can Guide the Future of Education
Many look to “the school” as the great equalizer, a meritocracy where equal opportunity is realized. For communities of color, this is often far from the truth. Throughout history, each time communities of color have made progress toward equal ...
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