Global Asias at the University of Washington is a dynamic interdisciplinary initiative that explores the transnational and transcultural connections shaping Asian and Asian American experiences across the world. Bringing together scholars, artists, and communities, Global Asias fosters critical conversations on...
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Twenty-first-century climate change poems mourn the dying and possible death of the planet. In this colloquium, Jahan Ramazani will discuss his recent article, “Elegies for the Planet,” on how ecocriticism on the poetics of climate change can help develop and...
In just half a century, Taiwan transformed from an agricultural colony into an economic power, spurred by efforts of the authoritarian Republic of China government in land reform, farmers associations, and improved crop varieties. Yet overlooked is how Taiwan brought...
In this talk, Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal discusses her book Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building Under Indian Occupation, which received the 2025 Bernard S. Cohn Prize for First Book in South Asia (Association for Asian Studies). The book interrogates how Kashmir was made “integral” to...
Join us for a retrospective reflection on the future of African women and football followed by a Q&A featuring guest speaker Martha Saavedra, faculty and associate director of the Center for African Studies at the University of California in Berkeley. This...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting all areas of academia. Scholars are utilizing AI in every component of research, including the collection, synthesis, analysis, and visualization of data; drafting of articles; and “peer” review of final submissions. The field of Holocaust...
Large Language Models (LLMs) have recently been top of mind for many in higher education, and UW has hosted a variety of great talks and events centered on LLMs and teaching. The Teaching With LLMs Hackathon picks up where those...
Please join us for a screening and discussion of "How I Learned to Fly" ("Leto kada sam naučila da letim") with Director Radivoje Andrić on Wednesday, May 21.The University of Washington is committed to providing access and accommodation in its services, programs...
In this workshop, Golden M. Owens will discuss how the late-nineteenth/early twentieth-century introduction and promotion of laborsaving products and technologies influenced and altered popular perceptions and articulations of domestic work and domestic workers. Examining how this work, once largely performed...