Past Events

Online
March 4, 2021 @ 4:00 pm

A conversation and Q&A with Dr. Ursula Heise of UCLA led by Dr. Mario Ortiz-Robles. Ursula K. Heise is a Marcia H. Howell Chair of Literary Studies in the Department of English at the Institute …

Online
February 4, 2021 @ 4:00 pm

Zoom lecture with Dr. Lisa Messeri and Dr. David Kipping, discussing the search for hospitable exoplanets in the third session of “Mapping Planetary Humanities.”  

Online
November 12, 2020 @ 12:30 pm

During an STS Lunch seminar, Prof. Neyrat gave a talk on “The Rise of Eco-Fascism: A Meta-Political Analysis.”

Online
October 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

As part of the Planetary Humanities Constellation, students joined Prof. Frédéric Neyrat and Astronomy Prof. Jim Lattis  for a virtual planet viewing session Washburn Observatory.

September 17, 2020 @ 10:00 am

The Animal Studies Constellation held a  Zoom lecture, “Toward a Planetary Humanism: Cecil the Lion Meets Black Lives Matter,” with Cajetan Iheka (Yale) and M. Ty (UW).

Signe Skott Cooper Hall
February 27, 2020 @ 12:00 pm

The Health & Inequality Constellation invited MK Czerwiec, the Comic Nurse, to give a lecture on Graphic Medicine.

14 Ingraham Hall
February 4, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Advisors & students are encouraged to stop by for fruit, coffee, and donuts and to learn more about the Constellations program!

October 30, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Mad Max screening with commentary by Prof. Annie Menzel and Prof. Samer Alatout.

Union South
October 24, 2019 @ 12:30 pm

Pre-med students are encouraged to join us for a humanities paper info session with Jane Shepard, director of admissions for UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Beth Currier, Center for Pre-Health Advising, and Meridith …

September 9, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

As part of the Planetary Humanities Constellations, students joined Prof. Neyrat and Prof. Jim Lattis of Astronomy for a firsthand look at the cosmos at the Washburn Observatory.