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All in-person events will follow the Seattle University COVID-19 protocols in place that the time of the event.
Currently:
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Note: many campus buildings are closed due to ongoing COVID-19 safety precautions.
Times for all virtual events are Pacific Time, unless otherwise noted
*Gallery currently closed due to Seattle University COVID-19 protocols"
Through mid-March, Wednesday - Saturday, 1 - 6 p.m.
Hedreen Gallery, Lee Center for the Arts.
Hedreen Gallery is proud to reopen for the Fall 2021 Faculty and Staff Exhibition. This event marks the reopening of the gallery after 18 months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Works on view in this exhibition represent a snapshot of the creative lives and conversations that are a part of this vibrant arts program. Some artists and scholars have chosen to share their most recent work, others share work in progress, and others revisit works from years past. The department invites viewers to enjoy these works in conversation, meet the visual arts team, and reconnect with community in the gallery setting. This exhibition features artwork and scholarship from Dawn Cerny, Francisco Guerrero, Alexander Mouton, Naomi Kasumi, Claire Garoutte, Arturo Araujo, Josef Venker, Trung Pham, Em Olson, Melinda Hurst Frye, Tara Champion, Lucas Boyle, and Hasaan Kirkland.
January 27, 12:30-2 p.m.
Online
A virtual conversation with Siva Vaidhyanathan, Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia, Faculty Associate, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, and Author of Anti-Social Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy. Hosted by Caitlin Ring Carlson, PhD, Associate Professor of Communication and Faculty Fellow, Center for Business Ethics, author of Hate Speech. Presented by Albers School of Business and Economics Center for Business Ethics and co-sponsored by the Initiative in Ethics and Transformative Technologies. Information and registration to receive the Zoom link here.
February 3, 6-7 p.m.
While recently featured in pop culture with the new Broadway musical, “Six,” about Henry VIII’s wives, and the 2019 Starz series, “The Spanish Princess,” based on Philippa Gregory’s novels The Constant Princess and The King’s Curse, Catherine of Aragon remains an elusive subject. Despite her status as a Spanish infanta, Princess of Wales, and Queen of England, few of her personal letters have survived, and she is obscured in the contemporary royal histories. In this evocative biography, Theresa Earenfight presents an intimate and engaging portrait of Catherine told through the objects that she left behind.
Dr. Earenfight, Professor and Director of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Seattle University, shares her compelling picture of a multifaceted, intelligent woman and a queen of England in a lively conversation with Dr. Hazel Hahn, Professor, History. Registration and book purchase information available here.
February 7, 6 p.m.
Online with Elliott Bay Book Company
This evening’s virtual group poetry reading lets us do something that virtual programs can make possible - two poets here in Seattle read, as do poets here from Madison, Wisconsin and McAllen, Texas. Good, engaged poetry this is, too, all the way around. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs is the daughter of migrant farmworkers from Durango, Mexico, and was herself a farmworkers as a child. She is now professor of Modern Languages and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Seattle University, the author of numerous scholarly books and eight books of poetry, the most recent being The Runaway Poems (Finishing Line Press), with others to come. “For Gabriella Muhs, ‘love is a pre-existing condition’ needed to address the injustices she so powerfully explores in this new collection of her work. These dazzling poems are rooted in the wisdom and witness of motherhood which could not be more timely. What a gift.”–Demetria Martinez. Information and registration here.
February 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Casey Building
James P. Norris, MA, LMHC, PhD candidate, is the founder of Matumaini Counseling and Community Center, a non-profit that provides psychoeducation, social justice, and advocacy work around mental health in the African American community. James will provide his own therapeutic model which has been adapted for use in Seattle Public School educator trainings and for use in therapist trainings throughout the Northwest, California, and Arizona. In this interactive event, participants will learn about the model as both a theoretical framework and a practical approach that can help them identify and understand their own experiences, how these are present and impactful in the therapeutic space and elsewhere, and how to create more equitable, anti-bias environments that are conducive to connection, vulnerability, and trust. Free to $75 (for CEUs.) Learn more and register here.
All Seattle U COVID-19 protocols in effect at the time of the event will be followed. Learn more here.
February 16, 4:30-6 p.m.
Online
Seattle University MPA program invites you to network with the Federal employees based here in Seattle. In this meeting, attendees will explore Federal government connections in the region; the Federal Government is the largest employer in the United States. Learn about the federal online hiring platform network with enthusiastic federal employees working in the Pacific Northwest. Rachelle Marts from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will moderate this session. This event is free and open to all students and the public. Register here.
February 16, 7 p.m.
Wyckoff Auditorium
Michael J. O’Loughlin talks about about his new book in a talk sponsored by The Center for Jesuit Education, the Insititute for Catholic Thought and Culture, and St. Joseph Parish. Yancy Dominick PhD, Senior Instructor, Philosophy, is a Faculty Associate in The Center for Jesuit Education and a member of the Faith Justice Commission at St. Joseph. Jeannette Rodriguez, PhD, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Couples and Family Therapy is the Director of the Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture. Learn more and RSVP here.
February 16-20, various times
Lee Center for the Arts
Presented by Seattle University Theatre. Directed by Sunam Ellis. Dying tragically on her wedding day, Eurydice is prematurely plunged into the underworld. Reunited with her father there, she struggles to remember her past life and love. Filled with fantastical characters roaming a surreal landscape, this contemporary retelling of the traditional Orpheus myth, recenters the hero's journey on the heroine, in a touching, darkly comic examination of loss and love. More information here.
All Seattle U COVID-19 protocols in effect at the time of the event will be followed. Learn more here.
February 22, 6-8 p.m.
Mikaela Rabinowitz talks about pretrial detention and the erosion of innocence in American Criminal Justice. Sponsored by the Seattle University Crime and Justice Research Center. Attend the virtual event here.
March 3, 12:30 pm
Location TBD
Dr. Allison Machlis Meyer, Associate Professor, English, asks how the processes of compiling eclectic, separately-created and separately-printed works into unique physical books—called Sammelbände—construct early modern thinking about religious difference. These compiled volumes provide compelling work for an examination of the fraught religious identities permeating the early modern period: they are polyvocal books that through their material form unsettle codified historical narratives about faith divides between Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and Muslims. RSVP by email.
March 7, 7:30 p.m.
Chapel of St. Ignatius, free
SU Choirs returns to live performances, presenting their first in-person performance since Christmas 2019. Featuring performances by University Chorale, Chamber Singers and University Singers, music sung by the combined choirs, and inspirational readings/reflections. Join us as we commemorate nature’s emergence from winter and reflect upon the lessons and spirit of Lententide. With Dr. Leann Conley-Holcom, Director of Choral and Vocal Activities and Dr. Lee Peterson, Assistant Director of Choral Music.
March 14
Venue TBA
Save the date for the Psychology Department’s annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Symposium (PURS)! Join us as we hear our Statistics and Research Methods students share their research projects. Contact the Psychology Department by email for further details.
April 6, Students: 4-6 p.m.; Mentors: 4:30 p.m.
Student Center, 1st Floor
An informal event where Arts & Sciences undergraduate and graduate students meet alumni, discover shared interests, discuss professional plans and ideas, and learn from their experience. We are excited to return to an in-person event. We will be following Seattle U Covid-19 protocols in place at the time of the event. Learn more and register here.
April 11, 6:30 p.m. (rescheduled from January 25)
Pigott Auditorium, free
Hear Bruce Harrell, after his first month in office, describe plans for turning the city around. Seattle has been through tough times, no doubt. The new mayor takes a few moments out of his busy City Hall schedule to meet students and constituents and discuss steps to move the city forward. We’re talking about all of it -- public safety, downtown revitalization, housing and overall well-being of the city. Harrell will be interviewed on stage Larry Hubbell, professor, and Joni Balter, journalist, and several students. Presented by Seattle University's Institute of Public Service's "Conversations Series." We will follow Seattle University COVID-19 protocols in place at the time of the event. Register now.
May 11-22, various times
Lee Center for the Arts
Presented by Seattle University Theatre. Directed by Rosa Joshi. What better way to welcome the spring but with a dreamy, romantic comedy inspired by Moliere, Shakespeare, Chekhov and Magritte! Tessa is enjoying a relaxing summer morning when her idyllic world is invaded by her family and their various lovers, past, present and future. Join us as we explore renewal, passion, and playfulness in the whimsical and wild world created by one of the nation’s leading experimental playwrights. More information here.
Wednesday, February 16 at 12:00 PM
Tuesday, March 1 at 10:00 AM
Thursday, March 3 at 6:00 PM
Wednesday, March 9 at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, March 9 at 12:00 PM
Wednesday, March 23 at 2:00 PM
