Originated in 1953, Brown and Haley became the first fully endowed lectureship in the history of Puget Sound in 1981. The lectures are intended to make significant contributions to the understanding of urgent problems confronting society, emphasizing perspectives in the social sciences or humanities. Brown & Haley Lecture Series invites emerging scholars to offer two lectures who can speak to two or more fields during their two-day residency.

Originated in 1953, Brown and Haley became the first fully endowed lectureship in the history of Puget Sound in 1981. The lectures are intended to make significant contributions to the understanding of urgent problems confronting society, emphasizing perspectives in the social sciences or humanities. Brown & Haley Lecture Series invites emerging scholars to offer two lectures who can speak to two or more fields during their two-day residency.

The observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday has been a tradition at University of Puget Sound since before it was established as a national holiday in 1986. Please join us as we continue this tradition for the 40th year.

Originated in 1953, Brown and Haley became the first fully endowed lectureship in the history of Puget Sound in 1981. The lectures are intended to make significant contributions to the understanding of urgent problems confronting society, emphasizing perspectives in the social sciences or humanities. Brown & Haley Lecture Series invites emerging scholars to offer two lectures who can speak to two or more fields during their two-day residency.

Dr. Jamilia Sherls ’05 is a proud Puget Sound alumna and currently serves as Director of the Office of Immunization for the Washington State Department of Health.

Not every career follows a straight line—and that’s okay. Paths to Purpose is an alumni speaker series that explores the concept of planned happenstance—the idea that being open to new experiences, taking risks, and saying “yes” to opportunities (even unexpected ones) can shape your future in powerful ways.

Ruth Wilson Gilmore will discuss her new book on Abolition Geographies, what abolition means, talk about how students can be involved in abolition work, and to discuss why we need human-centered approaches to rethinking our carceral systems. 

She is a prison abolitionist and prison scholar. She is the Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics and professor of geography in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. 

The Daedalus Lecture Series carves out a space for academic discussion, offering both a platform for sharing innovative work and the opportunity to come together as a diverse scholarly community. Rather than a teaching lecture, the presentations are conceived as a way to converse with and learn from one another in ways that enrich our community and broaden our interdisciplinary knowledge. Daedalus Lectures are intended to facilitate the sharing of research among colleagues.

Come hear what professionals in science are currently researching!

A presentation by Christopher Burtner, Associate Professor at Roger Williams University. 

The Department of Philosophy invites Dr. Alexander Guerrero (Rutgers University) to give a talk on lottocracy, a theory of democracy that elects representatives through a lottery. 

Hear Guerrero's defense from, "Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections"  next February in Wyatt Hall, Room 109.