Professor Reiko Hillyer (History, Lewis & Clark College) will give a lecture on her recent book, A Wall Is Just a Wall: The Permeability of the Prison in the Twentieth-Century United States. Published by Duke University Press, the book "focuses on gubernatorial clemency, furlough, and conjugal visits to examine the origins and decline of practices that allowed incarcerated people to transcend prison boundaries.

Mochitsuki, or traditional mochi pounding, is a thousand-year-old Japanese ceremony. Come to see a live demonstration, including hands-on participation!

We will be trying three to four different types of high-class Japanese-style teas. You are invited to taste, learn, and explore through this demonstration hosted by Professor Mikiko Ludden. 

Dr. Dmitry Dubrovskiy (Charles University) will be giving his talk "Academic Freedom in Russia: Between Bologna and 'Foreign Agent' Legislation." This lecture is part of the ongoing Dolliver Series on Universities and Authoritarianism. 

Let's hear from graduates who majored/minored in Japanese about the lives they are leading after graduation, their work, and whether they are using Japanese! Japanese refreshments will be served. 

Benjamin Tromly, Distinguished Professor of History and James Dolliver National Endowment for the Humanities appointee, will give his talk, "The Vlasov Army: The Specter of Wartime Betrayal in Russia, from Stalin to Putin," in connection to his upcoming monograph. 

Calvin Duncan, J.D., spent 28 and a half years in Louisiana prisons, wrongfully convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. With only a ninth-grade education and limited access to legal materials, he began studying the law in prison. During his time at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, he spent two decades serving as a jailhouse lawyer for men on death row.

Come join the Sierra Club, National Parks Conservation Association, PSO, Save Our Wild Salmon, Students, and Community members for an Earth Day event! We are holding a panel discussion of the Roadless Rule. The 2001 Roadless Rule established prohibitions on road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvesting in almost 60 million acres of Inventoried Roadless Areas. The USDA has announced plans to rescind this rule, potentially opening 45 million acres of public land to timber harvest. 

Join us for an insightful session with Meghan King, MPH, Chief Engagement & Communications Officer at the Washington Poison Center (WAPC).

While many know the WAPC for its emergency help-line, their impact stretches far deeper into the fabric of our communities.

Meghan will also share her own professional journey—from her Master’s at the University of Washington to her roles at local health jurisdictions, the federal government, and educational institutions.

Join Professor of Anthropology Gareth Barkin for an examination of large language models and embedded worldviews. Barkin leverages decades of research on Indonesian media and society to explore how systems like ChatGPT and Claude "think" when they're speaking non-English languages. The talk investigates the mechanics of "epistemological persistence," demonstrating how LLMs impose an Anglo-American lens regardless of the language of output.