A Seattle Tradition
One of the UW’s most popular lifelong learning programs, the History Lecture Series began in 1975. For 15 years, it featured History Professor Emeritus Giovanni Costigan, the first recipient of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Today professors from the Department of History are proud to carry on his legacy, with the generous support of the UW Alumni Association. Scroll down to learn about upcoming lectures and to watch video recordings of past presentations.
Tickets for the 2018 History Lecture Series will be sold by the UW Alumni Association.
Winter 2017 Lecture Series: Worlds Turned Upside Down: Five Revolutions that Shaped Our Times
2017 marked the centennial of the Russian Revolution – one of the most decisive and influential events of modern times. It stands within a lineage of dramatic upheavals characterized by violent insurgency, heroic leadership and radical change. Join our faculty members as they examine five revolutions around the world to explore how these events still shape our world today.
January 11, 2017, Richard Johnson: A New Order for the Ages: The Many Meanings of the American Revolution
January 18, 2017, Raymond Jonas: Power and Privilege in the French Revolution
January 25, 2017, Glennys Young: The Russian Revolution and the Making of the 20th Century: Global Perspectives at the Centennial
February 1, 2017, Christoph Giebel: “Compatriots, can you hear me?” The Vietnamese Revolution of 1945 and Its Implications for a Post-Colonial World
February 8, 2017, Ileana Rodríguez-Silva: Beyond and Within the Cuban Revolution
Watch the Winter 2016 Series: Excavating Seattle's Histories
Watch the Fall 2014 Series: The Great War and the Modern World
Watch the Fall 2013 Series: Slavery and Freedom in the Making of America
