January 9, 2025

January Update

Happy New Year, Huskies! We hope you are having a great start to winter quarter and 2025!We know the transition between holiday breaks and returning to classes can sometimes be overwhelming, so remember that you can always ASK US for help 24/7! Grad students –  applications for winter quarter programs are due soon, so don’t put off learning more about these fantastic teaching and learning opportunities.  Be sure to check out our “rockin’ ” new exhibit and special events this month, including film screenings and the always-popular New Year celebration at the Tateuchi East Asia Library! 

News and Stories

Western Washington University’s Viking Union Gallery to present UW Libraries’ 2024 exhibit “Seattle Gay News Celebrates 50! – Read the story

Applications Due

Scholar’s Studio
Proposals due: February 7, 2025, 11:59 p.m. (PT)
Scholars’ Studio is a fun, informal event that features 10 rapid-fire ignite-style presentations (5 minutes each) given by graduate students and postdocs doing research on topics related to an interdisciplinary theme.  Hosted by the UW Libraries Research Commons and The Graduate School, Scholars’ Studio gives students the opportunity to share their research across disciplines, make connections and build presentation skills. The Scholars’ Studio event is open to any research, practice, or teaching topic in any discipline. Learn more.

Research Communication and Equity Fellowship
Applications open on January 21 and close February 9. Information session for potential applicants on January 30 from 11:30-12:30
This program celebrates the academic and creative work of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) graduate students. Each Fellow creates a physical artifact that visually communicates their research. These artifacts take many forms: posters, artwork, visualizations, etc. Students come from across the UW Seattle campus in programs from law to biology. Learn more.

Community Events and Exhibits 

NEW EXHIBIT: Celebrating The Rocket, Seattle’s Music Magazine Monday, Jan 10 – Saturday, Feb 15, 2025  AND SPECIAL EVENT, January 28 Join us for a special in-person celebration of the exhibit, Celebrating The Rocket, Seattle’s Music Magazine showcasing 20 years of music and culture as told through the pages of “The Rocket,” the influential Seattle publication that covered music venues and regional bands including Mudhoney, Nirvana, Sir-Mix-A-Lot, Sleater-Kinney, and Soundgarden during the 1980s and 1990s. On January 28, tour the exhibit and hear from DJ John Vallier and remarks from John Keister, Seattle-based comedian, writer, rock critic, and former writer and editor for The Rocket! Learn more.

NEW EXHIBIT: Promising Future, Complex Past by the National Library of Medicine
Monday, Jan 6 – Saturday, Feb 15, 2025
Explore the intricate history and future implications of artificial intelligence through the lens of physiognomy. This exhibition delves into the ethical, social, and technological aspects of AI, offering a thought-provoking experience. Learn more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Year Celebration at Tateuchi East Asia Library!
Thursday, January 30
Join us for a vibrant New Year celebration featuring East Asian cultural performances, with the highlight being a Japanese tea ceremony experience. Enjoy light snacks as we embrace the festive spirit of East Asian traditions. View the calendar

EXHIBIT: Exploring East Asia’s Cultural Heritage Through Illustrated Works,
Ongoing through Monday, March 31, 2025
The Tateuchi East Asia Library’s Special Collection Exhibit brings together a rich array of illustrated materials from China, Japan and Korea, highlighting the cultural, technological, and artistic achievements of each region. Highlights include: Chinese local gazetteers, geographic landscapes, and ancient manuscripts on craftsmanship and technology, offering a glimpse into traditional Chinese practices and innovations. Japanese Ukiyo-e and Cartography will let you dive into Edo-era daily life and travel, brought to life through ukiyo-e prints and historical maps, including the iconic Tōkaidō travel route. Through illustrations on Korean ceremonial rites and medicine, you will discover the Confucian traditions of the Chosŏn Dynasty through ceremonial texts and medicinal practices that shaped Korean society. Learn more.

Love, Taipei: Pop-up Exhibit @ TEAL & Online Film Festival @ TaiwanPlus
Ongoing through Wednesday, April 30, 2025
In partnership with the UW Tateuchi East Asia Library, TaiwanPlus, and Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI), the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program welcomes you to Love, Taipei—a pop-up exhibit at TEAL in November 2024 and an online film festival on TaiwanPlus. Love, Taipei is inspired by romance films set in the greater Taipei area. Curated by the TFAI and hosted on TaiwanPlus, the festival brings together eight digitally remastered Taiwanese films. Learn more.

Learning Workshops and Office Hours

2025 Tateuchi East Asia Library Digital Scholarship Series is a dynamic program showcasing cutting-edge research by faculty in the fields of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese (CJKT) studies. This series highlights how innovative digital tools and methodologies are transforming East Asian scholarship, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, and broadening the impact of research within and beyond academia.

• Series #1: Towards a Computational Analysis of Early Chinese Poeticity, with Gian Rominger, Assistant Professor, Asian Languages and Literature, Wednesday, Jan.22: This presentation highlights a numbers of interrelated projects in the domain of Text Analysis for the purposes of Digital Philology that are tailored to issues inherent in the approaches to early Chines texts from the pre-imperial and early imperial era in China. Learn more

Research Remix: JSTOR AI- January 14: Join UW Libraries and Learning Technologies for a demo and discussion on how you might incorporate the JSTOR AI beta tool into your research. Learn More

Personal Privacy on Your Phone- January 16: If you’re thinking about your digital privacy, then you know that your phone is probably not very private. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll help you assess what information your phone is leaking, think through what steps you can take to plug up the leaks without losing functionality, and spend some time adjusting settings and apps to be more privacy-friendly. Learn more.

ProQuest TDM Workshop (online)- January 17:  Learn how to use ProQuest TDM Studio, a cloud-based tool allowing researchers at UW the ability to text data mine (TDM) large sets of content published in news, scholarly, and other publications that the University of Washington Libraries licenses from ProQuest.

Privacy with Cookies- January 28: Interested in practical steps to protect your privacy? Drop by the Open Scholarship Commons anytime between 3 and 5pm to participate in activities like creating your own secure password. Grab one of our privacy checklists to work through with us or to take and work on later. Learn more.

Drop-In Help and Office Hours

Digital Scholarship Project Help Office Hours
Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025, 2 – 3 p.m.
Learn about getting started with digital projects at UW. We offer consultations for research and course related projects. Examples include support for digital publishing, building digital exhibits, and more! We can help you find the right tools, resources and instruction whether you’re just getting started or are working on an on-going project. Come ask us about the Libraries digital scholarship infrastructure tools (Manifold, Omeka, etc.).  This service is available only to current UW faculty, students, and staff.

Coming Soon

• Film Screening: Coded Bias Film Screening & Guest Speaker: Dr. Jevin West , Thursday, February 13th

• First Wednesday Concert Series in Allen Library lobby, Feb 5, 2025, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

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