[Ssnet_list] Happening next week | Book Talk | The Pacific Circuit by Alexis Madrigal

[Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list]

Hi everyone,


I couldn't think of a better teaser for a nonfiction book about the tech
industry than Rebecca Solnit calling it "glorious and gripping," so it's a
pleasure to let you know that the UW's Digital History Colloquium Series is
hosting journalist, author, and Atlantic contributing writer Alexis
Madrigal on the Seattle UW campus next Tuesday, April 8 to discuss his new
book, The Pacific Circuit. Details below.

In many ways, all the spring events I've been sharing (and will share yet)
promise to be glorious and gripping (let me take this opportunity to remind
you to register for the TPL's Distinguished Lecture with Alondra Nelson
this Thursday at 7 pm on AI, ignorance, and power
<https://techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event/distinguished-lecture-with-alondra-nelson/>!
Prepare to be gripped!) So I trust you accept my messages as expressions of
a commitment to fostering our intellectual community.

Do you have an event or announcement you'd like to share on this list? You
can send a message to the listserv! And/or cross post your UW event on
Society + Technology at UW's calendar using Trumba
<https://depts.washington.edu/societytech/wordpress/calendar/>.


Questions? Let me know!

I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Yours,
Monika


*UW Digital History Colloquium Series presents:*



A book talk by award-winning journalist & broadcaster

ALEXIS MADRIGAL



*THE PACIFIC CIRCUIT*



TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025

4:00-5:30 P.M.



HUB 340



The product of nearly a decade of reporting on the technology industry and
the global economy, the Pacific Circuit is a deeply researched work of
social and political history and an intimate portrait of an essential
American city that has been at the crossroads of the defining themes of the
twenty-first century. Join us as Alexis Madrigal speaks about how a
logistical revolution that began in Oakland has transformed urban America.



*"This glorious, gripping urban history manages to be both close in on the
details of local politics, character, and place and panoramic in its survey
of what they mean and why they matter and how they connect to the rest of
the planet, which is just to say that Oakland is about everything that
matters most in this moment and everyone should read the Pacific Circuit." *-
Rebecca Solnit



CO-SPONSORED BY:



THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY



HARRY BRIDGES CENTER FOR LABOR STUDIES



COLLEGE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS



https://www.thepacificcircuit.com
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