[Ssnet_list] Today at 6:30PM Kane 210 | Resisting Dehumanization | Emily Bender | A Survey

[Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list]

Hey everyone,

Are you coming to (or staying late at) the sunny Seattle campus this
evening to learn more about resisting dehumanization in the age of AI, a
view from the humanities? It's our very own* Emily M. Bender* (Linguistics,
UW Seattle) delivering the Katz Distinguished Lecture, *"Resisting
Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities*"
today, *Tuesday,
February 10, 2026, at 6:30 PM at UW Kane Hall 210. *

See you at the door?

Yours,
Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD
Society + Technology at UW

PS. Special thanks to faculty Kavita Dattani (GWSS, UW Seattle) and Golden
Owens (Cinema and Media Studies, UW Seattle) attend the Signals & Society
talk on personal computers at Lonely Siren yesterday evening, with Ryan
Calo (Law and Information, UW Seattle) and Maya Cakmak (Computer Science,
UW Seattle), and a special pleasure to design an imaginary self-destroying
personal robot together.

PPS. And thanks to all the readers of this listserv who come out for
events! Did you know you can *let us know what you appreciate about
Society + Technology at UW and what -- and who -- you'd like to see more
of? **Take this survey
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg9fa_d3tGU4NRNKKDa-qR5MtP0-SEPgNIgmWI80RMf489hQ/viewform?usp=dialog>!
*For those with survey fatigue, I get it. But your response doesn't go to
nowhere -- I read every entry with care -- and you have time. This closes
at the end of the month. Your perspectives matter to me.

PPPS. Once again, apologies for cross-posting.
.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM Monika Sengul-Jones <mmjones at uw.edu> wrote:


> Hey everyone,

>

> Did you join the 127 million viewers to watch the Seattle Seahawks win the

> Super Bowl yesterday? 💚💙 Admittedly, I'm not much of a football fan, but

> this is a big media event and cause for PNW regional celebration! (Did you

> hear about the parade on Wednesday morning?!) I'd love to invite you to

> share your thoughts on the halftime show, the drones, the politics of the

> halftime show, the hidden people, and the costly commercials -- all the

> tech involved! -- soon?!

>

> To that, S+T at UW is pleased to cross-promote the next brewery

> conversation in the Signals & Society series, which is *happening

> tonight.* Personal Robots — Is It Finally Time? on Monday, February 9,

> 2026, at 5:30 PM at Lonely Siren (1501 Pike Pl, Level 2, #200, Seattle, WA

> 98101). Add to Calendar.

> <https://eventactions.com/eventactions/sea_society#/actions/atmc/mu40dh6txhubxnksdwx9k2z96u>

>

> Can't make out tonight? Happening tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at

> 6:30 PM at UW Kane Hall 210 is our very own Emily M. Bender (Linguistics,

> UW Seattle) delivering the Katz Distinguished Lecture, "Resisting

> Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities." This is

> not to be missed! Free and open to the public. Add to Calendar.

>

> And, more to come!

>

> Yours,

> Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD

> Society + Technology at UW

>

> PS. Apologies for cross-posting

>

> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 5:28 PM Monika Sengul-Jones <mmjones at uw.edu>

> wrote:

>

>> Hey everyone,

>>

>> *Welcome, new members, to the Society + Technology at UW listserv. And my

>> apologies for cross-posting.*

>>

>> Society + Technology at UW is pleased to promote the next public evening

>> event in the Signals & Society series, *Personal Robots — Is It Finally

>> Time?* on Monday, February 9, 2026, at 5:30 PM at Lonely Siren (1501

>> Pike Pl, Level 2, #200, Seattle, WA 98101). Add to calendar.

>> <https://eventactions.com/eventactions/sea_society#/actions/atmc/mu40dh6txhubxnksdwx9k2z96u>

>>

>>

>> This will be a conversation with Ryan Calo (Law & Information, UW

>> Seattle) and Maya Cakmak (Computer Science, UW Seattle) on what’s at

>> stake when robots are the gatekeepers to our intimate routines and

>> confidential secrets.

>>

>> Free and open to the public. No registration required.

>> Add to calendar.

>> <https://eventactions.com/eventactions/sea_society#/actions/atmc/mu40dh6txhubxnksdwx9k2z96u>

>>

>> See you there?

>>

>> Yours,

>> Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD

>> www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu

>>

>>

>> PS. For those of you who are new to S+T at UW, we host a monthly online

>> science, technology, and society studies reading group, First Monday STSS.

>> The next meeting is 2/2 at 12:30 and the invitations have been sent. We're

>> reading selections of Paul Feyerabend's Against Method (1975), chosen by

>> our host Dan Tibbles (Bioethics & Humanities, UW School of Medicine). Would

>> you like to join? Email mmjones at uw.edu to be added to the list and

>> receive regular invitations.

>>

>

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