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History Café: Field Notes Podcast

Wednesday May 20, 2026 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Join HistoryLink’s Tony Williams for a live recording of the Field Notes podcast featuring UW Architecture Professor Vikram Prakash. We’re digging into the intersection of deep time and urban design to discover how Seattle’s geological past continues to shape its future.

History Café is produced as a partnership between HistoryLink, The Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, and MOHAI.

ASL Interpretation and CART captioning are available during the program. In addition, a limited number of Assistive Listening Devices are available upon request. For more accessibility support, email programs@mohai.org before the program.

Grab some food for thought–complimentary snacks and beverages will be provided.

If you can’t make it to the museum, tune in live on the MOHAI YouTube channel to virtually attend this event.

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Event Accessibility:
ASL Interpretation, CART Captioning, Assistive Listening Device
Cost:
Sliding Scale: Free-$50
Audiences:
Adults

Speaker Bio

Dr. Vikramaditya

Dr. Vikramaditya "Vikram" Prakash

Dr. Vikramaditya “Vikram” Prakash is an architect, architectural historian and theorist. He is Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington with adjunct appointments in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design and Planning.

Vikram works on issues of modernism, postcoloniality, global history and fashion & architecture. His books include Chandigarh’s Le Corbusier: The Struggle for Modernity in Postcolonial India, A Global History of Architecture (with Francis DK Ching & Mark Jarzombek), and A House Deconstructed (with Mark Jarzombek).

Vikram is co-design lead of O(U)R: Office of Uncertainty Research, a conceptual design research practice dedicated to rethinking architecture in terms of the emergent scientific, social and political parameters of the 21st century.

Speaker Bio

Tony Williams

Tony Williams

Tony Williams is an award-winning audio journalist researcher, audio engineer, writer, and composer. He is the host, developer, and producer of the Field Notes podcast. Williams is producer and audio engineer of podcasts including Hyperfixed, Closing the Gap with Gwen Holdmann, and Murderhobos.