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Saturday University Lecture Series

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Gain new insights on Asia throughout time at this lecture series featuring experts from around the world. Delve into new themes every season with a different speaker each month. Challenging, thought-provoking, and sometimes surprising, this long-running and always popular lecture series includes opportunities for audience discussion with visiting scholars, authors, artists, and thinkers.

What to know

Join us for the 2024–2025 Lecture Series, September–June, Saturdays, 10–11:30 am

Lectures take place in the Seattle Asian Art Museum Stimpson Auditorium

Admission to the galleries is provided with the purchase of a Saturday University ticket

Tickets to individual lectures are $15; $10 for SAM members & students

A pass to the entire 2024–2025 series is $90; $60 for SAM members & students

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