Ali Lecture Series | 2026 - 2027

All lectures take place from 4:00-5:00 PM in 100 Rapson Hall, unless noted. Watch for upates!  FALL LECTURES:  Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington UniversitySeth Denizen  Assistant Professor, Washington University Authors of Thinking Through Soil Monday, October 12  Yasmin Vobis Co-founding Principal, Ultramoderne Assistant Professor, UC Berkley Monday, November 2  Jeffrey L. Day Past President, National Architectural Accrediting Board Professor, University of Nebraska Partner, Actual Architecture Company Monday, November 9  SPRING LECTURES:  Sitting Still: A Laurie Olin Documentary Monday, February 15   Watch a screening of the visual portrait of Laurie Olin, an irreverent urban warrior, and his profoundly social vision. It's the story of the concerns that have defi ned Olin's life's work: urbanization, a lost connection to nature, economic marginalization, and the grave necessity of humanity in design. A SA KWA Pictures Production by director Gina M. Angelone. This will be followed by a panel moderated by Tom Fisher, Professor of Architecture and Director of the Minnesota Design Center, University of Minnesota  Ben Smith |With or Without Walls Book Launch & ReceptionMonday, March 22   Book Synopsis:The institutional history, With and Without Walls, reveals the origins and progress of the influential Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) through the 1970s and 1980s.   Joyce Hwang Architect & Director, Ants of the Prairie Professor, University of Buffalo Monday, April 12