Call for Proposals: Fall 2024 Funding Round

The Simpson Center for the Humanities will begin accepting proposals for its Fall Funding Round on Friday, October 11, 2024. Applications are due Friday, November 15, 2024.

Katz Distinguished Lecture: James Gregory, December 3, 2024

On December 3, James Gregory (History) will give a Katz Distinguished Lecture on how the West Coast became the "Left Coast." Appearing first in the 1980s, the term “Left Coast” has further underlined the significance of progressive and radical movements in the political systems and reputations of these states. Gregory will explore the history of West Coast radicalism and factors that have made it influential beyond what is common in other regions, including those with blue state traditions.

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From Film Festivals to Songbooks: A Collector's Assemblage of Indian Cinema

Centered around a private collection of film memorabilia accumulated over five decades of travel through South Asian film festivals, this symposium features invited scholars who reflect on the collection’s research value for South Asian film history, film archives, and visual culture. The symposium is accompanied by an exhibition of the memorabilia in the Allen Library North Lobby and takes place October 24-25. Please RSVP.

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Graduate Student Meet & Greet

Oct 17, 2024

5:00pm

Communications Building (CMU)

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LECTURE | Madhavi Murty, UC Santa Cruz | “Are we the story or merely a character in it?” Laal Singh Chaddha’s Narration of the Ordinary in the Time of Hindutva Neoliberalism

Oct 17, 2024

3:00pm

Thomson Hall (THO)

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Poetry in Translation for the Wretched of Academia

Oct 18, 2024

11:30am

Communications Building (CMU)

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UW Artist Book Talk and Q&A: When to Pick a Pomegranate by Yasmeen Abedifard (co-hosted by MELC Student Amelia Ossorio)

Oct 18, 2024

1:00pm

Denny Hall (DEN)

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Encountering Literature through Translation

Since its founding in 2019, the Translation Studies Hub (TS Hub), through the support of the Simpson Center for the Humanities, has served as a platform for discussion about the theories, histories, and practices of...

Translation Studies

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More-Than-Human Worlds: The Summer Institute in the Arts & Humanities

During the summer of 2024, twenty undergraduate students at the University of Washington explored the poetics and politics of life in an intensive introduction to research methods in the arts and humanities. SIAH— the Summer...

Undergraduate Education , Interdisciplinary Research

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Announcing Spring Funding Round Recipients

The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces our Collaborative Project, Faculty Summer Reading, and Graduate Research Cluster awards for 2024-2025 after receiving many strong proposals from University of Washington faculty and graduate students during our...

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