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Statement on Cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities

The Simpson Center for the Humanities stands in support of the enduring and essential value of the National Endowment for the Humanities. These devastating cuts have hit University of Washington scholars whose work across a wide range of disciplines and topics contributes directly to our knowledge of the human experience and to the public good.

Read the full statement.

The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities

fosters intellectual discovery across boundaries, supporting crossdisciplinary exchange among scholars at the University of Washington and beyond.

Event

Katz Distinguished Lecture: Michael Rothberg, "Comparison Controversies: Historical Analogy and the Politics of Holocaust Memory"

Nov 4, 2025

6:30pm

Kane Hall (KNE)

Event

Wetlandia: Analytics for a Global Terraqueous Humanities

Nov 21, 2025

9:30am

Allen Library (ALB)

Announcing Spring Funding Round Recipients

The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces our Collaborative Project, Faculty Writing Group and Retreat, and Graduate Research Cluster awards for 2025-2026 after receiving many strong proposals from University of Washington faculty and graduate students...

Faculty Summer Fellowships

Established in 2021, in the midst of the global pandemic, the Faculty Summer Fellowship program at the Simpson Center for the Humanities has to date supported 45 faculty from all ranks and from across the...

Statement on Cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities

The Simpson Center for the Humanities stands in support of the enduring and essential value of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Alongside our colleagues at the American Council of Learned Societies, the Council of...

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