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From reimagining the dissertation and reaching new publics to reconnecting with alumni working in a variety of sectors, the Simpson Center's Assistant Director, Rachel Arteaga, looks back...
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We're excited to announce the launch of our new video series, Keywords, in which Simpson Center-affiliated scholars introduce ideas central to their work by talking about keywords that are...
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Humans have been unable to make the Anthropocene by ourselves. Indeed, the Anthropocene is a series of “feral” ecologies—ecosystems that have been encouraged by human infrastructures (such...
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| Recommended Reading: David Quammen’s Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic By Kathleen Woodward The numbers have mounted every day since China first began announcing them. As I write this, the New York Times reports that in China deaths from the coronavirus—named COVID-19... |
| Welcome to Visiting Scholar Sabina Vaught The Simpson Center for the Humanities welcomes visiting scholar Sabina Vaught, who is currently in residence through June 2020. Vaught is working on a book project tentatively entitled, Vanishment:... |
| The Simpson Center Helps UW Gain 2020 Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification On January 31, the University of Washington announced that its three campuses in Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma received the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that... |