Watch Simpson Center Past Lectures

Visit our YouTube channel to watch recordings of past Simpson Center events and lectures.

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Winter 2026 Funding

The Simpson Center will soon begin accepting proposals for fellowship support in two major categories: to develop new approaches to humanities research to meet the moment, and to design and pursue projects in the digital humanities. We also invite nominations for our Annual Digital Humanities Lecture.

Proposals and nominations are due on Friday, February 6, 2026. Learn more here.

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apply today: 2026 larb publishing workshop

Applications to the 2026 LA Review of Books Publishing Workshop are currently being accepted, with a deadline of March 15. The Simpson Center will cover all application fees for UW doctoral students and tuition costs for a number of accepted students. Learn more here.

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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

Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series

Feb 25, 2026

5:00pm

Intellectual House (INT)

Event

Public Lecture: Seeing Like a Merchant – Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule

Feb 26, 2026

4:30pm

Student Union Building (HUB)

Event

Lecture: Heng-hao Chang, "Post-Colonial Reflections on International Disability Rights: Adaptation and Localization in Taiwan"

Feb 26, 2026

4:00pm

Communications Building (CMU)

Event

TALK | Trump in the World 2.0: What Was Intelligence What Was Intelligence and What Comes Next?

Mar 2, 2026

5:00pm

Henry Luce Foundation Grant Announcement: Global Asias at the UW

The Henry Luce Foundation has granted $250,000 for the implementation phase of Global Asias: Pathways & Opportunities in Scholarship, Museums, Libraries & Communities, a transformational initiative at the University of Washington. The project will begin...

Announcing Fall Funding Round Recipients

The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces our Society of Scholars Fellowship and Collaborative Project awards for 2026-2027 after receiving many strong proposals from University of Washington faculty and graduate students during our most recent...

Not Apart: Indigenous Knowledges, Global Reciprocity, and the Art of Democracy Mellon Sawyer Seminar 2026-2027

We are excited to share that the University of Washington has been awarded a grant from the Mellon Foundation to support a Sawyer Seminar focused on rethinking academic freedom, democracy, and the university through Indigenous...

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