Summer 2023 Second & Third Book Fellowships (Due Feb. 17, 2023)

In order to assist University of Washington faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences in making progress toward their promotion to full professor, and in recognition of the particular contributions of scholars who have obtained this distinction and are advancing scholarship in their fields by writing their third books, the Simpson Center will pilot support for Second and Third Books together during the summer of 2023. Applications open on Jan. 10, 2023 and are due Feb. 17, 2023. Learn more and apply.

Katz Distinguished Lecture: MLA President Christopher Newfield on Jan. 11, 2023

The Winter 2023 Katz Distinguished Lecture will be offered by Christopher Newfield (Director of Research at the Independent Social Research Foundation in London and President of the MLA) in a talk titled, "The End of a Global Model: Prospects for the North American Public University, 2020-2050." Part of the UW College of Arts & Sciences Rethinking the Academy initiative. Register to attend in-person in HUB 332 at 6:30 pm.

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New Podcast! Going Public: Reimagining the PhD

The episodes of Going Public consist of interviews with Mellon-supported public scholars after they have launched their projects or taught their public-facing seminars. In addition to the podcast, the new Reimagining the Humanities archive features over 9 full graduate seminar descriptions with downloadable, complete syllabi from faculty that received funding through the program to develop public scholarship courses that transform doctoral education. Subscribe now on your preferred platform, including Apple and Spotify

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Featured Video: Maren Linett on Eugenics and Animality

In "Mind the Gap: On Eugenics and Animality," Maren Linett (Critical Disability Studies, English, Jewish Studies, and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, at Purdue University) explores how eugenics viewed animality, nonwhite race, and disability. If you missed the early November lecture, it is now edited, captioned, and available for viewing and classroom pedagogical use on the Simpson Center YouTube Channel.

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Event

"Across the Boundary: Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Communications," a lecture by Tong King Lee | UW Translation Studies Hub Event

Jan 10, 2023

4:30pm

Communications Building (CMU)

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Katz Distinguished Lecture by Christopher Newfield, "The End of a Global Model: Prospects for the North American Public University, 2020-2050"

Jan 11, 2023

6:30pm

Student Union Building (HUB)

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"Teaching Translation in the Context of Bilingual and Multimodal Communication," a workshop with Tong King Lee | UW Translation Studies Hub Event

Jan 11, 2023

11:30am

Student Union Building (HUB)

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Katz Colloquium, "Criticism and Knowledge: Four Futures for Literary and Cultural Study" with Christopher Newfield

Jan 12, 2023

4:00pm

Communications Building (CMU)

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On "Asian/American Ecologies of Trans Care"

The Imagining Trans Futures Crossdisciplinary Research Cluster was first convened by Ching-In Chen (Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell) and Neil Simpkins (Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell). Despite the crisis and constraints produced by...