Fall Founding Round: Applications Due Nov 5, 2021

The Fall Funding Round, including Fellowships, is now open and accepting proposals. The submission deadline in each category is Nov 5, 2021. More information on each funding category, including Digital Humanities Summer Fellowships and Society of Scholars Research Fellowships, can be found under "Apply for Support." We look forward to reading about your innovative, exciting projects!

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Full Simpson Center Video Archive Now Available

As we begin 2021-2022, we are grateful to reflect on the many events from the past year that are now accessible online, from Katz Distinguished Lectures to the full Mellon Sawyer Seminar Humanitarianisms: Migrations and Care through the Global South series. We invite you to peruse our video archive and adapt materials for classrooms or research on our YouTube channel. Thank you to all of our project leads, fellows, and visiting lecturers for your willingness to produce online video content after an extraordinary academic year.

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COVID-19 Policy for Fall 2021 Events

As we re-open to events, The Simpson Center for the Humanities will be following the University of Washington requirements for Fall 2021 in-person events. Visitors to the Simpson Center must follow UW COVID Prevention Guidelines, including wearing an approved face covering. Current UW affiliated guests must sign in with their UW NetID. All guests at public events must show proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to the event or visit.

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Our Offices are Open!

After a year of working from home, the Simpson Center staff and offices are once again open. We are accepting reservations for events that follow COVID-19 guidelines, while our doors are open if you would like to stop by and say hello. We are located on the second floor of the Communications building and look forward to seeing you again. Feel free to drop by or make an appointment.

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. It is known internationally for its leadership in the digital humanities and public scholarship.

Event

TEAL Digital Scholarship for East Asian Studies: Visualizing Networks Using Gephi

Nov 30, 2021

4:30pm

Event

Working, Together Seminar Series: "Knocking on Labor's Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide," w/Lane Windham

Dec 1, 2021

6:00pm

Streaming on-line via Zoom. Register for link.

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Global and Regional Studies Zoom Info Session

Dec 1, 2021

2:00pm

Event

A Book Critic's Task: From Gogol's Bullshit Jobs to Elena Ferrante's Class Fictions

Dec 2, 2021

4:30pm

Online via Zoom. Pre-registration required.

Artist AAlicia Mullikin. She is against a yellow backdrop and surrounded by yellow, green, teal, and bright pink poms on the floor. She has long wavy hair spilling down the side of her shoulder and body and holding a teal dress, looking up to the right. Her top is a print containing the colors of the floor poms and is off the shoulders with ruffles across the top.

Call for Applicants: Workshop Participants at The Henry Art Gallery

Call for applicants: The Artist Fellowship Program at the Henry Art Gallery invites you to apply to participate in a conversation and workshop series, Ritual: Form & Function in Scholarly and Artistic Practice, for the...