Learn about the minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities from faculty, students and librarians involved in the program. Hear about current student work, current and upcoming courses as well as about resources in the libraries and other sites on...
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Join us for a conversation between novelist and artist Gerardo Sámano Córdova and UW professors María Elena García (CHID) and Vanessa Freije (JSIS/History), centered around Sámano Córdova's recent novel, Monstrilio. The discussion will touch on major themes of the book...
October 10: 9am - 2pm (tentative)October 11: 9am - 2pm (tentative)Literary modernity did not always appear in book form, but as a periodical! Throughout the 20th century, literary and cultural production across much of Central, Western, and South Asia reached...
Registration Info: TBA This event is free and open to the public. Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by October 6, 2025 to the Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu.
Registration Info: TBA This event is free and open to the public. Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by October 6, 2025 to the Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu.
Comparison Controversies: Historical Analogy and the Politics of Holocaust Memory Why do we turn to the past in order to confront the crises of the present? Michael Rothberg approaches this question from the perspective of “comparison controversies,” which occur when...
This event brings together colleagues and students for a collective celebration of the ghazal, a poetic form that has flourished in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, and many other languages. Each participant will read one of their favorite ghazals in its...
Wetlandia is a symposium that attempts to systematically rethink the wetland as an analytic constituted by far more than nature. Often located at ocean/river/land boundaries, wetlands serve as homes to a rich collection of flora, fauna, and people. Salt, sand dunes, mangroves...
Emily M. Bender is a Professor of Linguistics and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Computer Science and the Information School at the University of Washington, where she has been on the faculty since 2003. Her research interests include...