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On a Wednesday in April, the Sydney, Australia-based author and translator Tiffany Tsao sat in on Professor Sasha Senderovich’s class on contemporary global literature to discuss her novel, The Majesties . As students formed an impromptu line to request her...

"Increase the possibilities for collaboration." This was the charge of Jorge Araya, Secretary of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and an official of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who joined...

The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces the recipients of our Summer Fellowship awards for 2026-2027 after receiving many strong proposals during our most recent funding round. During the 2026 Winter Funding Round, the Simpson Center welcomed proposals for Faculty...

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 its work on July 1...

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 funding round. Congratulations to our...

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 and decolonial approaches to knowledge...

Please join us in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Over the past quarter century, the Simpson Center has established itself as an internationally recognized model for leading-edge humanities research. Its work—from...

The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities is delighted to announce the appointment of Lynn M. Thomas as its next director, commencing in the Fall Quarter of 2025. Professor Thomas succeeds Kathleen Woodward, whose transformative leadership shaped 25 years...

The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces our Collaborative Project, Faculty Writing Group and Retreat, and Graduate Research Cluster awards for 2025-2026 after receiving many strong proposals from University of Washington faculty and graduate students during our most recent funding...

Established in 2021, in the midst of the global pandemic, the Faculty Summer Fellowship program at the Simpson Center for the Humanities has to date supported 45 faculty from all ranks and from across the humanities and social sciences at...

The Simpson Center for the Humanities stands in support of the enduring and essential value of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Alongside our colleagues at the American Council of Learned Societies, the Council of Graduate Schools, The Phi Beta...

Applications to the 2025 LA Review of Books Publishing Workshop will be accepted from January 1-April 1. The Simpson Center will cover the application fees of all UW doctoral students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences who apply to...