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The Simpson Center for the Humanities welcomes visiting scholar Lisa Samuels , who is in residence January through June 2016. Samuels has published thirteen books of poetry and prose, with recent experiments in memoir ( Anti M , 2013) and...

Adam D. Moore (Information School) has edited a new book analyzing the moral and legal foundations of privacy, security, and accountability, drawing on participants from a 2013 conference sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities.

A groundbreaking digital project at the University of Washington is preserving the knowledge of the SeaTac and Seattle victories, ensuring that scholars, activists, journalists, and others can learn from the hard-fought campaigns.

Katharyne Mitchell (Geography) and Matthew Sparke (Geography and Jackson School of International Studies) have received fellowships to study at the Brocher Foundation in Switzerland in fall 2016. The Foundation hosts scientists and experts in ethical, legal, and social implications of...

It’s a little odd to hear the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities praise the craft of welding as a way to show the value of the humanities, as William D. Adams did in a talk at the...

Two days before the symposium Socially Engaged Art in Japan at the University of Washington in November 2015, organizers announced that the celebrated curator Kitagawa Fram had been denied entry to the US, allegedly due to his role protesting a...

William D. Adams, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, presents a public address on the public role of the humanities Friday, December 4, 3:30 pm at the University of Washington wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House. A reception follows.

Prominent Japanese artist and curator Fram Kitagawa has been denied a visa to speak at the University of Washington, allegedly due to his involvement in student protests in the 1960s.

Louisa Mackenzie’s (French & Italian) recent essay on sea monsters contributes to a lively discussion on animal studies and identity in Early Modernism.

Sonal Khullar (Art History) has a new book, Worldly Affiliations: Artistic Practice, National Identity, and Modernism in India, 1930-1990 (University of California Press). From the publisher : Drawing on Edward Said’s notion of “affiliation” as a critical and cultural imperative...

The year-long seminar is led by Galya Diment, recently named the Joff Hanauer Distinguished Professor in Western Civilization. She will lead bi-monthly seminars with six Joff Hanauer Excellence in Western Civilization Graduate Fellows.

Margaret O’Mara (History) has published a new book, Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century.