Simpson Center News

Ethnography of a Surveillance State

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Anthropologist Darren Byler chronicles artistic culture in Northwest China amid a massive security crackdown.

Announcing Funding Awards for 2018-19

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

We are delighted to announce our full funding awards for the 2018-19 academic year.

Video: Charles W. Mills on Liberalism and Racial Justice

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

The philosopher speaks as part of a year-long exploration of race and capitalism.

Students Organize Spanish Film Festival for High School

Thursday, May 17, 2018

UW graduate students curate films for Seattle’s most diverse high school, discovering a new way to bring their scholarship to public audiences.

‘Medicine Anthropology Theory’ Publishes UW Scholars on Global-Health Partnerships

Thursday, May 17, 2018

The open-access web journal Medicine Anthropology Theory has published a themed issue led by University of Washington faculty examining the notion of “partnership” as it’s used in global health and related fields.

Learning to Inhabit Ruins in Postwar Liberia

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Anthropologist Danny Hoffman photographs urban forms to show how our lives are shaped by the spaces we inhabit.

Welcome to Visiting Scholar Anca Cristofovici

Monday, May 14, 2018

Cristofovici, an accomplished scholar and novelist, will study the books in the Special Collection of UW Libraries for a project on artists’ books and independent publishers in the Pacific Northwest.

Sasha Su-Ling Welland Tracks Art in ‘Experimental Beijing’ through New Book and Website

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Sasha Su-Ling Welland (Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies) has a new book with Duke University Press about experimental

‘American Sabor’ Bilingual Book Chronicles Latinos and Latinas in US Popular Music

Thursday, April 5, 2018

A long-running exploration of the contributions of Latinas and Latinos to US pop music has taken the form of a new bilingual book from the University of Washington Press.