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Simpson Center News

Postcolonial Animal Studies: Redefining What Lives Matter (Video)

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

María Elena García leads a research cluster reconsidering our relationships with non-human lives, following a conviction that violence toward any life is violence toward all.

How the Age of Amazon Is Reshaping Literary History

Monday, June 15, 2015

Amazon's dominance of the book-publishing industry and relentless focus on customer service may herald a new era in American fiction.

Announcing Spring 2015 Funding Awards

Friday, June 5, 2015

The Simpson Center's Executive Board has awarded support to UW scholars for the 2015-16 year.

Introducing the Mellon Fellows for Reaching New Publics in the Humanities

Sunday, June 7, 2015

The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces six Mellon Fellows for Reaching New Publics in the Humanities.

Scholars at Work: A News Roundup

Thursday, June 4, 2015

What are we celebrating these days at the Simpson Center? We’re so glad you asked …

We Wandered as a Cloud: Collaborative Poetry for a Digital Age

Monday, May 18, 2015

The research cluster Affect & Audience in the Digital Age brings a distinctly collaborative approach for rethinking poetry in the digital era.

Rainer Forst Lectures on Toleration and Democracy (Video)

Friday, May 1, 2015

Rainer Forst argued for a particular democratic notion of toleration in a full Kane Hall auditorium on Wedneday, April 29.

Historian James Gregory Receives Barclay Simpson Prize for Scholarship in Public

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Jim Gregory's drive to bring history beyond the academy—at times exposing uncomfortable truths—makes him a fitting recipient for the Barclay Simpson Prize for Public Scholarship.