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Preserving the Lessons of the Seattle-SeaTac $15 Wage Victories
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
A groundbreaking new digital archive preserves the history of two hard-fought minimum-wage campaigns.
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Announcing First Round of Funding Awards for 2016-17
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The Simpson Center awards its first round of support to UW scholars for the 2016-17 year.
Lyndon Johnson at desk in White House Rose Garden with crowd
In Praise of the Welder-Philosopher: William D. Adams on the Humanities and the Common Good
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
The Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities argues for the practical value of the humanities for all citizens.
Kitagawa Fram and Japanese installation art
The Show Goes On: Examining Socially Engaged Art with a Banned Guest
Friday, December 4, 2015
Celebrated curator Kitagawa Fram was denied entry to the US, allegedly over military protests, but a robust examination of his work went on anyway.
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Announcing Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2016 Attendees
Friday, November 20, 2015
Five teams of scholars will travel to Victoria, British Columbia, for the renowned training institute in June 2016.
Portrait of William D. Adams
NEH Chairman on Democracy, the Humanities, and the Public Good
Thursday, November 19, 2015
William D. Adams, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, visits UW Friday, December, 4, 3:30 pm at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House.
Kitagawa Fram and Japanese installation art
Prominent Japanese Artist Denied Entry to US for UW Art Conference
Thursday, November 12, 2015
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. His keynote will go on as planned, with conference organizers reading his address, "...
Christof Mauch portrait and leafy trees
Environmental Historian Christof Mauch Discusses Sustainability Lessons from the Past
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Environmental history demands that we grapple with new questions, a renowned German scholar argues in a Katz Distinguished Lecture on December 2.
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New Hanauer Professor and Fellows Study “Melting Port” Cities and Culture-Spanning Art
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Galya Diment (Slavic Languages & Literatures) leads six Hanauer Fellows in examining how cultural mixing shapes art in three port cities of the early 20th century.
Humanitarian Jihad and the Problem with Essentializing Islam (Video)
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Kashmiri militants tell UW anthropologist Cabeiri Robinson why they put down weapons and picked up shovels after a devastating earthquake.

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