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Announcing Funding Awards for 2019-20
Sunday, January 13, 2019
The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces our first round of funding awards for 2019-20 after receiving many strong proposals from University of Washington faculty and graduate students.
Alt-Ac Retrospective
Friday, January 11, 2019
By Rachel Arteaga, Simpson Center Assistant Director
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Why We Don’t Have Wings: Phillip Thurtle Book and Website Explore Vexing Existential Questions
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Phillip Thurtle (History and Comparative History of Ideas) has a new book on the role of visual grids in the history of biology, with startling implications that fan outward into the nature of desire, bodies, and society.
Feminist Interventions book cover.
Berliner and Krabill Create New Collection on Feminist Interventions in Participatory Media
Monday, October 29, 2018
Lauren S. Berliner and Ron Krabill (both Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell) have co-edited a new book that examines practices that integrate participatory technology with feminist approaches.
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Jordanna Bailkin on Migrants and Refugees in British History Dec. 6
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
The UW historian delivers a Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities at 7 pm on Thursday, December 6.
Minda Martin Film ‘Ramps to Nowhere’ Premieres at Northwest Film Forum
Friday, September 28, 2018
Minda Martin (Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell) has completed a documentary film about the civ
Collage of photos from the students in Seattle Upside Down
Unearthing Seattle’s Deeper Histories through Art and Humanities
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Students expose layers hidden beneath the city’s wealth through summer research institute.
Gillian Harkins Creates Seminar on Public Scholarship as Means and Ends
Monday, September 17, 2018
Gillian Harkins (English) has developed a new graduate seminar based on her work as a 2016
Jordanna Bailkin Unpacks the ‘Unsettled’ History of British Refugee Camps in New Book and Public Appearances
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Jordanna Bailkin (History) has a new book with Oxford University Press delving into the history of refugee c
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Ethnography of a Surveillance State
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Anthropologist Darren Byler chronicles artistic culture in Northwest China amid a massive security crackdown.

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