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"Tiempo y azar / Time & Chance" Explores the Work of Artist Arturo Artorez
Monday, July 21, 2014
Join us on Friday, August 1, at 6:30 pm in the UW School of Art’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery for the opening reception of Tiempo y azar / Time & Chance. This exhibition, which runs July 29-August 16, 2014, explores the work of Seattle-based visual...
Simpson Center Announces 2013-14 Certificate in Public Scholarship Recipients
Monday, July 7, 2014
The Simpson Center is pleased to recognize five UW scholars for completing the graduate Certificate in Public Scholarship (CPS) during the 2013-14 year. They include Lillian Campbell (English), Melanie Hernandez (English), Sasha Lotas (Education),...
Simpson Center Announces Spring 2014 Grant Recipients
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
The Simpson Center’s Executive Board has awarded support to UW scholars for 2014-15 year. Simpson Center funding sponsors a wide range of activities, including cross-departmental research clusters, graduate student interest groups, and scholarly...
Reflecting on My Time as a Simpson Center Student Assistant
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
This spring the Simpson Center says good-bye to four graduating UW students who have been working with us over the last few years. Our web tech & communications assistant Dana Bublitz will receive her Master’s in Library Science...
Simpson Center Short Courses Reflect Commitments to Crossdisciplinary Research, Digital Humanities, Public Scholarship
Monday, April 28, 2014
Project management for digital scholarship. Environmental humanities. Islam and forgiveness. Ancient and modern democracy. Popular music studies and digital archive development. These are just a few of the subjects explored in recent short courses...
2014-15 Katz Distinguished Lecturers in the Humanities Announced
Monday, April 28, 2014
Thomas Lockwood, Anne Balsamo, and Rainer Forst have been named Katz Distinguished Lecturers in the Humanities for the 2014-2015 academic year. The most distinguished award in the humanities at UW, the Katz lectureship recognizes outstanding...
African American Political Thought: Past and Present
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
African American Political Thought is a two-day conference taking place at the Simpson Center May 2-3, 2014. Organized by Jack Turner (Political Science), this conference convenes nationally recognized scholars from...
“Honey & Healing”: Fourth Annual Women Who Rock unConference & Film Festival, April 24-26, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
The Women Who Rock unConference & Film Festival returns for its fourth annual celebration this month with a series of three free events, open to audiences of all ages. This year, Women Who Rock centers on “Honey & Healing.” According to...
Public Scholar Profile: Sara Jo Breslow
Friday, March 28, 2014
Sara Jo Breslow is a postdoctoral associate at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Northwest Fisheries Science Center. While in the Environmental Anthropology doctoral program at UW, she participated in the...
UW Humanities Faculty Receive Fellowships and Awards
Friday, March 28, 2014
The Simpson Center congratulates UW faculty in the humanities who have recently been named the recipients of notable prizes, fellowships, and awards.

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