Simpson Center News

ethan ucker Awarded Humanities Without Walls Fellowship

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

ethan ucker (English) has received a 2019 Humanities Without Walls Fellowship, one of 30 doctoral students selected nationwide.

Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship and Seed Grant CFP

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

The Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship provides an award of $50,000 to humanities professors to advance ambitious projects to infuse the richness, profundity, and nuance that give the humanities their lasting value into public

Annie Dwyer Publishes Article on Graduate Education in Western Humanities Review

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

The fall 2018 Special Issue of the Western Humanities Review, on the theme of “humanities in the community,” is now available, and inside, you can find Annie Dwyer’s most recent publication, “The Humanities Doctoral Student in the Communi

Call for Nominations: Barclay Simpson Prize for Scholarship in Public

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Barclay Simpson Prize for Scholarship in Public Nominations Due Friday, February 15, 2019

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

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.

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.