Simpson Center News

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Public Scholarship Is Scholarship. When Will Universities Treat It as Such?
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
By Caitlin Postal
Emergency Resources for Faculty and Students
Monday, April 6, 2020
In keeping with our mission of connecting people across the College of Arts & Sciences and beyond, we've gathered together resources from across and beyond the UW, from emergency funds for adjunct faculty and undocumented folks to departmental
Illustration by Olaf Hajek for The New York Times, 2012
A Message From Our Director
Friday, April 3, 2020
In this time of upheaval and vulnerability, the Simpson Center is committed to fulfilling its mission of fostering crossdisciplinary exchange and building intellectual communities across the UW and beyond, while also working to secure much-needed
The Challenges of Employing Critical Pedagogy as a Teaching Assistant
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
In our latest Reimagining the PhD blog post, Adrian Kane-Galbraith, a doctoral candidate in History, reflects on how his experiences as a Mellon Fellow have revealed the way in which the complicated power dynamics of teaching assistantships create...
#UWtranslators: Q&A with Professor Aria Fani
Monday, March 9, 2020
#UWtranslators is a series of interviews with translators by the UW Translation Studies Hub. By Jesús Hidalgo
What Are You Reading?: Reading Recommendations from Simpson Center Scholars and Staff
Monday, March 9, 2020
As we find ourselves in the throes of social distancing, we asked Simpson Center-affiliated scholars and staff what b
Spring Funding Round: March 13-May 1, 2020
Monday, March 2, 2020
This year’s Spring Funding Round opens on March 13. Funding covers the term July 2020-June 2021. The deadline for all Spring Funding Round applications is May 1.
Announcing the 2020-21 Sawyer Seminar on Humanitarianisms Pre-doctoral Fellows
Monday, March 2, 2020
The Simpson Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce that Gozde Burcu Ege and Mediha Sorma will be joining the Mellon Sawyer Seminar on
#UWtranslators: Q&A with History Professor Vicente Rafael
Monday, February 24, 2020
#UWtranslators is a series of interviews with translators by the UW Translation Studies Hub. By Jesús Hidalgo
Recommended Reading: David Quammen’s Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Our Director, Kathleen Woodward, writes about David Quammen's Spillover (2012) in light of the coronavirus outbreak. 

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