Simpson Center News

Learning to Inhabit Ruins in Postwar Liberia

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Anthropologist Danny Hoffman photographs urban forms to show how our lives are shaped by the spaces we inhabit.

Welcome to Visiting Scholar Anca Cristofovici

Monday, May 14, 2018

Cristofovici, an accomplished scholar and novelist, will study the books in the Special Collection of UW Libraries for a project on artists’ books and independent publishers in the Pacific Northwest.

Sasha Su-Ling Welland Tracks Art in ‘Experimental Beijing’ through New Book and Website

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Sasha Su-Ling Welland (Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies) has a new book with Duke University Press about experimental

‘American Sabor’ Bilingual Book Chronicles Latinos and Latinas in US Popular Music

Thursday, April 5, 2018

A long-running exploration of the contributions of Latinas and Latinos to US pop music has taken the form of a new bilingual book from the University of Washington Press.

Video: Brian Reed on Poetry and Birds

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

The preeminent poetry scholar and UW Chair of English delivered "Sing Along: Poetry and Birds," a Katz Distinguished Lecture.

Stopping Infectious Disease Requires ‘Staff, Space, Stuff, and Systems,’ Paul Farmer Argues (With Video)

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

The Partners in Health founder draws on history, anthropology, and clinical field work in a series of conversations with UW scholars about global-health inequities.