Graduate Research Cluster

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Graduate Research Clusters (formerly Graduate Interest Groups) foster crossdisciplinary collaboration and inquiry among graduate students in the form of cross-departmental reading, screening, and/or discussion groups, dissertation working groups, and other activities. Research clusters may organize activities that draw on local intellectual and cultural resources, including faculty and community leaders. To propose Graduate Research Clusters, visit Apply for Support. To receive updates when we are open to accepting proposals, subscribe to our newsletter.

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Collective for the Study of Racial Capitalism

Scholar-activists convene from across UW to share work, workshop writing, and develop inter- and cross-disciplinary capacity for relationally grounded graduate student work in the field of Racial Capitalism.
21st Century
American Ethnic Studies
American Indian and Indigenous Studies
Asian American
Black Studies
Capitalism
Chicanx
Colonialism
Cultural Studies
Ethnicity
Feminisms
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Global South
Globalization
History
Identity and Culture
Neoliberalism
Prison Studies
Race
Social Justice
Systemic Racism
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C.O.M.R.A.

The Conjecture, Other, Meet, Reckon, Acknowledge (C.O.M.R.A) group is a salon of international graduate students who are interested in decentering narratives around theatre, cinema, performance, visual arts, literature, and creative writing.
21st Century
American Ethnic Studies
American Indian and Indigenous Studies
Art
Art History
Cinema
Comparative Literature, Cinema & Media
Creative Writing
Cultural Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Graduate Education
History
Identity and Culture
Literary Studies
Music
Performance Studies
Performing Arts
Queer Studies
Race
Social Justice
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Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century

The group has met on campus for more than thirteen years and currently hosts events that reach both academic and non-academic audiences, fosters collaboration and camaraderie among students, and promotes connections between students and faculty.
18th Century
19th Century
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Autoethnography

The activities specific to this research cluster entail three events over the course of the 2022-2023 academic year. Each quarter, a scholar will be invited to virtually present on a topic that relates to autoethnography. This method seeks to counter the biased pitfalls of an ostensibly objective researcher in ethnography by making them a central component of the research study.
Public Scholarship
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