Society of Scholars

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The Society of Scholars is an intellectual community of humanists of diverse generations, academic ranks, and departmental affiliations who contribute to and learn from one another’s work. Each year, approximately eight faculty and three dissertation research fellowships support members of the Society of Scholars. Scholars in year-long residence at the University of Washington may be invited to participate as well. The group meets biweekly throughout the year to discuss their research in progress. 

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2025 - 2026 Society of Scholars

Jesse Cavalari
Doctoral Candidate
History
Kavita Dattani
Assistant Professor
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Agnieszka Jezyk
Maria Kott Endowed Assistant Professor of Polish Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Saad Khan
Doctoral Candidate
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Linh Thủy Nguyên
Associate Professor
American Ethnic Studies
Alexandria Ramos
Assistant Professor
English
Jen Rose Smith
Assistant Professor
Geography
Timeka Tounsel
Associate Professor
Communication
Natalie Vaughan-Wynn
Doctoral Candidate
Geography
Alys Eve Weinbaum
Professor
English
Kathleen Woodward
Director
Simpson Center for the Humanities
Glennys Young
Professor
History
Erica Bigelow
Doctoral Candidate
Philosophy
Francesca Colonnese
Doctoral Candidate
English
Amna Farooqi
Doctoral Candidate
School of Drama
Angel Garduño
Doctoral Candidate
English
Nastasia Paul-Gera
Doctoral Candidate
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Kexin Song
Doctoral Candidate
English

2019 - 2020 Society of Scholars Fellow

Davinder Bhowmik stands outside wearing a green scarf and patterned shirt.

Davinder Bhowmik (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor

Off Base:  The Rhetoric of Peace in Japan's Military Basetown Literature

This book concerns Japanese fiction in which the military base figures as a literary topos.  Close readings are supplemented by secondary literature on the impact military bases have had on their surroundings, from sexual violence to the erosion of local customs to pollution. Through these readings the manuscript shows the dangers that attend military base and points to a profound lack of security and safety in everyday life around the base town and the absence of an end to the postwar in Japan.