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include speaker series, international research, and working conferences. They are selected for support based on their crossdisciplinary and interdisciplinary focus.
In Fall 2020, the Henry Art Gallery will present "Bugs and Beasts Before the Law," an essay film by the artist duo Bambitchell that explores the history and legacy of “animal trials,” in which non-human animals and inanimate objects were put on tr
Meredith Martin (Princeton U), Jason Rudy (U Maryland), and Michael Cohen (UCLA), three important scholars of nineteenth-century poetics, will present recent work at an afternoon symposium on campus. They represent the Historical Poetics group (h
A quarter-long weekly seminar involving ten to twelve Arts & Sciences faculty (recently retired or transitioning to retirement), examining the challenges and opportunities of retiring from the UW. We will be considering a range of topics from
This project is dedicated to working on the creation of a new major in Global Literary Studies, one which will be divisional in its scope, governance, and institutional roles. The group will also organize a symposium, "Global Literatures & Glo
The history of the English language is the story of the English language in the last 1500 years; its scholarship focuses on the changing sounds, structure, and use of the language, and draws tools methodologically from linguistics, literary study,
The Colloquium on Transcultural Approaches to Europe advances crucial conversations on world language and literature study on our campus, through an interdisciplinary, multi-departmental speaker series focused on issues of race, identity, colonial
