Skip to main content
University of Washington University of Washington
  • UW Home
  • College of Arts & Sciences
  • Directories
  • Maps
  • MyUW
Simpson Center for the Humanities

Main navigation

  • News & Events
    • Calendar
    • News
    • Publications
  • Projects & Programs
    • Current Projects
    • Society of Scholars
    • Digital Humanities
    • Katz Distinguished Lectures
    • Barclay Simpson Scholars
    • Public Scholarship
    • Microseminars
    • Undergraduate Programs
  • Support & Funding
    • Apply for Support
    • Project Toolkit
  • About
    • The Simpson Center
    • Major Programs
    • Leadership & Staff
    • Board
    • Facilities
    • Donate
    • Jobs

Democracy

Projects

People playing drums and instruments in the streets of a Caribbean city

Performing the Gap

Democracy, Latin America, Middle East, Performance Studies
A white square surrounded by dark walls.

Transformative Education Behind Bars

Current Events, Democracy, Human Rights, Prison Studies

Articles

Senator Patty Murray at the US Capitol with Jon Hiskes and Andy Nestingen of the Simpson Center and Lela Hilton of the Clemente Course in the Humanities.

Lobbying for the Humanities in Washington, DC

Democracy
National Humanities Alliance: Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day, March 10-11, 2014

Ron Krabill Represents the UW at Humanities Advocacy Day, Washington, DC

UW Faculty, Democracy
Eva Cherniavsky

New Cherniavsky Book “Neocitizenship” Examines “Political Culture after Democracy”

Democracy, Cultural Studies, Neoliberalism
Radhika Govindrajan

Radhika Govindrajan Awarded 2020 ACLS Fellowship

Democracy, UW Faculty, Awards
Margaret O’Mara

Margaret O’Mara's New Book Chronicles Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century

Democracy, History
"Untitled" by Matt Rota

On Democratizing Education

Democracy, Community Colleges, Higher Education

Katz Lectures

Wendy Brown

Porous Sovereignty, Walled Democracy

Democracy
Rainer Forst

Toleration and Democracy

Democracy, Philosophy
Jordanna Bailkin

Unsettled: Citizens, Migrants, and Refugees in British History

Democracy, Political Science, History
A black and white photo of Josiah Ober.

What Is Democracy and What Is It Good For?

Democracy

People

Joel Alden Schlosser sits in front of a wooden lattice wearing a collared shirt.

Joel Alden Schlosser (he/him/his)

Joel Alden Schlosser is a political theorist, and his research follows the late Sheldon Wolin (his teacher’s teacher) by seeking to make the history of political thought relevant to the present.

Democracy, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Race
Donate
Sign up for our newsletter
Project Toolkit
Simpson Center for the Humanities

Hours

Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5:30 pm

Location

We are located on the second floor of the Communications Building on the University of Washington campus at 4109 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195. View campus map.

Mailing Address

Simpson Center for the Humanities
University of Washington
206 Communications
Box 353710
Seattle, WA 98195-3710

Telephone

206.543.3920

Email

Send general inquiries to humanities@uw.edu

Social Media

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Staff Login