Simpson Center News

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

We are excited to share this menu of options to help our friends and audiences keep up with the goings-on at the Simpson Center in the way that best suits them. So, as we gear up for the start of the 2012-13 year, we would like to remind you of the...

Phi Beta Kappa Elects Three UW Faculty as Senators

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Three University of Washington faculty have been elected as senators of the national Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest academic honor society, at the group’s triennial council meeting in Palm Beach, Fla. Serving six-year terms are Simpson...

Simpson Center Announces Spring Funding Awards

Monday, June 25, 2012

The Simpson Center’s Executive Board has awarded support to select UW scholars and projects for 2012-2013 year. Simpson Center funding sponsors a wide range of activities, including fellowships for UW faculty and doctoral students, cross-...

Pheng Cheah, one of many scholars who lectured at the UW this spring.

Spring 2012 Visiting Scholars and Speakers

Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Simpson Center and the UW closed the 2011-12 academic year by hosting a wealth of brilliant minds, such as Pheng Cheah, Alice Kaplan, and Nick Mitchell, to name but a few.

Shinzaburo Takeda, "Bordadoras," oil on canvas, 36x46 in, 2012.

Migration, Globalization, and the Art of Shinzaburo Takeda

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Art and Migration in the Age of Globalization, an art exhibition and symposium taking place this summer at the UW, recognizes the contributions of Shinzaburo Takeda, a Japanese master painter and printmaker who has lived in Mexico for nearly fifty...

Technology, Scholarship, and the Humanities: A Conversation with Jentery Sayers

Monday, May 21, 2012

Integrating computer technologies with humanities research. Utilizing computational tools to retrieve, analyze, and visually represent data. Exploring multimodal ways of teaching, disseminating, and publishing scholarship. Curating online...

To the Middle Ages: Graduate Students Invite UW Community to Explore the Medieval Era

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The tale of Beowulf survives in a single manuscript dating to between the 8th and 11th centuries. This epic poem tells of the heroic Beowulf, who comes to the aid of King Hrothgar of the Danes, slays Grendel (the monster who has been plaguing...

Katz Lecturers for 2012-2013 Academic Year Announced

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Victoria Lawson, Cathy Davidson, and Josiah Ober have been named Katz Distinguished Lecturers in the Humanities for the 2012-2013 academic year. One of the most distinguished awards in the humanities at UW, the Katz lectureship recognizes scholars...

UW Professor of Anthropology Janelle Taylor

Janelle Taylor Represents the UW at Humanities Advocacy Day, Washington, DC

Monday, March 12, 2012

Janelle Taylor (Anthropology) will represent the Simpson Center and the UW at Humanities Advocacy Day in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2012. Humanities Advocacy Day was established in 2000 by the National Humanities Alliance (NHA)—an advocacy...

Michelle Habell-Pallan (right) with Women Who Rock participants.

Making Scenes, Building Communities: “Women Who Rock” (Un)Conference, Film Festival, and Courses

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The Women Who Rock (Un)Conference and Film Festival return for their second annual meeting March 2-3, 2012. Focus on “Making Scenes and Building Communities,” Women Who Rock will feature keynote speakers Alice “Bag” Armendariz, author of ...