Simpson Center Programs

Programs fulfill central Center missions promoting innovative, crossdisciplinary research, curriculum development, and public engagement.

Featured Program

Digital Humanities Integrating computer technologies with humanities research. Utilizing computational tools to retrieve, analyze, and visually represent data. Exploring multimodal ways of communicating and... Read more

Initiatives stand “at the leading edge of change” by promoting collaborative, crossdisciplinary research and transformational scholarship.	Fellowships are supported through faculty, postdoctoral, and graduate research fellowships on both internal and external grants.
Lecture Series Lecture series include the tri-annual Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities, the Joff Hanuaer Lectures in Western Civilization, and New Books in Print, highlighting UW faculty publications.	Curriculum at the Simpson Center offers innovative, interdisciplinary graduate courses, as well as the project- and portfolio-based Certificate in Public Scholarship.
Co-Sponsored Events are supported by small discretionary grants that facilitate opportunities for interdepartmental lectures, colloquia, and conferences at UW.

2012/2013 Programs

Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities

Cathy Davidson

Now You See It: Why the Future of Higher Education Demands a Paradigm Shift
Josiah Ober

What Is Democracy and What Is It Good For?
Shu-mei Shih

From World History to World Art: Reflections on New Geographies of Feminist Art in Asia
Victoria Lawson

A Crisis of Care and a Crisis of Borders: Towards Caring Citizenship

New Books in Print

Eric Ames

Ferocious Reality: Documentary according to Werner Herzog
Ileana Rodríguez-Silva

Silencing Race: Disentangling Blackness, Colonialism, and National Identities in Puerto Rico
Jessica Burstein

Cold Modernism: Literature, Fashion, Art
Matthew Sparke

Introducing Globalization: Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration