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The Simpson Center also supports publications of a broader range and features lectures by University of Washington faculty on their New Books in Print.
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Other Publications
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The Future of the Humanities - in the Present & in Public
by Kathleen Woodward (English)
in Dædalus Vol. 138 Winter 2009: Reflecting on the Humanities, pp. 110-123
“There is a long historical tradition of the democratic impulse in higher education in the United States, and we need to reinvigorate that founding vision–it is both noble and pragmatic–of service to the public and work with the public. What is ultimately at stake in the public humanities is a form of scholarship and research, of teaching and learning, that honors commitment and concrete purpose, has a clear and present substance, reduces the distance between the university and life, and offers civic education for all involved, revealing the expansive future of the humanities–in the present and in public.”
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10 for 10
edited by Kathleen Woodward (English), 2007
In 1997 Barclay and Sharon Simpson pledged to endow what was then the fledgling Center for the Humanities. Today the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities is known across the country and in many places around the globe. The most important dimension of the Simpson Center is its decidedly public face. In this book ten people—national leaders in the humanities, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and members of the larger public—provide their thoughts about the Simpson Center. Details |
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Voice, Text, Hypertext: Emerging Practices in Textual Studies
edited by Raimonda Modiano (English), Leroy F. Searle (English), and Peter L. Shillingsburg (English, University of North Texas), 2003
For the authors of the essays in Voice, Text, Hypertext, a “text” is more than a document or material object. It is a cultural event, a matrix of decisions, an intricate cultural practice that may focus on religious traditions, modern “underground” literary movements, poetic invention, or the irreducible complexity of cultural politics. Drawing from classical Roman and Indian to modern European traditions, the volume makes clear that to study a text is to study a culture. Details |
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Sento at Sixth and Main: Preserving Landmarks of
Japanese American Heritage
by Gail Dubrow (Urban Design and Planning) with Donna Graves, designed by Karen Cheng (Art), 2002
Winner of the 2002 University and College Designers Association Gold Award, this book focuses on sites significant in Japanese-American heritage and their meanings in the collective memory of Nikkei communities in the American West. Poised at the intersection between public art and scholarly work, the richly illustrated publication combines in-depth research on historic places, personal memories, original works of art, and striking vintage photographs to showcase once-familiar parts of Japanese American life. Details |
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