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The Instagram Militia and the Limits of Empathy
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Digital humanities fellow Tad Hirsch stitches together 80,000 assault-rifle selfies to examine America's gun divide.
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The Show Goes On: Examining Socially Engaged Art with a Banned Guest
Celebrated curator Kitagawa Fram was denied entry to the US, allegedly over military protests, but a robust examination of his work went on anyway. Read.
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Preserving the Lessons of the Seattle-SeaTac $15 Wage Victories
A groundbreaking digital archive preserves the history of two hard-fought minimum-wage campaigns. More.
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William D. Adams: In Praise of the Welder-Philosopher
During his visit, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities described four "wicked problems" that require citizens fluent in the humanities. Read the story.
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Mediating Difference: Sights and Sounds
A day devoted to mediating difference illuminates an under-theorized yet much-used concept in visual and sonic culture. April 8. |
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What Knowers Know Well: Why Feminism Matters to Archaeology
Philosopher Alison Wylie (University of Washington and Durham University, UK) delivers a Katz Distinguished Lecture May 19.
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Feminism & Classics 7: Visions
For the ancient Greeks and Romans, looking was a powerful, even transformative act. A gaze could generate desire, stain mirrors, or turn a person into stone. Conference May 19-22.
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The Jabberwocky Sense: The Place of Meaning in Translation
Lydia H. Liu (Columbia University) caps a year-long exploration of the theory and practice of "Troubling Translations." May 23.
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Humanitarian Jihad and the Problem with Essentializing Islam
Kashmiri militants tell UW anthropologist Cabeiri Robinson why they put down weapons and picked up shovels after a devastating earthquake. Watch.
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Next Generation Humanities PhD
A new Simpson Center initiative supports potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. Launching spring 2016. |
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