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Transcultural Approaches to Europe Hosts Miriam Yung Min Stein
Miriam Stein will discuss her book Berlin–Seoul–Berlin (2008), a literary memoir about a Korean-German adoptee’s first trip to her native South Korea since her birth there in the spring of 1977.
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Announcing the Recipients of First Book Fellowships & Faculty Reading Groups
Given the challenges faculty face in the pandemic, the Simpson Center is pleased to pilot support in two categories in Summer 2021: First Book Fellowships and Faculty Summer Reading Groups....
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Striving for Interdisciplinarity: Collaborations Amongst Professionals and...
A few years ago, dance scholar Dr. Ratna Roy (Ratna mashi, as I called her in dance practice) told me that she was co-teaching a class with a brain scientist at Evergreen College, and I swallowed my...
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James Gregory’s Research on Redlining Prompts New Washington Bill on Racist...
In 2005, James Gregory (History) began research into racial discrimination in housing covenants with support from the Simpson Center. Within a year, the project findings led to a law, passed by the...
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Talking About It: Recognizing Community College Teaching as Valuable...
As one of the Mellon Fellows for Reaching New Publics, I’ve been researching the experience of UW graduate students in the humanities who chose to teach at two-year institutions during their graduate...
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Announcing the 2021/2022 Katz Distinguished Lecturers: Catherine Cole, Ato...
The 2021/2022 Katz Distinguished Lectures will feature three speakers whose lectures will focus on thinking Africa beyond the confines of the continent. Lectures topics will include African arts and...
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Full Mellon Sawyer Seminar Series Now Available
At the end of this extraordinary academic year, we are delighted to announce that the full webinar series of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar Humanitarianisms: Migrations and Care through the Global South is...
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Perspectives from Two International Students at Shoreline Community College:...
As 2020-21 Collaborative Mellon Fellows for Reaching New Publics, we are invested in learning how higher education institutions can better meet the evolving needs of a diverse student body, and in...
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Announcing the Spring Funding Award Recipients
The Simpson Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce our funding awards for 2021-2022 after receiving many strong proposals from University of Washington faculty and graduate students during...
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How We Communicate Our Values: On Transfer Students and Writing's Function...
As former English instructors in overseas contexts ranging from Indonesia to Kazakhstan, both of us have cultivated experiences working with multilingual students who want to leverage their diverse...
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