Catherine M. Connors Wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Catherine M. Connors (Classics) has received a Distinguished Teaching Award as part of the University of Washington’s annual Awards of Excellence.
View ArticleAngela Durán Real Surveys Study-Abroad Attitudes at Two-Year College
Angela Durán Real (Spanish & Portuguese) has conducted an innovative survey on attitudes toward study-abroad programs at South Seattle College.
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A World in Translation: AmazonCrossing Editors Reveal Inside View on Publishing
Gabriella Page-Fort and Elizabeth DeNoma visit UW to describe Amazon’s foray into the long-neglected field of translation publishing.
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Announcing New Mellon Fellows for Reaching New Publics in the Humanities
These UW graduate students build connections between the UW and two-year colleges in the Seattle area, helping scholars and teachers understand the increasingly vital role of two-year colleges in...
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Heekyoung Cho Publishes ‘Translation’s Forgotten History’
Heekyoung Cho (Asian Languages & Literature) has published a new book, Translation’s Forgotten History: Russian Literature, Japanese Mediation, and the Formation of Modern Korean Literature (2016)...
View ArticleMonica De La Torre Joins Arizona State University as Assistant Professor in...
Monica De La Torre (Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor in Media & Expressive Culture at Arizona State University.
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Announcing Funding Awards for 2016-17
The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces its funding awards for the upcoming year.
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NEH Awards $179,000 for Urban-Nature Summer Institute at UW
In 2017, UW faculty will lead college and university teachers in a three-week exploration of nature and the city.
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Poetry Collection, Prize, and Visiting Professorship for Jane Wong
Jane Wong, a doctoral candidate in English, has a new book, a poetry prize, and a teaching position that testify to her overlapping roles as poet and scholar. Jane joined Pacific Lutheran University as...
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Aguirre, Durán Real, and Gordon Lead Through Publicly Active Graduate...
Michael Aguirre (History) and Angela Durán Real (Spanish & Portuguese Studies) have received public engagement fellowships from Imagining America, a nonprofit promoting civic and community...
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Why We Don’t Have Wings
Historian Phillip Thurtle draws on genetics, comics, film, and a vast array of cultural mythology to probe a question that haunts our collective past.
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Rewriting the Narrative of Success for Humanities PhDs
Bringing philosophy to children and shaking up attitudes toward study-abroad trips, UW graduate students are broadening the notion of successful scholarship.
View ArticleAmes Publishes Book on Landmark Herzog Film
Eric Ames, Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature, Cinema & Media, has published a new book on the Werner Herzog film Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972).
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Ethnography Unbound: Experiments in New Scholarship
Sasha Su-Ling Welland curates a series of creative projects pushing past the limits of traditional academic writing.
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Ruth Moon Receives Four Fellowships to Study Journalism in Rwanda
Ruth Moon (Communication), a fifth-year PhD candidate, has received four fellowships to support her dissertation research on the work culture of journalists in Kigali, Rwanda.
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David Shields: The Novel Is Dead; Long Live the Anti-Novel - Nov. 15
The bestselling author and UW Professor of English delivers a provocative argument for "evolution beyond narrative" in a Katz Distinguished Lecture, 7 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 15.
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Novetzke Co-Authors Book on Classic Bollywood Film, Dresses the Part
Christian Lee Novetzke (Jackson School of International Studies) has published a new book, The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India (Columbia,...
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Moskalik Joins Seattle University Philosophy Department
Janice Moskalik (Philosophy) has accepted a position as Instructor at Seattle University after defending her PhD dissertation this past August. Janice was awarded two fellowships through the Simpson...
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Cárdenas Connects Two-Year Colleges and Digital Humanities through Residency
Jaime Cárdenas, Jr. (History, Seattle Central College), is in residence at the Simpson Center for the Humanities during Fall Quarter 2016, where he is focusing on a number of projects related to...
View ArticleSmithsonian Quotes Louisa Mackenzie on Early Modern Sea Creatures
Louisa Mackenzie (French & Italian) was recently quoted by Smithsonian for an article on Renaissance attitudes toward science and fantastical sea creatures, work that arose from her research in the...
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