Doctoral Candidates in Political Science Awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation...
We are pleased to announce that two graduate students from Political Science have been awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion fellowships. These fellowships support a year of research and writing...
View ArticleJenna Grant Awarded Whiting Foundation Public Engagement Seed Grant
Jenna Grant (Anthropology) recently received a $10,000 Public Engagement Seed Grant from the Whiting Foundation for her project, Archive Actions: Cambodians and Cambodian Americans Producing...
View Article2019 Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference: Residue and Remnants:...
William Faulkner once wrote, “[T]he past is never dead. It’s not even past.” But how does the past remain in and inform our present? That’s what the 2019 Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference...
View ArticleCreative Pedagogies
By Julian BarrIn most of my previous teaching but also in my experiences as a student, knowledge-sharing took the form of lectures. When I was an undergraduate in history, whether courses were...
View ArticleMeet the Simpson Center Staff
We recently updated our staff bios and photos. If you're curious about who we are, what we do, and who to get in touch with for any of your Simpson Center related needs, you can read more about us here.
View ArticleMemory & Place
Greek philosopher Heraclitus said change is the only constant in life. However, what does it mean when the places we live and remember change? Are our history and memories still relevant? Artists...
View ArticleGillian Harkins Awarded Barclay Simpson Prize for a Decade of Prison...
UW Professor of English Gillian Harkins has facilitated a number of projects that center currently and formerly incarcerated people while collaborating with various groups to identify and develop...
View ArticleAnnounce Reimagining the Humanities PhD and Reaching New Publics: Catalyzing...
The Simpson Center for the Humanities announces a new two-year program—Reimagining the Humanities PhD and Reaching New Publics: Catalyzing Collaboration—starting in July 2019, thanks to a generous...
View ArticleRalina Joseph Awarded Inaugural Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellowship
Today, The American Council of Learned Societies announced that it has selected Professor Ralina Joseph (Communications) as an inaugural Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellow.
View ArticleWilliam Bamber Awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
We are pleased to announce that William Bamber, a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary PhD program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, was recently awarded a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion...
View ArticleProfessors Kemi Adeyemi (GWSS) and La TaSha Levy (AES) Awarded Woodrow Wilson...
We are pleased to announce that Professors Kemi Adeyemi (GWSS) and La TaSha Levy (AES) have both been awarded six-month Career Enhancement Fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship...
View ArticleMegan Ward Receives Joseph and Yetta Blau Award for Research on National...
Megan Ward, a PhD candidate in the Jackson School of International Studies, has received the Spring 2019 Joseph and Yetta Blau Award for Excellence in Research from the Simpson Center for the...
View ArticleNew Media, New Intimacies: shawné michaelain holloway at the Black...
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View ArticleUnsettling Graduate Education: American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the UW
On the eve of the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies’ first year, we take a look back at how faculty and graduate students have been working together through the Simpson Center to...
View ArticleMellon Summer Fellowships Informational Session for Faculty and Doctoral...
Join us for an informational session from 1 to 2 pm on Friday, May 24, in Communications 202 in anticipation of the Simpson Center’s fall 2019 funding round, during which faculty and graduate students...
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