“Building Bridges” invites UW students, faculty, staff, and community members to learn about local non-profit organizations focused on Ethiopian communities in King County and Ethiopia. Featuring Sofia Benalfew (Ethiopian Community in Seattle) and Ellenore Angelidis (Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund)...
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Register to attend.The Simpson Center for the Humanities invites current graduate students at the master's and doctoral levels to a morning meet-and-greet event to make connections across the many departments and disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and arts at...
Please join us for a hands-on Persian–Arabic Calligraphy Workshop on Friday, October 23, from 2:30–4:30 pm in Denny Hall 303. Featuring artists Elinor Holland and Reza Abbasi, the event will include live demonstrations and a chance to try calligraphy.Please help...
RSVP Requested.This event will highlight the innovative work of the Simpson Center’s 2026 Digital & Data Humanities Summer Fellowship recipients. The eight funded projects span a variety of disciplines and technological approaches – ranging from the use of tactile recording...
Free artist talk by Daniel R. Smith (Swinomish) to accompany Spot Reservation, Smith’s newest participatory public art project, which he describes as an “Indigenous, celebratory occupation of the University of Washington.” Taking place the day before Halloween, Friday, October 30...
Registration required.How did the martial artist and actor Bruce Lee vault to global stardom? In this lecture, Daryl Joji Maeda describes how transpacific contacts and migrations created the world in which a singular individual encountered, absorbed, and synthesized multiple philosophical...
When people talk about quantum computing, the focus is usually on a small set of well-known applications. But an equally interesting question is whether we’re asking the right questions in the first place. What kinds of problems might benefit from...
Register to attend. In/Humanizing Generative AI in Place and Space: A Roundtable Conversation brings together faculty, staff, and graduate students across the University of Washington to examine how generative AI reshapes questions of intelligence, authorship, equity, belonging, and humanness. Grounded...
Spot Reservation, Swinomish artist Daniel R. Smith’s newest participatory public art project, is a free event he describes as an “Indigenous, celebratory occupation of the University of Washington.” Taking place the day before Halloween, Friday, October 30, from 11:00am –...