Katz Distinguished Lecture: Jahan Ramazani, May 13, 2025
On May 13, Jahan Ramazani (English, University of Virginia) will give a Katz Distinguished Lectureon poetry’s capacity to help us grapple with grief through the words of another.
Statement on Cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities
The Simpson Center for the Humanities stands in support of the enduring and essential value of the National Endowment for the Humanities. These devastating cuts have hit University of Washington scholars whose work across a wide range of disciplines and topics contributes directly to our knowledge of the human experience and to the public good.
On May 8 at 4:00 pm (CMU 120), Ryan Cordell will reflect on the relationship between bibliography & AI. will argue that historical practices, such as reprinting in historical newspapers, can offer vital interpretive purchase for theorizing the dominant text-reuse technology of our moment. Click for more info.
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The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities
Established in 2021, in the midst of the global pandemic, the Faculty Summer Fellowship program at the Simpson Center for the Humanities has to date supported 45 faculty from all ranks and from across the...
The Simpson Center for the Humanities stands in support of the enduring and essential value of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Alongside our colleagues at the American Council of Learned Societies, the Council of...
Applications to the 2025 LA Review of Books Publishing Workshop will be accepted from January 1-April 1. The Simpson Center will cover the application fees of all UW doctoral students in the arts, humanities, and...