The Simpson Center is currently initiating a flexible series of 200-level courses, open to all students. These courses will serve as an introduction to the humanities, and will explore in detail the kind of reflexive thinking and interpretation of language, thought and culture that is central to the humanities. Issues in the Humanities Topics and issues of current interest in the humanities and the study of the arts. Features numerous guest lecturers from the UW faculty together with distinguished visiting teachers, scholars, and artists.
Course is periodically open to the general public.
Links a single, major work from any medium, or a narrowly bounded group of closely related, smaller works, to the cultural, intellectual, and historical circumstances of its creation and interpretation. Emphasizes close reading and careful writing. Asks how, and if, notions that are fundamental to one era or culture find expression in other times and places. Emphasizes comparative analysis and careful writing. Click here for information on these pilot courses and proposal guidelines.