Announcements

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Celebrating the Class of 2025
July 1, 2025
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Congratulations to Professor Owens 
June 16, 2025
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Congratulations to “First Book Fellow” Professor Ahern 
June 16, 2025
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UWAA Movie Night: Singles Followed by Post-Screening Panel Discussion
January 13, 2025
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CFP "Mediating Experiences, Experiencing Mediation" CMS Grad Conference 
December 19, 2023
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The Big Social on October 27th! 
October 23, 2023
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Jennifer Bean Awarded 2023 NEH Fellowship
April 17, 2023
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Mal Ahern Awarded 2023 ACLS Fellowship
April 5, 2023
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Accepting Applications for Assistant Professor, Race and Media in the United States
September 1, 2022
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Two Ph.D. candidates accepted to LA Review of Books Publishing Workshop 
August 2, 2022
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Congratulations Class of 2022!
June 29, 2022
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CMS Graduation Celebration 
June 7, 2022
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Film Quarterly Webinar: Diana Flores Ruíz
March 8, 2022
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The Paper Tigers: Discussion with the film's director and producer
November 23, 2021
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Ellen Chang, Director of Arts and Culture Program at UW Taiwan Studies
October 22, 2021
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Seattle Queer Film Festival 2021
October 14, 2021
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Welcome Professor Diana Flores Ruíz!
September 20, 2021
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Congratulations to the Class of 2021!
June 11, 2021
18th Annual Seattle Black Film Festival runs April 16-26
April 20, 2021
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2021 Seattle Asian American Film Festival runs March 4-14
March 12, 2021
CMS 597 Seminar in Color
New Spring Quarter Graduate Seminar: “Seminar in Color:  Aesthetics, Technologies, Materialities, and Philosophies” 
February 19, 2021
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Cool Courses for Winter 2021
October 29, 2020
SQFF 2020
Seattle Queer Film Festival October 15-25, 2020
October 7, 2020
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Welcome to the 2020-2021 Academic Year!
October 1, 2020
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Ellen Chang and Xin Peng Awarded Funding for Simpson Center's Graduate Research Cluster 
June 25, 2020
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Cheers to the Class of 2020!
June 16, 2020
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What to Stream Right Now: Films and Television by Black Directors
June 8, 2020
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Long Hoàng Trần wins UW Libraries Student Video Contest
May 21, 2020
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Filmmaker Lynn Shelton, UW alum and Seattle filmmaking icon dies at 54
May 19, 2020
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Xin Peng awarded the Macfarlane Scholarship
May 18, 2020
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Mal Ahern awarded the Annette Kuhn Debut Essay Prize
May 13, 2020
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Feminist Media Studies Workshop: Affect 
May 13, 2020
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Humanities Division launches First Year Experience, "Meet Humanities First"
May 13, 2020
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Humanities Division receives grant from The Mellon Foundation for First Year Experience
May 13, 2020
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In memoriam: Ching-Hsien Wang
March 16, 2020
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Documentary on LA Rebellion Films with Filmmaker in Attendance
February 10, 2020
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Naomi Sokoloff's co-edited volume wins the National Jewish Book Award!
February 5, 2020
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Jennifer Bean named first Robert Jolin Osborne Professor of Cinema and Media Studies
January 13, 2020
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Welcome Mal Ahern!
May 13, 2019
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The Big Social 2019 is coming up on April 19th!
April 1, 2019
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Cinema and Media Studies major celebrates its first year!
November 20, 2018
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Paul Morton recipient of 2018 College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Medal (Humanities)
June 4, 2018
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UW Film Club presents Student Film Festival 2018 and the 36 Hour Film Competition!
April 23, 2018
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Professor Brian Reed named the new Dean of the Humanities Division
April 4, 2018
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UW Libraries Special Collections receives Allen Signature Award
January 26, 2018
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Congratulations to the Simpson Center funding award winners!
January 11, 2018
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Inaugural Zainichi Korean Literary Workshop organized by alumna Nobuko Yamasaki (Ph.D. 2014) 
December 7, 2017
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Guest speaker from Seattle's Holocaust Center for Humanity visits "Literature and the Holocaust" course
November 27, 2017
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José Alaniz featured on The Whole U's Faculty Friday Spotlight
October 23, 2017
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Quad Flicks: Mystery Movie Screening!
September 14, 2017