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by Phillip Thurtle
This last year challenged CHID unlike any year I’ve ever experienced. Together, we navigated a global pandemic, exacerbated social inequities, an economic slump, and the loss of human contact. Due to the care, hard work, and daily sacrifices of those within the department, CHID has remained the dynamic center for interdisciplinary thought that drew me to the program 20 years ago. In a future “Letter from the Chair,” I will return to talk about the department… Read more
Arriving from the depths of Southern California, Lenan Choto waltzes into the Emerald City as a soft ray of sunshine (or so they’ve been told). With a background in TV & Radio, they wish to use their new media expertise to continue promoting a sense of community within CHID.
Lenan Choto was born and raised in Los Angeles, California (a fact they can’t stop mentioning). In retrospect, growing up in Koreatown near Rampart Village was key to Lenan’s early childhood development, especially… Read more
Introducing our first CHID podcast: Convos in the Office!Every few weeks, Chair of CHID Phillip Thurtle & Outreach Coordinator Lenan Choto discuss various topics leading to philosophical insights, thought revelations and catharsis.
This is an exciting time for CHID and we hope everyone enjoys the future of our content.
Links can be found below:
Spotify
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Congratulations to CHID Associate Professor Louisa Mackenzie (they/them or she/her) for being awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for the 2023-24 academic year!
We're glad you're a part of our community :)
Presenting the 2024 CHID Thesis Symposium: Join us in the Petersen Room on the 4th floor of Allen Library to explore and experience all of the amazing projects that our CHID students have been working on all year!
The CHID senior thesis asks students to solve specific intellectual problems, ensuring a form of specialization that goes beyond simply a narrowing of academic focus. The senior project demonstrates how our students have attained the educational objectives of the major.
And yes, there… Read more
This roundtable discussion will examine contemporary European attitudes towards Middle Eastern and North African diasporas in Europe. Participants will discuss histories of racism, white supremacy, colonialism, and nationalism in European cultures, and how these histories manifest in contemporary xenophobia, anti-Muslim racism, and Islamophobia.
Nicolaas P Barr (CHID director of study abroad and lecturer), Jason Groves (associate professor of German Studies), Alix Wagner (CHID major), and Maya… Read more
Tomorrow marks the beginning of May, which means Autumn 2024 registration is near (we can't believe it either😮💨)
Per usual, we have a bunch of courses for y'all to window-shop before it's your time to grab a seat.
Poetry📒 Ghosts👻 Science🤖: CHID's got you covered.
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Autumn 2024 Offerings:
CHID 201A: Radical Poetics
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This course is just what the title claims, a deep dive into the radical poetic innovations of, in this case, BIPOC poets. Understand, this is not simply a course in… Read more
Time: Tuesday April 23, 3-4:30pm
Place: PDL C-101(CHID Lounge) and Zoom
Could life after UW mean getting paid to lead hikes, learn from nature, or go trekking in the Andes? How might we conceptualize the outdoors as a space for personal and political renewal and liberation? At the same time, how might a career in “outdoor education” — and the very notion of "wilderness" — risk reproducing the logics of settler colonialism in which certain kinds of humans get… Read more
Summer courses to take your mind off April showers (something something May flowers)! It might actually promote well-needed introspection, especially with courses like "The Question of Human Nature" and "Blackness and movement".
Intense and cerebral, no doubt, though thinking critically is a must in these trying times.
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CHID 110A: The Question of Human Nature
CHID 111A: The Literary Legacy of Tupac Shakur
CHID 206A: Violence and Contemporary Thought - Antisemitism, Racism, and Historical… Read more
#WeLoveCHID! Thanks for all the donations everyone! It was one of the more successful Husky Giving Day's for the Comparative History of Ideas in recent memory! We're grateful for your contributions and for believing in our community 🙂