Digital Humanities Lecture: Tonia Sutherland, "Resurrecting the Black Body: Race and the Digital Afterlife"
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In this talk, Resurrecting the Black Body, Sutherland examines the consequences of digitally raising the dead. Attending to the violent deaths of Black Americans–and the records that document them–from slavery through the present, Sutherland explores media evidence, digital acts of remembering, and the rights and desires of humans to be forgotten.
Tonia Sutherland is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Resurrecting the Black Body: Race and the Digital Afterlife (University of California Press, 2023). In addition to being the Founder and Director of PENDULUM and The Black Memory Collective. She also serves as Co-Director of the Community Archives Lab at UCLA and Co-Founder and Co-Director of AfterLab at the University…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Henry Art Gallery (HAG). Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Instruction Ends - Winter 2026
Dates of Instruction
Instruction ends.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, March 13, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Final Examinations - Winter 2026
Dates of Instruction
Week of final examinations for winter quarter.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Saturday, March 14, 2026 – Friday, March 20, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. CHID RSO Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: PDL C101. Accessibility Contact: lenan22@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
CHID Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: C101. Accessibility Contact: lenan22@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, March 20, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
Quarter Break - Spring 2026
Dates of Instruction
Break between winter and spring quarters.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Spring. Event Types: Academics.
Saturday, March 21, 2026 – Sunday, March 29, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Instruction Begins - Spring 2026
Dates of Instruction
Instruction begins.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Spring. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, March 30, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Literary Translator Lecture: Tiffany Tsao, "Beyond Novelty and Exoticism: Taking the Long View in Translating Indonesian Literature "
Tiffany Tsao will discuss the challenges of translating Indonesian literature in the context of a publishing industry that has tended to value Indonesian works more for their “Indonesianness” than their literary value. Catering to a readership interested specifically in the history, culture, and living conditions of Indonesia has some near-term benefits, but does this approach do Indonesian writing a disservice over the long term? She will discuss, more specifically, how this state of affairs has shaped the decisions she has made as a translator – from the works she has chosen to translate, to her approach to the translation process itself.
Tiffany Tsao’s translations of Indonesian literature have received the PEN Translation Prize, the Republic of Consciousness Prize, and a longlisting for the International Booker Prize. She is also the author of The Majesties (2018) and But Won’t I Miss Me (2026), and Deputy Editor at the Sydney Review of Books.
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 332. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, humanities@uw.edu, 206.543.3920. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Literary Translator Colloquium: Tiffany Tsao, "The Art of Reviewing Translations"
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The past several years have seen an increase in the literary world’s appetite and appreciation for translated works. But what progress has been made when it comes to reviewing translations as translations? Speaking from both her current position as Deputy Editor at the Sydney Review of Books and as a literary translator who follows with great interest how translations are reviewed, Tiffany Tsao will discuss various patterns (and pitfalls) that reviewers of translated works tend to fall into, and share some ideas for how a reviewer might better engage with a translator’s labor and the “translatedness” of a text. Tiffany Tsao’s translations of Indonesian literature have received the PEN Translation Prize, the Republic of Consciousness Prize, and a longlisting for the International Booker Prize. She is also the author of The Majesties (2018) and But Won’t I Miss Me (2026), and Deputy Editor at the Sydney Review of Books.
*author photo by Joy Mei…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 202. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, humanities@uw.edu, 206.543.3920. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit simpsoncenter.org. CHID Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lenan22@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, April 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
CHID Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Padelford Hall (PDL). Campus room: C101. Accessibility Contact: lenan22@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, May 15, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
Memorial Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Spring. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, May 25, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Instruction Ends - Spring 2026
Dates of Instruction
Instruction ends.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Spring. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, June 5, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Final Examinations - Spring 2026
Dates of Instruction
Week of final examinations for spring quarter.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Spring. Event Types: Academics.
Saturday, June 6, 2026 – Friday, June 12, 2026.
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