A Manifesto for Literary Studies

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Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities The Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington was established in 1987 with a mandate to encourage interdisciplinary activities in the humanities. Supported by the University Initiative Fund and endowed in 1997 in the name of Walter Chapin Simpson, the Center is dedicated to fostering innovative teaching and research in the humanities, and to stimulating exchange and debate on cultural and educational issues, both on and off the University of Washington campus. Its broader goal is to knit the academic and civic communities through a shared fostering of education and culture. The Simpson Center sponsors a wide range of activities, including interdisciplinary courses and collaborative research groups, public lectures, symposia, arts events, publications, and a fellowship program for University of Washington faculty and students. The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime: On David Lynch’s Lost Highway Slavoj Z̆iz̆ek Semiotic Flesh: Information and the Human Body Edited by Phillip Thurtle and Robert Mitchell A Manifesto for Literary Studies Marjorie Garber ...