January Newsletter 2024 --

Welcome to Winter!

Welcome to Winter Quarter 2024, Humanities students! We hope you all had a restful break and are excited for the new year.


As we begin the new quarter, there are a two important dates to keep in mind:

  • Wednesday, January 17 - deadline to change major for Winter 2024 update.
  • Friday, January 19 - Winter 2024 graduation application deadline. Spring, Summer, and Autumn 2024 graduates can also apply to graduate at this time to access graduating senior registration priority.

Our team scheduled some exciting events for January-- read below for more important dates to look out for! Additionally, the Undergraduate Research Symposium applications open on January 3rd. We have examples of Humanities research below, as well our 1 minute with HAS to learn about the Symposium from a Humanities alum!


We are returning to our regular office operations, meaning full availability for in-person and remote appointments, as well as in-person and virtual drop-ins Monday-Thursday. For full information, visit our advising page. We are excited to assist you!

Upcoming Opportunities and Events


Transfer Commons Celebration

Friday, 1/12 from 11:30 AM-1 PM in the Commuter & Transfer Commons (HUB 141)

Join HAS in the Transfer Commons to welcome you back to the new year and quarter! While this event is a great opportunity for Transfer Students to be aware of the resources in the Commuter & Transfer Commons, it is open to all students.


Study Abroad Information Session

Tuesday, 1/16 from 2-3 PM in HIB 238

Hosted by Study Abroad, this session will be a great place to learn the basics of studying abroad and get your questions answered.


Textual Studies & Digital Humanities (TXTDS) Minor Information Session

Tuesday, 1/23 from 2-3 PM in the Suzzallo Open Scholarship Commons

Are you interested in library science, digitizing text, databases, or archives? Come learn about the TXTDS minor, which focuses on the present and future of preserving texts.


Internships 101 with HAS & The Career & Internship Center

Monday, 1/29 from 3:30-4:30 on Zoom (link tbd)

Join HAS advisers and the Career & Internship Center to learn how to make the most of the February UW Career & Internship Fairs as a Humanities student.

Humanities Highlights

Each year the undergraduate students have the opportunity to showcase their academic passions and achievements through the use of research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.


This includes the amazing work of Humanities students who have used their research to show how Humanities is critical to our world.

Matsuura Rieko’s Natural Woman and the Potential for Visibility and Representation of Queer Women in Contemporary Japanese Literature


Rebecca Victoria Le Veque,

Japanese Major (2022)


“ I examine...Rieko's 1987 short story collection Natural Woman to explore what makes the work an affirmative portrayal of queer women, focusing on the joy, pain, and growth the women themselves derive from their relationships …”

Motherhood, Love, and the Self in the Soviet Novel: Religion, gender, and the family in female young adult identity through war-child novelists in the postwar period (1945-1990)


Melinda Whalen,

Russian Language, Literature, & Culture Major (2023)


“This project uses the lens of female young adults in novels to examine the war’s lingering impact and the destabilization of socialist identity conceptions during the postwar period.”

A Quantitative Analysis of Archaisms in Livy’s Prehistory of Rome in the "Ab Urbe Condita"




Suh Young Choi,

Classics Major (2023)


“ This project aims to provide quantitative evidence for Livy's claim by quantifying and analyzing instances of literary devices of earlier poetry such as alliteration and etymology to determine whether a poetic influence is implicit in Livy’s prehistory of Rome.”

Explore more Humanities undergraduate research:



Applications for the Undergraduate Research Symposium opened on January 3rd. For more information click here.


To gain support on your possible research ideas and connect with other undergraduate students as well as supporting staff and faculty (with free coffee and donuts) we recommend visiting the Research Cafe! 

Tips and Tricks Corner


"Remember that your professors really are here to teach you. Teaching is what we do. In approaching us with a question, you aren't impinging on us, you're giving us a chance to fulfill our calling." - Dr. Jessie Oak Taylor, Former Director of Undergraduate Programs (English Department)

Are you thinking about applying to internships? Engaging with Humanities research? Want to go to grad school? For all of these goals, faculty are an invaluable source of knowledge.


Take advantage of Office Hours! Office hours are a good time for a more leisurely and in-depth conversation -- much better than attempting to chat with professors directly before or after class


Need prompts for your first meeting? Click here for starter questions and advice.

Resource Corner


Winter Quarter has less daylight and colder temperatures than other quarters, making mental wellness and physical safety higher priorities than ever before. Read below to find some resources on staying well this winter.


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