UW Press receives Mellon Grant to publish in Modern Languages
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The
University of Washington Press and the presses
at Fordham University, University of California, University of Pennsylvania,
and University of Virginia have been awarded a collaborative grant of $1.16
million from the prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to publish scholarly books on the literatures of the non-Anglophone
world. The Modern
Language Initiative (MLI) will support the
publication of 20 titles by the University of Washington Press over the next
five years.
The grant will assist the University
of Washington Press in identifying, publishing, and disseminating first books
by scholars in such fields as rhetoric, film, performing arts, and popular
culture, as well as language and literature. The focus of this initiative is on
language itself, especially as manifested in literature and other cultural
narratives, rather than on areas of geographic or national origin.
We're also quite excited to be part of such a great collaborative effort!
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Jack Hamann at the UW Library's 2009 Blom Lecture
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On American Soil
Jack Hamann, author of On American Soil, is the featured lecturer at the University of Washington Library's annual Blom Lecture, which will take place at 7 p.m. on March 6.
This lecture is free and open to the public, but an rsvp is requested. More details can be found here.
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Cliff Mass
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The Weather of the Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest experiences the most varied and fascinating
weather in the United States, including world-record winter snows, the
strongest non-tropical storms in the nation, and shifts from desert to
rain forest in a matter of miles. Local weather features dominate the
meteorological landscape, from the Puget Sound convergence zone and
wind surges along the Washington Coast, to gap winds through the
Columbia Gorge and the "Banana Belt" of southern Oregon. This book is
the first comprehensive and authoritative guide to Northwest weather
that is directed to the general reader; helpful to boaters, hikers, and
skiers; and valuable to expert meteorologists.
In
The Weather of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington
atmospheric scientist and popular radio commentator Cliff Mass unravels
the intricacies of Northwest weather, from the mundane to the
mystifying. By examining our legendary floods, snowstorms, and
windstorms, and a wide variety of local weather features, Mass answers
such interesting questions as:
o Why does the Northwest have localized rain shadows?
o What is the origin of the hurricane force winds that often buffet the region?
o Why does the Northwest have so few thunderstorms?
o What is the origin of the Pineapple Express?
o Why do ferryboats sometimes seem to float above the water's surface?
o Why is it so hard to predict Northwest weather?
Mass
brings together eyewitness accounts, historical records, and
meteorological science to explain Pacific Northwest weather. He also
considers possible local effects of global warming. The final chapters
guide readers in interpreting the Northwest sky and in securing weather
information on their own.
Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric
sciences at the University of Washington and weekly guest on KUOW
radio, is the preeminent authority on Northwest weather. He has
published dozens of articles on Northwest weather and leads the
regional development of advanced weather prediction tools.
Catch Cliff Mass on:
Sunday, February 8 at 4 p.m. at Village Books.
Wednesday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle, with University Book Store.
Wednesday, March 15 at 3:00 p.m. at Eagle Harbor Books.
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