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March 20, 2019
Naar and others trace their hidden Sephardic Jewish roots in a new documentary showing at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
Featured on UW News
March 5, 2019
Professor Margaret O'Mara, who researches the history of tech companies, weighs in on Amazon's reaction to conflicts.
Featured on The New York Times
March 1, 2019
UW faculty members Christopher Parker and Margaret O'Mara weigh in on the 2020 presidential election.
Featured on Crosscut
February 26, 2019
Learn more about how the UW's Sephardic Studies Program and the department of linguistics are collaborating to keep Ladino alive.
Featured on NBC News
February 26, 2019
Analysis from Professor Laurie Marhoefer of the UW Department of History.
Featured on The Conversation
February 21, 2019
Check out all of the College of Arts & Sciences Fulbright recipients!
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February 7, 2019
Adam Warren is an associate professor of Latin American history at the University of Washington with a special focus in science, medicine, and the study of indigenous peoples in Peru.
Featured on The Whole U
February 1, 2019
Professor James Gregory on the power of public history and the centenary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike... Read more
November 20, 2018
The Department of History Graduate Program is a hub for innovative research, and this past year an unprecedented number of students were awarded fellowships and prizes to aid them in their work. Much of this robust scholarship is supported by departmental grants made possible through the gifts of generous donors.
Frank F. Conlon, Professor Emeritus of History, and his wife Joan, Professor Emerita of Music, recently announced that they have created a new fellowship for graduate students: the... Read more
November 20, 2018
We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Karyl Winn, who for more than forty years helped UW Libraries collect and preserve the historical records of our state and region. A great friend to the History Department, Winn was tireless in her pursuit of one-of-a-kind manuscripts and archival materials, so that historians now and in the future would have access to these indispensable artifacts. In her role as curator of manuscripts, Winn worked closely with History Department faculty,... Read more