Announcements

2024 History Lecture Series
Announcing the 2024 History Lecture Series
(November 14, 2023)
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History department Faculty and Students Win Numerous Simpson Center Awards 
(June 9, 2023)
Joan Ullman
In Memoriam: Joan Ullman
(April 19, 2023)
Dauril Alden
In Memoriam: Dauril Alden
(April 17, 2023)
Jere Bacharach
In Memoriam: Jere Bacharach
(April 13, 2023)
2022 History Department award winners
History Salutes the 2022 Department Award Winners
(May 27, 2022)
image of a Tea Shop in Canton_visual for 2022 History Lecture Series
Announcing the 2022 History Lecture Series: Capitalism in Action: Culture, Power, History
(November 4, 2021)
book cover of Menace to Empire by Moon-Ho Jung
New book forthcoming: Menace to Empire by Professor Moon-Ho Jung
(November 3, 2021)
Professor Linda Nash
In Memoriam: Linda Nash
(November 1, 2021)
Madison Heslop
Graduate student Madison Heslop receives the Charles Gates Award for article in Pacific Northwest Quarterly
(August 13, 2021)
Suzzallo Library
The Historical Review at UW Publishes First Volume of Undergraduate Student Research
(June 23, 2021)
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The History Department Celebrates the 2021 Student Award and Scholarship Winners
(May 21, 2021)
Reconstructed wall fragment from an Achaemenid palace at Susa, ca. 500 B.C., now housed at the Louvre.
Launching Ancient Iran: A Digital Platform
(March 22, 2021)
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Statement of Solidarity
(June 9, 2020)
Bill Rorabaugh headshot
In Memoriam: William Rorabaugh
(April 15, 2020)
2020 History Lecture Series poster
History Lecture Series 2020: Life, Death, and the Gods. Poster Revealed and Tickets Available Now!
(December 3, 2019)
Charity Urbanski
Professor Charity Urbanksi wins the 2019 Honors Excellence in Teaching Award 
(May 9, 2019)
Department of History Chair, Professor Anand Yang
Spring Message from Department Chair
(April 29, 2019)
Summer Study
Teaching Outside the Book in the Department of History: A Trio of Classes Emphasizing Nontraditional Media, Coming This Summer
(April 18, 2019)
Conlon's
Introducing the Frank and Joan Conlon Endowed Graduate Student Fellowship.
(November 20, 2018)
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Graduate Program Welcomes New Cohort and New Director of Graduate Studies.
(November 20, 2018)
Karyl Winn
Preserving the Past with an Eye to the Future. Remembering Karyl Winn.
(November 20, 2018)
HLS 2019 Banner
History Lecture Series 2019: Challenging Gender. Tickets Now on Sale!
(November 20, 2018)
Library Books
A Banner Year For Faculty Books
(October 19, 2018)
Professor Joel Walker
Professor Joel Walker receives UW Honors Excellence in Teaching award.
(June 4, 2018)
Library Books
Could you be next? - Apply for The Library Research Award Today!
(April 17, 2018)
Husky 100 recipient Hannah Fumiko Takemori
Undergraduate Historian Makes the Husky 100
(April 6, 2018)
Department of History Chair, Professor Anand Yang
Spring Message from Anand Yang, Chair, Department of History
(April 6, 2018)
Department of History, Doctoral Candidate Michael Aguirre
Graduate Students Working Towards a More Democratic Society 
(March 6, 2018)
Serafin and Kum Cha at the Annual Awards of Excellence ceremony
Smith Hall Staff Recognized for Excellence
(March 3, 2018)
Quintard Taylor
Department of History's Quintard Taylor wins lifetime achievement award.
(February 23, 2018)
W at the entrance of campus
Event Spotlight: Putting The Past to Use, #historyconnects.
(February 20, 2018)
HLS 2018
History Lecture Series 2018 begins - live recording here!
(January 11, 2018)
Laurie M
Award Winning Faculty: Congratulations Laurie Marhoefer!  
(January 8, 2018)
HLS 2018
History Lecture Series 2018. Speaking Truth to Power: Protest and Dissent in Modern History.
(December 7, 2017)
History Notebook
Upcoming Alumni Career Panel Encourages Huskies to Make History! 
(November 8, 2017)
Robert J.C Butow.
In Memoriam: Robert J. C. Butow (1924-2017)
(November 3, 2017)
'Why Race Matters' flyer
Event Spotlight: Continuing the Conversation “Why Race Matters: Resistance and Resilience” in 2017 America
(October 10, 2017)
Image of Haitian Vodou Flag depicting 2010 earthquake.
As We Begin Our Autumn Quarter
(September 26, 2017)
PhD Candidate Arna Elezovic
Antiquity, Empires, Artifacts, and Archaeologists Come Together in a New Summer Course
(June 12, 2017)
LGBTQ Activism in Seattle website screenshot
New History Project: LGBTQ Activism in Seattle
(October 6, 2016)
Anand Yang
Letter from the Chair, Spring, 2016
(May 1, 2016)
History Fellows with photo booth props
Declare Your History Major in Autumn 2016!
(March 25, 2016)
Lynn Thomas
Letter from the Chair, Spring, 2015
(May 1, 2015)
Stephanie Camp memorial poster, "Ever Closer to Freedom"
Conference Honoring the Work of Stephanie Camp: May 7 & 8
(April 16, 2015)
New hires collage
Department Announces Three New Faculty Members
(March 27, 2015)
Boycott German Goods poster
New Course: The Holocaust and American Life
(March 19, 2015)
Alumni panel at "Careers Outside Academia" workshop
Life Outside the Ivied Walls: History Alumni Return to Share Their Experiences
(February 9, 2015)
Smith Hall viewed from the Quad
Two New Faculty Searches
(September 8, 2014)
Stephanie Camp
Colleagues Remember Professor Stephanie Camp
(April 13, 2014)