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Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor
Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by Washington State Historical Society
200 years later, Centralia celebrates its very own George Washington
Worried about a nuke dropping on Seattle? Old news — we spent the Cold War years preparing
Alt-right finds a new hero: ex-Googler James Damore
Kayla Schott-Bresler (History MA, 2013)
History Alumna Tackles the Challenge of Affordable Housing 
Portrait of UW History Alum Ben Green
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Ben Green, Skate Like a Girl, Spring 2017
UW History Alum Cynthia Meng speaks on the senate floor during her internship with the Washington State Legislature.
Undergraduate Internship Spotlight: Cynthia Meng, Washington State Legislative Internship Program, Winter 2017
Department of History Welcomes New Director of Technical Services
The Pulitzer prize-winning historian Heather Ann Thompson is speaking with Julie Green, Chelsea Nelson, and Kelly Lytle Hernandez about mass Incarceration and the working class during the opening plenary session. Credit: Herman Gilman.
Labor and Working-Class History Association Holds Conference at the UW
Run-up to revolution: Early American history seen through the stage in Odai Johnson’s book ‘London in a Box’
Military's transgender challenges are reminder of race, gender struggles
From gay Nazi to "we're here, we're queer": A century of arguing about gay pride
Twenty-nine undergraduate and four graduate students were recognized for their scholarship, teaching and service to the field at the Department of History Awards on May 10, 2017
Department of History Celebrates Student Achievements at Annual Awards Ceremony
PhD Candidate Arna Elezovic
Antiquity, Empires, Artifacts, and Archaeologists Come Together in a New Summer Course
Images from “Why Race Matters: U.S. Politics in the 2016 Elections.”
Race and Racial Justice in the Context of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election 
History Major Awarded Bonderman Travel Fellowship
'Scales of Struggle'
Undergraduate student Kathe Tallmadge presents her research on Ancient Rome
Transfer Students Find Home in Department of History
The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic by Nick Joaquin
New Book with Introduction by Professor Vicente Rafael Collects Significant Works by Anglophone Filipino Writer Nick Joaquin
New Endowment for Graduate Research in Labor Studies
Doctoral student Jessica Bachman standing in front of the exhibit she curated, Bollywood and Bolsheviks
Bollywood and Bolsheviks Exhibit Opens at Allen Library
C-SPAN preview shot for lecture by Professor Margaret O'Mara
Class Taught by Professor Margaret O'Mara Featured on C-SPAN
Mr. and Mrs. Shih with Vincent Y.C. Shih Professor of China Studies Madeleine Yue Dong and Professor Resat Kasaba, Director JSIS
Professor Madeleine Yue Dong Awarded Vincent Y.C. Shih Endowed Professorship in China Studies
Distinguished Teacher Awards 2017
Of the highest grade
Mark Zuckerberg has a Harvard degree and a mission: create a sense of purpose