Books

Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
Deciphering Ancient Graffiti on the Remains of Prison Walls: Professor Letteney on his new book Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration 
January 30, 2026
Christopher Bonura
A Prophecy of Empire
November 12, 2025
UW History Celebrates LGBTQ History Month
Resources for LGBTQ History Month
October 15, 2025
UW History Honors Hispanic Heritage Month
UW History Honors Hispanic Heritage Month
September 24, 2025
W at the north entrance to campus
Spring 2025 News Bites
May 21, 2025
Dubs giving a high-five
News Bits: Spring 2024
May 28, 2024
Mark Letteney
Meet Mark Letteney, Professor of the Ancient World
January 23, 2024
John Findlay
From Side Job to Career: How One Professor Found His Passion
November 14, 2023
Drawing of revenants from medieval manuscript
Revenants, Werewolves and Dragons: A Lesson from History   
October 20, 2023
Urdu poetry text
Sharing the Beauty of Urdu Poetry 
May 15, 2023
Headshot
The Unexpected Journey of Tevye's Ottoman Daughter
May 15, 2023
Global shot of the Philippines
Dr. Vicente Rafael on the "Sovereign Trickster" Rodrigo Duterte and Politics in the Philippines
April 26, 2023
Celebrate Black History Month
Black History Month Reading List
February 15, 2023
Spring cherry blossoms in front of Smith Hall
A Year of Excellence
May 27, 2022
book cover of Menace to Empire by Moon-Ho Jung
Professor Moon-Ho Jung launches new book Menace to Empire
May 10, 2022
book cover of Menace to Empire by Moon-Ho Jung
New book forthcoming: Menace to Empire by Professor Moon-Ho Jung
November 3, 2021
Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico by Vanessa Freije
Professor Vanessa Freije won the Palmegiano Prize in the History of Journalism
November 2, 2021
book cover of Women in the Sky by Hwasook Nam
Professor Hwasook Nam publishes new book Women in the Sky: Gender and Labor in the Making of Modern Korea
October 25, 2021
book cover of The Pope in Poland by James Felak
Professor James Felak publishes new book The Pope in Poland: The Pilgrimages of John Paul II, 1979-1991
October 20, 2021
book cover of The Oldest Guard by Liora Halperin
Professor Liora Halperin publishes new book The Oldest Guard: Forging the Zionist Settler Past
October 19, 2021
Anand Yang, Empire of Convicts Cover
UW books in brief: Historian Anand Yang explores British ‘penal transportation’
February 16, 2021
Book cover for Lynn Thomas's Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners
UW History Professors Investigate Global Histories of Health in New Books
May 13, 2020
Exploring the Curious Sources of Medieval Law: An Interview with Acclaimed Historian Robin Chapman Stacey
December 3, 2019
Investigating Technology and the Remaking of America
December 3, 2019
Book covers from left to right, Arbella Bet-Schlimon's City of Black Gold, Margaret O'Mara's The Code, and Alexandra Harmon's Reclaiming the Reservation.
History Faculty Hosts an Abundance of Book Launches
November 11, 2019
Margaret O'Mara on MSNBC
'The Code' looks at big tech's role in remaking America
July 11, 2019
Library Books
A Banner Year For Faculty Books
October 19, 2018
Professor Joshua Reid Awarded Four Major Book Prizes
March 26, 2017
UW History Alum Tells Why, in the Soviet Union, it was "Everyone to Skis!"
November 21, 2015
Ivan Doig
In Remembrance: Ivan Doig, 1939-2015
April 12, 2015
Ross Coen and his book "FU-GO"
New book by graduate student Ross Coen on history of Japan's balloon bomb attack on America
October 17, 2014
"Silencing Race" book cover
Prof. Ileana Rodríguez-Silva awarded 2014 Frank Bonilla Book Award
September 25, 2014
Hanford B Reactor, 1940s
UW History Professors facilitate NEH workshops, Atomic West, Atomic World
September 13, 2014
Professor Elena Campbell
Professor Campbell Awarded Summer Research Grant
May 1, 2014
Cover of "Contracting Colonialism"
Professor Vincente Rafael's Contracting Colonialism Honored with 25th Anniversary Celebration
November 11, 2013
Professor Jordanna Bailkin
Jordanna Bailkin's The Afterlife of Empire Awarded Multiple Prizes
November 1, 2013
Cover of "Plutopia"
History News Network Features UW Alum
October 29, 2013
Ross Coen
Graduate Student Profile: Ross Coen
October 27, 2013
Jill Lepore
Public History with Walker Ames Lecturer Jill Lepore: A Dialogue with Rachel Arteaga, Jessie Kindig, and Frances McCue
September 23, 2013
Everyone Skis
Everyone to Skis! Skiing in Russia and the Rise of Soviet Biathlon
August 29, 2013