Books

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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)
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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)
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Exploring the Curious Sources of Medieval Law: An Interview with Acclaimed Historian Robin Chapman Stacey
(December 3, 2019)
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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)
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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)