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Jackson School’s Devin Naar featured in documentary premiering March 24 at Seattle’s Jewish Film Festival
March 20, 2019
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Amazon’s Hard Bargain Extends Far Beyond New York
March 5, 2019
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Jay Inslee is running for president. Does he have a shot?
March 1, 2019
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Jay Inslee announces climate-focused 2020 presidential run. Does he stand a chance?
March 1, 2019
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Do you speak Ladino? Meet the folks trying to save a dying language
February 26, 2019
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The Freddie Mercury story that goes untold in 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
February 26, 2019
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Faculty Friday: Adam Warren
February 7, 2019
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UW to mark centennial of 1919 Seattle General Strike
February 1, 2019
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A Warning From Seattle to Amazon’s HQ2
January 8, 2019
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Interview: New Books In The American West
January 8, 2019
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The End of Privacy Began in the 1960s
January 8, 2019
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The Tech Talent is Rumbling in Silicon Valley
January 8, 2019
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The End of Privacy Began in the 1960s
December 5, 2018
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History Lecture Series 2019: Challenging Gender. Tickets Now on Sale!
November 20, 2018
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Department of History Professor James Gregory on the history of 'Redlining' in Seattle. 
November 13, 2018
Library Books
A Banner Year For Faculty Books
October 19, 2018
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UW historian Margaret O'Mara discusses famous 1968 computer mouse 'demo' – and the start of Silicon Valley – for new podcast by The Conversation
September 20, 2018
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Working class heroes: A look inside the Labor Archives of Washington
August 31, 2018
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Amazon HQ2 bid is already paying off for some cities
August 1, 2018
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How refugees in Britain went from living in old bunkers and stately homes to being detained in cells
July 19, 2018
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Barbs for Bezos but Bill Gates largely admired in Seattle
July 3, 2018
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Refugees, citizens and camps: A very British history
June 21, 2018
Professor Joel Walker
Professor Joel Walker receives UW Honors Excellence in Teaching award.
June 4, 2018
Professor Arbella Bet-Schlimon
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Arbella Bet-Shlimon
April 6, 2018
Award Winnning Faculty Quintard Taylor and Laurie Marhoefer
Home of Award-Winning Faculty
April 6, 2018
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History that Speaks to Your Moment
April 6, 2018
Department of History Chair, Professor Anand Yang
Spring Message from Anand Yang, Chair, Department of History
April 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
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History Lecture Series - Latest Video Here!
January 25, 2018
HLS 2018
History Lecture Series 2018 begins - live recording here!
January 11, 2018
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History Lecture Series 2018. Speaking Truth to Power: Protest and Dissent in Modern History.
December 7, 2017
Robert J.C Butow.
In Memoriam: Robert J. C. Butow (1924-2017)
November 3, 2017
Newton surrounded by his discoveries.
Course Spotlight: HSTCMP 313 Science in Civilization: Physics and Astrophysics Since 1850
October 16, 2017
'Why Race Matters' flyer
Event Spotlight: Continuing the Conversation “Why Race Matters: Resistance and Resilience” in 2017 America
October 10, 2017
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Neo-Nazis 'provoke violence, get a media platform'
September 25, 2017
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Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by WA State Historical Society
September 14, 2017
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A race to the bottom? Amazon stirs debate by soliciting tax credits for second headquarters
September 12, 2017
Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor
Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by Washington State Historical Society
September 1, 2017
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200 years later, Centralia celebrates its very own George Washington
August 15, 2017
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Alt-right finds a new hero: ex-Googler James Damore
August 15, 2017
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Department of History Welcomes New Director of Technical Services
July 31, 2017
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Run-up to revolution: Early American history seen through the stage in Odai Johnson’s book ‘London in a Box’
July 28, 2017
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Military's transgender challenges are reminder of race, gender struggles
July 28, 2017
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From gay Nazi to "we're here, we're queer": A century of arguing about gay pride
June 27, 2017
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
June 13, 2017
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'Scales of Struggle'
June 8, 2017
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
June 7, 2017
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New Endowment for Graduate Research in Labor Studies
June 7, 2017
C-SPAN preview shot for lecture by Professor Margaret O'Mara
Class Taught by Professor Margaret O'Mara Featured on C-SPAN
June 6, 2017
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
June 6, 2017
Distinguished Teacher Awards 2017
Of the highest grade
June 5, 2017
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Mark Zuckerberg has a Harvard degree and a mission: create a sense of purpose
May 31, 2017
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Labor Archives: Everett Massacre
May 23, 2017
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'My Family's Slave'– can Alex Tizon be forgiven for his sins?
May 19, 2017
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The forgotten origins of the modern gay rights movement in WWI
May 15, 2017
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The epic and bizarre first 110 days of the Trump presidency
May 12, 2017
Faculty and graduate students accepting awards and fellowships
Faculty and Graduate Student Awards, Fellowships and Publications
May 4, 2017
Quintard Taylor teaching
Faculty Featured in Local, National News Media
April 24, 2017
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
Professor Arbella Bet-Shlimon Honored with Distinguished Teaching Award
April 17, 2017
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'Panic' over Trump takes us to activism we haven’t seen in 157 years
April 13, 2017
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Historical reference for US relations with Russia
April 12, 2017
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Professor Joshua Reid Awarded Four Major Book Prizes
March 26, 2017
Quintard Taylor teaching
Quintard Taylor Featured in Pacific NW Magazine
February 26, 2017
Adam Warren
Adam Warren Receives ACLS Grant
February 16, 2017
Professor Linda Nash
Linda Nash Awarded NEH Grant
February 16, 2017
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Historians in the Age of Trump
January 9, 2017
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Historians find UO’s founder held racist views, though not consistently
August 12, 2016
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Think these conventions were bad for unity? You should have been watching in 1924
July 28, 2016
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Former Oregon Lumber Town Rides Digital Wave to a Comeback
July 26, 2016
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Post-convention, Washington Republicans still split over Trump
July 23, 2016
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The Worst Convention in U.S. History?
July 22, 2016
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A Year to Be Forgotten
July 22, 2016
Professor John Toews teaching
Professor John Toews Retires
May 11, 2016
Richard Johnson planting a tree
Professor Richard Johnson Retires
May 11, 2016
innovative curriculum, sword fighting
Reacting (Again) to the Past: Creating Innovative Curriculum at UW and in the Larger Community
March 25, 2016
Doug Walker
In Memoriam: Doug Walker, 1950-2016
March 3, 2016
Chris Grorud
In Memoriam: Chris Grorud, 1979-2016
March 3, 2016
Quintard Taylor
Emeritus Professor Quintard Taylor Featured in KPLU Article
March 3, 2016
Edmond Meany wields a shovel in 1930 while planting a beech tree in honor of Revolutionary War leader Baron von Steuben
"Meet me with a shovel!": The Legacy of Edmond Meany's Trees
October 21, 2015
Stephanie Camp memorial poster, "Ever Closer to Freedom"
Slideshow: "Ever Closer to Freedom: The Work and Legacies of Stephanie M. H. Camp"
May 28, 2015
Professor James Gregory
James Gregory wins Barclay Simpson Prize
April 26, 2015
Quintard Taylor
Quintard Taylor Named Washington State Jefferson Award Grand Winner
April 13, 2015
New hires collage
Department Announces Three New Faculty Members
March 27, 2015
Emeritus Professor Jon Bridgman
In Memoriam: Jon Bridgman, 1930-2015
March 26, 2015
Boycott German Goods poster
New Course: The Holocaust and American Life
March 19, 2015
Professor Giovanni Costigan
Faculty History: Giovanni Costigan and the Red Scare on Campus
January 20, 2015
Solomon Katz
Faculty History: Solomon Katz and Byzantine History
January 19, 2015
Edmond S. Meany
Faculty History: Edmond S. Meany, UW's First History Professor
January 19, 2015
"Silencing Race" book cover
Prof. Ileana Rodríguez-Silva awarded 2014 Frank Bonilla Book Award
September 25, 2014
Devin Naar holding Ladino artifact
Professor Devin Naar is "almost single-handedly saving the Ladino language."
August 11, 2014
Organization of American Historians distinguished lecturers
Distinguished Lecturers
July 7, 2014
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
Op-Ed on the Fall of Kirkuk to Kurdish Forces
June 16, 2014
Professor Elena Campbell
Professor Campbell Awarded Summer Research Grant
May 1, 2014
Stephanie Camp
Colleagues Remember Professor Stephanie Camp
April 13, 2014
Professor Margaret O'Mara
History Professor Margaret O'Mara Talks Tech on "GeekWire" Radio Show
April 3, 2014
Professor Susan Glenn
Prof. Susan Glenn Explores the Boundaries of Jewish Identity
April 3, 2014
2014 Award of Excellence recipients
Three History Faculty Members to Receive Awards of Excellence
March 25, 2014
Professor Margaret O'Mara
Prof. Margaret O'Mara Awarded Burkhardt Residential Fellowship
March 22, 2014
Professor Laurie Sears
Prof. Laurie Sears Weighs in on Oscar-nominated Documentary "The Art of Killing"
March 10, 2014
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
Prof. Arbella Bet-Shlimon awarded best dissertation prize
March 10, 2014
Quintard Taylor
Prof. Quintard Taylor's African American History Website featured by USA Today
March 10, 2014
Professor Jung Interviewed About History of Sugar in America
February 18, 2014
Professor James Gregory
Professor James Gregory elected vice-president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association
February 18, 2014
Professor James Gregory
Prof. James Gregory featured in CNN piece on Washington State and Workers' Rights
February 7, 2014
Professor Patricia Ebrey receiving award
Patricia Ebrey honored by the American Historical Association with Award for Scholarly Distinction
January 29, 2014
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Professor Vincente Rafael on rich history of Tacloban
November 14, 2013
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
Professor Stephanie Camp
Becoming a Historian: Professor Stephanie Camp
October 28, 2013
Ileana and Richard
Becoming an Historian
July 7, 2013
Purnima Dhavan: Awarded an American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Fellowship
July 4, 2013
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Cities are the Living Embodiments of Past Decisions
April 22, 2013
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