Faculty and Staff

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Spring 2025 News Bites
May 21, 2025
Tepoztlán Institute participants, 2024.
From Chance Encounter to Collaboration: UW Scholars and the Tepoztlán Institute
May 21, 2025
UW Sudan Forum panel
Professor Tounsel on the Crisis in Sudan
May 21, 2025
HLS 2025 River Histories
HLS 2025: River Histories
February 19, 2025
Richard S. Kirkendall
In Memoriam: Richard S. Kirkendall
September 17, 2024
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News Bits: Spring 2024
May 28, 2024
2024 History Award Winners
History Awards Over $440,000 in Scholarships and Prizes
May 22, 2024
Professor Aditya Ramesh
Getting to Know Aditya Ramesh, Professor of South Asia and Environmental History
May 15, 2024
Professor George Behlmer
In Memoriam: George Behlmer
February 26, 2024
Mark Letteney
Meet Mark Letteney, Professor of the Ancient World
January 23, 2024
2024 History Lecture Series
Announcing the 2024 History Lecture Series
November 14, 2023
John Findlay
From Side Job to Career: How One Professor Found His Passion
November 14, 2023
UW Quad with Autumn Leaves
Faculty News Bits
November 6, 2023
Drawing of revenants from medieval manuscript
Revenants, Werewolves and Dragons: A Lesson from History   
October 20, 2023
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Rethinking the Conference: Jews Amidst the Embers  
August 2, 2023
Affirmative Action
A Reading List on the History of Affirmative Action
June 30, 2023
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History department Faculty and Students Win Numerous Simpson Center Awards 
June 9, 2023
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The Wide World of History: Updates from the History Community
May 16, 2023
2023 History Award Winners
History Celebrates 2023 Award Winners
May 15, 2023
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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
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
UW History Celebrates Women's History Month
Reading List: Women's History Month
March 24, 2023
Celebrate Black History Month
Black History Month Reading List
February 15, 2023
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Professor Josh Reid on the link between Orca recovery and Coast Salish values and practices 
September 1, 2022
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Professor Josh Reid featured in Seattle Times article on the Duwamish Tribe
May 31, 2022
Retirement reception, 2022
History Hosts Reception in Honor of Recent Retirees
May 27, 2022
Spring cherry blossoms in front of Smith Hall
A Year of Excellence
May 27, 2022
2022 History Department award winners
History Salutes the 2022 Department Award Winners
May 27, 2022
Image from the exhibit "Vessels of Genealogies” by Firelei Baez
Explore Your World - Check out these Autumn 2022 courses
May 26, 2022
book cover of Menace to Empire by Moon-Ho Jung
Professor Moon-Ho Jung launches new book Menace to Empire
May 10, 2022
Professor Jordanna Bailkin
Professor Jordanna Bailkin receives Guggenheim Fellowship
April 20, 2022
an image illustrating the Racial Restrictive Covenants Project led by Professor James Gregory
The Racial Restrictive Covenants Project featured in College of Arts & Science's Perspectives
December 16, 2021
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Department of History and UW Continuum College Team Up for Distance Learning Innovation
November 22, 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
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
Professor Linda Nash
In Memoriam: Linda Nash
November 1, 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
Prof. Bianca Dang
Introducing Professor Bianca Dang
August 23, 2021
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Blue-collar workers at Silicon Valley companies hope for better future
August 20, 2021
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The circle of life: Amazon reportedly to open department stores in latest physical retail bid
August 19, 2021
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Amazon pushes back return to office until January, raising questions about pace of downtown COVID-19 recovery
August 5, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Grit City Think and Drink, Unpacking Form and Function: Ceramics, and More
August 4, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Lux Aeterna, Faculty Trio: Beethoven Piano Trios, Part 3, and More
July 29, 2021
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Biden says social media companies are 'killing people’ through the spread of misinformation and disinformation
July 17, 2021