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Department of History Professor James Gregory on the history of 'Redlining' in Seattle. 
November 13, 2018
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Electing a Record Number of Women to Congress Is Great. But It’s Not the Goal
November 7, 2018
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Silicon Valley can't escape the business of war
October 29, 2018
Library Books
A Banner Year For Faculty Books
October 19, 2018
Professor George Behlmer
Race, empire, agency explored in UW history professor’s book ‘Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific’
October 10, 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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Labor leader Frank Jenkins honored with UW fellowship
August 14, 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
Department of History, Doctoral Candidate Michael Aguirre
Cinco de Mayo and Cultural Appropriation - an interview with graduate student Michael Aguirre 
May 5, 2018
Award Winnning Faculty Quintard Taylor and Laurie Marhoefer
Home of Award-Winning Faculty
April 6, 2018
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Boomtown Seattle: Why we move here–and how we're all in it together
February 22, 2018
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Award Winning Faculty: Congratulations Laurie Marhoefer!  
January 8, 2018
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2018 History Lecture Series
January 4, 2018
Ross Coen in the archive
When History Has More To Say
January 3, 2018
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Google to give #1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy
October 16, 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
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200 years later, Centralia celebrates its very own George Washington
August 15, 2017
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Worried about a nuke dropping on Seattle? Old news — we spent the Cold War years preparing
August 15, 2017
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Alt-right finds a new hero: ex-Googler James Damore
August 15, 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
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'Scales of Struggle'
June 8, 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
Quintard Taylor teaching
Faculty Featured in Local, National News Media
April 24, 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
Professor James Gregory
Professor James Gregory Interviewed by KUOW
March 28, 2017
Jessica Bachman with Indian actor-director Randhir Kapoor in India.
Bollywood & Bolsheviks Visit Suzzallo
March 14, 2017
History TV setting up cameras at lecture
Lights, Cameras, History!
March 5, 2017
Quintard Taylor teaching
Quintard Taylor Featured in Pacific NW Magazine
February 26, 2017
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CBC's 'The National' | UW historian Margaret O'Mara on the historical significance of President Trump's executive orders
January 30, 2017
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Has Seattle always been so progressive?
January 26, 2017
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Startup stories: Join us for a discussion on what it is like in the entrepreneurial trenches
January 24, 2017
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Why some protests change the world (and why they sometimes fail)
January 24, 2017
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The historical problem with talking about a president's first 100 days
January 24, 2017
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An open letter from urban affairs and housing scholars to the Senate: Reject Ben Carson as HUD Secretary
January 11, 2017
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Historians in the Age of Trump
January 9, 2017
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The best Northwest nonfiction of 2016
December 27, 2016
collage of scientific advancements
Science Through a Humanist Lens
December 14, 2016
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Here’s Why You Should Attend Xconomy Intersect on Thursday
December 6, 2016
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Seattle historian sees two reasons to hope in the face of hate
November 28, 2016
History Grad Student Jennifer Smith Featured by the College of Arts & Sciences
November 17, 2016
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Here’s how Seattle became so segregated
November 7, 2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
It's Not as Bad as You Think
November 2, 2016
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Voter indecision: Follow two local voters struggling to select a presidential candidate
October 10, 2016
LGBTQ Activism in Seattle website screenshot
New History Project: LGBTQ Activism in Seattle
October 6, 2016
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Get smarter than the spin after the first Clinton-Trump debate
September 28, 2016
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Why is Seattle so racially segregated?
September 22, 2016
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This environmentalist (grudgingly) sides with Trump on trade debate
September 19, 2016
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Trump coming to enemy territory (aka Washington state)
September 1, 2016
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Trump coming to enemy territory (aka Washington state)
August 29, 2016
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UW will host 2017 summer institute on teaching urban environmental issues
August 22, 2016
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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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Seattle-area women: Clinton nomination an emotional milestone, but double standard endures
July 28, 2016
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Why so few women have run for president of the United States
July 27, 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
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Trump: The College Years
July 3, 2016
U.S. map of social movements
Digital History Initiative: Mapping American Social Movements Through the 20th Century
March 3, 2016
Quintard Taylor
Emeritus Professor Quintard Taylor Featured in KPLU Article
March 3, 2016
Devin Naar holding Ladino artifact
Professor Devin Naar is "almost single-handedly saving the Ladino language."
August 11, 2014
Kathleen Noll (Photo credit: Isaiah Brookshire)
History Student Kathleen Noll Named 2014 Dean's Medalist in Social Sciences
June 27, 2014
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
Op-Ed on the Fall of Kirkuk to Kurdish Forces
June 16, 2014
Professor Margaret O'Mara
History Professor Margaret O'Mara Talks Tech on "GeekWire" Radio Show
April 3, 2014
Professor Devin Naar
Reviving the Language and Culture of Sephardic Jews
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
Prof. James Gregory featured in CNN piece on Washington State and Workers' Rights
February 7, 2014
Vicente Rafael being interviewed
Translation: An Interview with Vicente Rafael
January 6, 2014
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Professor Vincente Rafael on rich history of Tacloban
November 14, 2013
Cover of "Plutopia"
History News Network Features UW Alum
October 29, 2013
Lecture poster
UW Today on the History Lecture Series
September 26, 2013
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Cities are the Living Embodiments of Past Decisions
April 22, 2013
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