Community Impact

Glennys Young appears in documentary on Cold War CIA interrogation program in Spain

(October 16, 2020)

UW secures competitive $1 million Luce Foundation grant to advance Southeast Asian research and community engagement

(October 5, 2020)

ArtSci Roundup: Velvet Sweatshops and Algorithmic Cruelty, Social Movements & Racial Justice, the Vice Presidential Debate Preview, and More

(September 29, 2020)

Historian solves mystery of lost World War II pilot

(September 21, 2020)

Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners, by Lynn Thomas

Has the skin lightener industry learned from Black Lives Matter?

(September 21, 2020)

Seattle Now: What the Fourth of July is and isn't

(July 1, 2020)

Dr. Jennifer Thomson: Gaia Has A Fever

(April 29, 2020)

UW books in brief: Chinese funerary biographies, skin lighteners through history, NYC neighborhood gentrification study, Arthurian verse-novel in translation

(April 29, 2020)

Mindful travel, Silicon Valley’s evolution, Schumann on viola, Seattle history — UW-authored books, music for the Husky on your list

(December 19, 2019)

Poster for the Horn of Africa Initiative

History Students and Faculty Team Up with Local Communities for the Horn of Africa Initiative

(November 18, 2019)

A Museum Mission

(November 5, 2019)

Racquel West framed by shelves of storage at the Burke Museum.

A Museum Mission

(November 3, 2019)

National attention, praise for new Silicon Valley history ‘The Code’ by UW historian Margaret O’Mara

(July 15, 2019)

UW Books in Brief: US credit markets in history, ‘value sensitive’ design, the lasting effects of reproductive slavery, and more

(July 11, 2019)

The Year So Far: Department News & Notes for 2018-19

(April 18, 2019)

Ancient Iran Day: Another Side of the Ancient World

(April 18, 2019)

Department of History's Devin Naar featured in documentary at Seattle's Jewish Film Festival.

(March 20, 2019)

Jay Inslee announces climate-focused 2020 presidential run. Does he stand a chance?

(March 1, 2019)

Do you speak Ladino? Meet the folks trying to save a dying language

(February 26, 2019)

Faculty Friday: Adam Warren

(February 7, 2019)

UW to mark centennial of 1919 Seattle General Strike

(February 1, 2019)

Preserving the Past with an Eye to the Future. Remembering Karyl Winn.

(November 20, 2018)

History Lecture Series 2019: Challenging Gender. Tickets Now on Sale!

(November 20, 2018)

Department of History Professor James Gregory on the history of 'Redlining' in Seattle.

(November 13, 2018)

History Lecture Series 2019 Title Announced! Challenging Gender.

(November 9, 2018)

Working class heroes: A look inside the Labor Archives of Washington

(August 31, 2018)

Department of History, Doctoral Candidate Michael Aguirre

Cinco de Mayo and Cultural Appropriation - an interview with graduate student Michael Aguirre

(May 5, 2018)

Husky 100 recipient Hannah Fumiko Takemori

Undergraduate Historian Makes the Husky 100

(April 6, 2018)

Award Winnning Faculty Quintard Taylor and Laurie Marhoefer

Home of Award-Winning Faculty

(April 6, 2018)

Department of History PhD's Jessie Kindig and Shruti Patel

History Alums and Graduate Students Making Waves—Their Own Way

(April 6, 2018)

History that Speaks to Your Moment

(April 6, 2018)

Event Spotlight: Putting The Past to Use, #historyconnects.

(February 20, 2018)

The Power of Protest? The 2018 History Lecture Series in Retrospect.

(February 8, 2018)

History Lecture Series 2018 Comes to a Close - Final Video Here!

(February 1, 2018)

History Lecture Series - Latest Video Here!

(January 25, 2018)

History Lecture Series Continues - Live Recording Here!

(January 18, 2018)

History Lecture Series 2018 begins - live recording here!

(January 11, 2018)

Preserving Past Voices.

(December 14, 2017)

History Lecture Series 2018. Speaking Truth to Power: Protest and Dissent in Modern History.

(December 7, 2017)

Upcoming Alumni Career Panel Encourages Huskies to Make History!

(November 8, 2017)

Event Spotlight: Continuing the Conversation “Why Race Matters: Resistance and Resilience” in 2017 America

(October 10, 2017)

Dr. Turkiya Lowe, NPS Chief Historian and Deputy Federal Preservation Officer

Meet Dr. Turkiya Lowe (PhD, 2010), the National Park Service's Chief Historian and Deputy Federal Preservation Officer

(October 2, 2017)

Image of Haitian Vodou Flag depicting 2010 earthquake.

As We Begin Our Autumn Quarter

(September 26, 2017)

Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by WA State Historical Society

(September 14, 2017)

200 years later, Centralia celebrates its very own George Washington

(August 15, 2017)

Military's transgender challenges are reminder of race, gender struggles

(July 28, 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)

Images from “Why Race Matters: U.S. Politics in the 2016 Elections.”

Race and Racial Justice in the Context of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

(June 8, 2017)

Labor Archives: Everett Massacre

(May 23, 2017)

'My Family's Slave'– can Alex Tizon be forgiven for his sins?

(May 19, 2017)