Community Impact

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Celebrating Pride Month
May 31, 2022
Professor Josh Reid featured in Seattle Times article on the Duwamish Tribe
May 31, 2022
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Professor Lynn Thomas featured in UW News for her documentary The Maple Cutter
May 10, 2022
The Ukrainian flag waves as the sun rises
Understanding Ukraine: A Reading List
March 2, 2022
Washington University Students Posing
New Huskies 2022 Arts and Sciences Events
March 1, 2022
Photos of the three 2021 BlackPast interns
BlackPast Interns Celebrate Black Scientists
February 9, 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
film poster of Streetwise/Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell
Andrew Hedden reviews classic Seattle documentary Streetwise/Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell
November 3, 2021
Collage of work by Arts & Sciences faculty, students and alumni related to Hispanic Heritage Month
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
September 8, 2021
Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
Larry Gossett, photo by Rick Dahms
Can't Hold Him Back: From radical youth to senior statesman, Larry Gossett is an activist for us all
June 23, 2021
profile images of history grad students Adrian Kane-Galbraith (left) and Jorge Bayona
History grad students share insights on World History pedagogy at community colleges
May 25, 2021
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 14, 2021
profile images of Adrian Kane (right) and Jorge Bayona
History doctoral students write new post on Reimagining the Ph.D. blog
April 8, 2021
Reconstructed wall fragment from an Achaemenid palace at Susa, ca. 500 B.C., now housed at the Louvre.
Launching Ancient Iran: A Digital Platform
March 22, 2021
Behold! UW-authored books and music for the good Dawgs on your shopping list
December 14, 2020
‘2020: The Course’ ponders the meaning of this unusual year
October 30, 2020
New annual book prize named for late UW historian William Rorabaugh
October 16, 2020
Project Ninos
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
Racquel West
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
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The Year So Far: Department News & Notes for 2018-19
April 18, 2019
Ancient Iran
Ancient Iran Day: Another Side of the Ancient World
April 18, 2019
Devin Narr
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
Karyl Winn
Preserving the Past with an Eye to the Future. Remembering Karyl Winn.
November 20, 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
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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
2018 HLS Logo with a raised fist on a blue background with sunbursts radiating from it
History that Speaks to Your Moment
April 6, 2018