Honors and Awards

Ali Iğmen receiving an award
History Alumnus Mentors International Scholars
November 15, 2019
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Dr. Michael Aguirre receives the Distinguished Dissertation in the Humanities & Fine Arts Award
August 7, 2019
This Years Award Winners
Celebrating Success at The 2019 History Awards Ceremony
May 30, 2019
Charity Urbanski
Professor Charity Urbanksi wins the 2019 Honors Excellence in Teaching Award 
May 9, 2019
the quad with cherry blossoms
University of Washington is a top producer of Fulbright recipients
February 21, 2019
Freedman Remak
With Diverse Fellowship Opportunities, Husky Historians Excel. 2019-20 Undergraduate Fellowship Application Now Open!
November 20, 2018
Professor Joel Walker
Professor Joel Walker receives UW Honors Excellence in Teaching award.
June 4, 2018
Outstanding Students Recognized at Annual Department of History Awards Ceremony.
May 28, 2018
Award Winnning Faculty Quintard Taylor and Laurie Marhoefer
Home of Award-Winning Faculty
April 6, 2018
The History Honors students present their research.
Encouraging the Historians of the Future
April 6, 2018
Department of History Chair, Professor Anand Yang
Spring Message from Anand Yang, Chair, Department of History
April 6, 2018
Department of History, Doctoral Candidate Michael Aguirre
Graduate Students Working Towards a More Democratic Society 
March 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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Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by WA State Historical Society
September 14, 2017
Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor
Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor Awarded Robert Gray Medal by Washington State Historical Society
September 1, 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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History Major Awarded Bonderman Travel Fellowship
June 8, 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
Faculty and graduate students accepting awards and fellowships
Faculty and Graduate Student Awards, Fellowships and Publications
May 4, 2017
Graduate students attend the Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Faculty, Graduate Students Win Fellowships to Attend Digital Humanities Summer Institute
April 20, 2017
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
Professor Arbella Bet-Shlimon Honored with Distinguished Teaching Award
April 17, 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
Turkiya Lowe
Turkiya Lowe Named Chief Historian of the National Park Service
February 6, 2017
Graduate students Sarah Zaides and Eric Johnson
2016 Hanauer Fellows: Eric Johnson and Sarah Zaides
March 3, 2016
2016 Honors in History Presentations agenda
Winter 2016 Honors in History Presentations
March 1, 2016
Sarah Zaides
Sarah Zaides named 2015-16 Newcombe Fellow
October 21, 2015
Cathleen Buzan
Congratulations to Cathleen Buzan for Harry W. Fritz Award!
October 13, 2015
Glenna Roderick receiving the Pressly Prize for Excellence in Secondary Education
The Department Recognizes Glenna Roderick for Excellence in Secondary Education
October 12, 2015
Sara Leonetti
Sara Leonetti awarded UW President's Medal
May 19, 2015
Richard Ruoff
UW History Student Selected for Fulbright Scholarship
May 14, 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
Eleanor Mahoney
Graduate Student Profile: Eleanor Mahoney
July 7, 2014
Organization of American Historians distinguished lecturers
Distinguished Lecturers
July 7, 2014
Kathleen Noll (Photo credit: Isaiah Brookshire)
History Student Kathleen Noll Named 2014 Dean's Medalist in Social Sciences
June 27, 2014
Award recipients
History Department Celebrates Excellence, Awards $200,000 in Scholarships and Prizes
May 15, 2014
Professor Elena Campbell
Professor Campbell Awarded Summer Research Grant
May 1, 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
Arbella Bet-Shlimon
Prof. Arbella Bet-Shlimon awarded best dissertation prize
March 10, 2014
Professor James Gregory
Professor James Gregory elected vice-president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association
February 18, 2014
2013 awardees
Calling all History Majors! Applications for History Fellowships, Scholarships, and Prizes are Due March 14, 2014.
February 7, 2014
Professor Patricia Ebrey receiving award
Patricia Ebrey honored by the American Historical Association with Award for Scholarly Distinction
January 29, 2014
Mira Green
Congratulations to History Graduate Student Mira Green
January 12, 2014
Cover of "Contracting Colonialism"
Professor Vincente Rafael's Contracting Colonialism Honored with 25th Anniversary Celebration
November 11, 2013