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June 9, 2020
March 19, 2021
The History Department Diversity Committee condemns the recent murders that took place in Atlanta, claiming the lives of eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent.
January 3, 2022
December 16, 2021
The UW College of Arts & Science's newsletter Perspectives (December 2021 issue) published a story featuring the Racial Restrictive Convents Project led by Professor James Gregory.
November 22, 2021
This year the Department of History teamed up with the UW Continuum College (UWC²) to retool two history courses to reflect the state of the art in distance learning.
November 11, 2021
Doctoral Candidate Devin Short published an elegantly crafted essay, titled "Stop here. And look," in the Lady Science magazine. Lady Science is a magazine for the history and popular culture of science and publishes a variety of voices and work on women and gender across the sciences.
In the essay, Short writes:
November 11, 2021
Contributed by Jess Cavalari
November 4, 2021
History courses aim to sharpen students’ critical thinking abilities, teach the differences between types of sources and how to analyze their contexts and meaning, and practice argumentative writing. In winter 2022, students can choose from more than 30 course offerings in history. The following courses cover a variety of places around the world, and they all provide students with methods and skills to understand some of the key events in the 20th century.
November 4, 2021
The History Lecture Series is back this January! This year, three faculty members will give talks about the history of global capitalism, and the series will come to a close with an interactive panel featuring all three lecturers.
November 4, 2021
Every professor and TA wants to showcase their undergraduates’ stellar work. Now, thanks to a group of dedicated undergraduates, there is a way for students to share their ideas and research with others at the University of Washington and beyond.
November 3, 2021
Professor Moon-Ho Jung's new book, Menace to Empire: Anticolonial Solidarities and the Transpacific Origins of the US Security State, will be released by the University of California Press in February 2022.
Here's a preview of the book: