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March 20, 2019
Naar and others trace their hidden Sephardic Jewish roots in a new documentary showing at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
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March 5, 2019
Professor Margaret O'Mara, who researches the history of tech companies, weighs in on Amazon's reaction to conflicts.
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March 1, 2019
UW faculty members Christopher Parker and Margaret O'Mara weigh in on the 2020 presidential election.
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March 1, 2019
Margaret O’Mara, a UW history professor who has studied presidential campaigns, weighs in on Inslee’s chances of becoming president.
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February 26, 2019
Learn more about how the UW's Sephardic Studies Program and the department of linguistics are collaborating to keep Ladino alive.
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February 26, 2019
Analysis from Professor Laurie Marhoefer of the UW Department of History.
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February 25, 2019
Dr. Laurie Marhoefer digs into the history missing from "Bohemian Rhapsody", the 2019 biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Mercury faced rampant homophobia throughout his career and tested positive for HIV in the 1980's, when the government's public health response to the pandemic was prejudiced and entirely inadequate.
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February 21, 2019
Check out all of the College of Arts & Sciences Fulbright recipients!
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February 14, 2019
This spring quarter, the History Department is offering more than 40 courses on a broad range of topics, spanning ancient to modern history and covering the Pacific Northwest, Europe, Africa, Asia, and beyond. These classes satisfy DIV, W, I&S, and VLPA requirements. With the most Distinguished Teaching Awards of any UW department and an average course evaluation rating of 4.7 last quarter, students find History courses to be enjoyable, rigorous, and relevant no matter their major.
February 7, 2019
Adam Warren is an associate professor of Latin American history at the University of Washington with a special focus in science, medicine, and the study of indigenous peoples in Peru.
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